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    Sabathia to return at end of the rotation 

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    Published on 07-06-12 12:02 PM

    C.C. Sabathia is slated to return from the disabled list soon after the All-Star game this coming Tuesday, but that doesn’t mean that you should expect to see him immediately following the break. Instead, Sabathia will return at the back end of the team’s first turn through the rotation, according to Brian Cashman. He would be slated to start in the Yankees second series of the second half, against the Toronto Blue Jays. That would give Sabathia 3-4 more days to heal his strained groin, while allowing the Yankees to continue to carry 14 position players for a few extra days as well.

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    Reggie Jackson, dramatic hitter, lousy rationalist 

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    Published on 07-06-12 10:13 AM

    I’m not easily rustled from my not-so-comfy roost here at IIATMS HQ, but this morning, Reggie Jackson managed to rankle me quite a bit.

    Now, before we review, I must say that I am a big Reggie fan. I was at the prime impressionable ages when Reggie was doing his thing in pinstripes. Heck, I was wearing my #44 jersey when my first was born years ago on Opening Day, 4/4, so yeah, I am a Reggie fan.

    Except now, Reggie is repeatedly asked his opinion on such weighty things like the Hall of Fame. Sure, he’s qualified to know and speak on the subject, but his ramblings crumble under the weight of a distinct lack of rationality.

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    Story of the day: Hiroki Kuroda and old Japan 

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    Published on 07-06-12 08:45 AM

    David Waldstein has a fantastic and unbelievable story on Hirkoi Kuroda’s experience growing up in Japan’s baseball culture. Long story short, it was a culture that demanded impossible perfection and dealt with failure through methods that would fit any reasonable definition of torture. It’s mind boggling stuff at first read, but the more I think about it the less surprised I am. I think just about everyone who has played youth sports has encountered at least one coach who seems to most enjoy having authority a group of people, so given a cultural context that isn’t overly concerned about incidental things like child abuse (probably the most striking aspect of the story is the apparent indifference Kuroda’s parents showed to the fact that he was being tortured) it’s not exactly shocking that sadists would gravitate to the field and feel free to let their imaginations run wild on the powerless kids. And yes, I would say this was just pure sadism.

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