smithinjapan said...

smithinjapan at 01:08 PM JST - 22nd August

Boobug: I agree with you wholeheartedly on one point -- no one should be disparaging the US in terms of their acheivements, for they have been excellent and unsurpassed in many respects. HOWEVER, to say that the overall number of medals matters more than the colour, when it's close, is…

Posted in US softball team loses gold to Japan at 01:08 PM JST - 22nd August
smithinjapan at 10:01 PM JST - 21st August

Mindyou calls EVERYONE Japan's top pitcher, until they fail and lose to another, superior team (which is everyone but Japan), then he says ANOTHER pitcher is the superior, who lost the first or second game.... his favourite pitchers read like the batting order. Unfortunately for him, it's a bunch of…

Posted in Barden, Schierholtz, Brown lead U.S. past Japan at 10:01 PM JST - 21st August
smithinjapan at 09:56 PM JST - 21st August

Hehehe...hope you all caught my sarcasm.... every time Japan wins the headlines are 'Japan BLAZES...', 'Japan MOWS DOWN'...., 'Japan CRUSHES....', and then when they are brutally beaten the headlines are much more subtle.

Posted in Japan through to baseball semis at Beijing Games at 09:56 PM JST - 21st August
smithinjapan at 09:54 PM JST - 21st August

Here's a question... why is there no article about Japan losing to the US? Too sensitive for a Japanese set, let alone the Japanese people? Did the game just cease to exist, like in the Japanese media?

Posted in Japan through to baseball semis at Beijing Games at 09:54 PM JST - 21st August
smithinjapan at 09:51 PM JST - 21st August

One more thing I thought funny and that shows the typical Japanese spirit; I was walking around in the big city this morning and saw an athletics store which has a poster with Ai-chan outside its doors, with 'Ganbare' written on it in goofy letters. In the late evening, on…

Posted in Fukuhara outclassed by world No. 1 Zhang in table tennis at 09:51 PM JST - 21st August
smithinjapan at 09:48 PM JST - 21st August

Good riddance. She has plenty of time to improve, and I pray to the gods that she loses her annoying victory cry when she scores a point -- it clearly does no good. Better luck next time around, but you were clearly outclassed.

Posted in Fukuhara outclassed by world No. 1 Zhang in table tennis at 09:48 PM JST - 21st August
smithinjapan at 09:36 PM JST - 21st August

A criminal is a criminal in deed. If he was caught, and it was properly proven to be his and what not, then good riddance. However, it still amazes me the lengths the JSA will take to protect the murderers of a child, beaten to death with steel poles for…

Posted in Russian sumo wrestler banned for life at 09:36 PM JST - 21st August
smithinjapan at 10:20 AM JST - 21st August

Humans just weren't meant to fly. Not going to stop us, of course, and so there will likely always be accidents, but to read about things like this always makes you wonder and feel slightly less safe, and of course, horrified for the victims and families.

Posted in 149 dead in plane crash at Madrid airport at 10:20 AM JST - 21st August
smithinjapan at 10:16 AM JST - 21st August

They should pit the Japanese women against Hoshino Japan and see who wins. Even though the pitching style against their teams would be different, the women would probably still win!

Good job, ladies. Olympic baseball rules are a bit dodgy, but since you've another chance against an unbeaten team for…

Posted in Japan downs Australia in 12th for final berth in softball at 10:16 AM JST - 21st August
smithinjapan at 10:13 AM JST - 21st August

jon: you really think so? I thought it was utterly boring. Even by the end, when the teams starting scoring, I was way too tired to really get excited by what was happening.

Anyway, it's kind of sad that Japan gets to play the perfect Koreans next. I hope the…

Posted in Barden, Schierholtz, Brown lead U.S. past Japan at 10:13 AM JST - 21st August