Former baseball writer for the Daily Yomiuri and Kyodo News. My views and poor attempts at humor do not reflect views of anyone but me.
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Jim Allen retweeted
"For the past year, FIFA has leased an office on the 17th floor of New York’s Trump Tower that has sat all but empty. The rent goes to President Trump’s family business, but soccer officials say the space sits largely idle." nytimes.com/2026/06/09/world…
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Jim Allen retweeted
Jun 9
The Padres dropped down three straight sacrifice bunts.
The Reds failed to record a single out on any of them.
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USA shouldn’t be hosting the World Cup
It’s a mess because of this moron
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World Cup referee - Africa's best - is denied entry to United States and sent back after landing at Miami Airport, despite having a diplomatic passport trib.al/NScoXem
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Jun 9
“If America is so hostile towards foreign nationals, why is it hosting the #2026WorldCup?”
Why did Nazi Germany host the 1936 Olympics?
Jun 7
Iraqi footballer Aymen Hussein issued a statement after being detained and questioned for seven hours upon entering the United States:
“If America is so hostile towards foreign nationals, why is it hosting the #2026WorldCup?”
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Jim Allen retweeted
This bald jerk ruined FIFA’s reputation the same guy who made up a fake FIFA Peace Prize for the Orange Fool. It’s time to boycott FIFA.
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Jun 7
Iraqi footballer Aymen Hussein issued a statement after being detained and questioned for seven hours upon entering the United States:
“If America is so hostile towards foreign nationals, why is it hosting the #2026WorldCup?”
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Jim Allen retweeted
Jun 9
FIFA: “We’re not involved in visas”
Also FIFA’s bid guarantees: “Host will ensure entry for accredited persons”
The US signed guarantees to admit accredited WC personnel...
...then denied CAF’s Ref of the Year 2 days before the tournament for “vetting concerns” with no details, no appeal, no backup plan.
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Jun 8
It is incredibly hard to prove something doesn’t exist. But if one argues something does exist, then evidence is proof.
Saying there is evidence is not proof, it’s Joseph McCarthy waving a list and never disclosing. Receipts are evidence, allegations are not.
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Jun 8
I have been there.
But getting mad about arguing with morons on social media is akin to willfully stepping in shit and being angry when your shoe stinks.
Upside to this tweet, it's told me a lot about who's willing to engage in good faith and who's just a troll.
Cleans up my feed nicely.
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May 29
Bob Horner's passing pulled me back to 1987 when he played for the Yakult Swallows and did remarkably well for a player who invested so little in Japan's game but did do a TV commercial...
jballallen.com/swallows-lege…
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A favorite show back in the day when I watched TV: “hatsu otsukai” (first time helping out).
May 28
There's a TV show in Japan
that has run for over 30 years.
The premise: a parent sends
their two or three-year-old child
on an errand. Alone.
To the store. To buy tofu.
Across actual streets.
A camera crew follows secretly,
hidden, never helping,
as a tiny human in a backpack
completes a task most countries
wouldn't let a child attempt.
The kid cries. The kid forgets.
The kid gets distracted by a dog.
And then the kid comes home,
holding the tofu, glowing.
It's the most-watched thing
of its kind in the country.
Americans who discover it
cannot believe it's legal.
In Japan, we cannot believe
it's remarkable.
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Jim Allen retweeted
May 27
🧦 Sure, Japan had a Hello Kitty Shinkansen, but Chicago has a Munetaka Murakami el train. @whitesox
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May 28
On Nov. 5, 2020 Murakami stole second, third and home in a major league baseball game against the Hanshin Tigers…
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He had already stolen second , third, and home in a single inning, as a major leaguer.
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May 27
Two brilliant, satisfying games though. My evening that was to be spent writing was consumed by the Swallows-Lions game
I just rewatched this.... Given we got a tie
youtu.be/qG71XB7RVJI?si=vgal…
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May 27
Bob Horner is gone, but his stories will live forever. Five years ago, two Japanese baseball legends, Robert Whiting and Leon Lee, shared stories with our readers, including a couple of great ones about the late Mr. Horner.
jballallen.com/leon-and-bobs…
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May 27
He’ll no longer be able to “pull a muscle” at Tokyo’s Jingu Stadium in order to leave his Yakult Swallows game early tohook up with a girl he met the night before.
もう一本 Bob. Rest in peace
ボブ・ホーナー氏死去の報
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There is a baseball game in Alaska played at MIDNIGHT under SUNLIGHT 🤯
The Midnight Sun Game in Fairbanks, Alaska is a 120-year-old tradition where baseball is played on the summer solstice, under Alaska’s 24-hour sunlight
Since 1960, the game has been hosted by the Alaska Goldpanners, a collegiate summerball team with alumni that includes Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi, Tom Seaver and many more
The game starts at 10 p.m. and usually ends around 1:00 a.m.
ALT A baseball field looking outward to the surrounding skyline. A hand holding a cellphone is overlaid on top of the lower left portion. A purple arrow is pointing to the “12:00” on the phone screen.
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May 27
I was corrected last night for my omission of Masahiro Kawai who was “acting” manager for a few games when Tatsunori Hara needed to employ his genius elsewhere and was unavailable to mismanage.
If I'm looking at this right, Hashigami might be the first Giants manager to not be a pure Yomiuri Giant prior to this role. He never played for the Kyojin, had several coaching jobs including the Lions from 2016-2018 as the second in command.
I liked him #seibulions
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