2008 - Second Season in Japan
February - March
(Back in Miyazaki, Running, Darts, Opening Day, a Great start to the season)
April - June
(What's In A Glove?, Conquering Kitakyushu)
July - September
In true Pollock form I somehow misplaced these entries...sorry.
2007 - First Season in Japan
Week 29 - The End: 8/11 - 11/11
(Cops After Nicochan, The Kitchen Sink Is Broken, Oh Boy!, The End)
Weeks 27 & 28: 7/29 - 8/11
(Totemo Atsui Ne, A Day I Have Been Dreading)
Weeks 25 & 26: 7/15 - 7/28
(Rain in Chiba, Bringing Them To Their Knees, All-Star Break, Darn It!)
Weeks 23 & 24: 7/1 - 7/14
(Getting lifted, tough travel, family in Tachikawa, Old Nemesis)
Weeks 21 & 22: 6/17 - 6/30
(Not so bright, Nice in Nagoya)
Weeks 19 & 20: 6/3 - 6/16
(Hiatus over, the minor league experience, oil massage, Hiroshima-Koshien trip, Atarashii gaijin)
Weeks 15 & 18: 5/6 - 6/2
(No blog entries during this time, on hiatus)
Weeks 13 & 14: 4/22 - 5/5
(Sweep in Tokyo, Hawks fans in Tokyo, bump in the road)
Weeks 11 & 12: 4/8 - 4/21
(Tenjin, Costco, updated bullpen, Kitakyushu mess, my first tie, Sendai, Thai massage)
Weeks 9 & 10: 3/25 - 4/7
(Getting back on the mound, biting my tongue, fight money, Morifu, "The Pitch" heard around the world)
Week 8: 3/18 - 3/24
(Finishing up Spring Training, how pitchers' cheat, team dinner, darts, Opening Day!)
Week 7: 3/11 - 3/17
(Onomichi, local stadiums, Nagoya, First time in Tokyo, Roppongi, Count down to Opening Day)
Week 6: 3/4 - 3/10
(Family arrives, Yamazaki, Mr. Oh's offer, family shopping, international school, Rick's finger, bullet train)
Week 5: 2/25 - 3/3
(Back to Fukuoka, team suit, driving, grocery shopping, first exhibition games, Megan at the airport)
Week 4: 2/18 - 2/24
(Pitchers' golf tourney, Buck gets sick, Intersquad game, Megan + CJ)
Week 3: 2/11 - 2/17
(Special fungo, fans, hotel bar, Ohmura, golf, Balking, 234 pitches, Players' Union, Lisa + CJ, rain)
Week 2: 2/4 - 2/10
(First weekend, golf, Phi Slamma Jamma, Dinner with Mr. Oh., Miyazaki Mall, Korean BBQ)
Week 1: 1/28 - 2/3
(Pre flight thoughts, flight, arrival to Japan, meeting team, Oh, trip to Miyazaki)
2009 Korea
October 12th
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Game 5, Falling In Love
October 3rd
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Playoffs & My Shoulder
September 14th
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Play Smart, Play Long
September 6th
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The Focus Factor
August 26th
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Good Is Not Good Enough
August 20th
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Coming Down the Stretch
August 2nd
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An Ugly One vs. SK
July 24th
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Having Fun With Doosan
July 6th
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Settling in Seoul
June 30th
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Next Up: The Doosan Bears
June 20th
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Finishee?
June 16th
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Drug Test Drama
June 2nd
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Protecting the Family Jewels
May 28th
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Be Perfect or Be Gone
May 16th
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New Steroid Testing
May 14th
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Substitution Frenzy
May 10th
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Still Trying to Figure This Out
May 1st
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The Pulse of the Pen
April 26th
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Talking Pitching
April 21st
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Miscellaneous Korea
April 16th
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Facing the Military
April 14th
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Surviving Asia
April 10th
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Tragedy in MLB
April 9th
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AQ and the Audience
April 8th
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One Down
April 7th
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Back from a Break
March 23rd
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WBC Final
March 22nd
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Costco Chaos
March 13th
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I Don’t Speak Korean
March 9th
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Back on My Feet
March 6th
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First Day in Korea
March 5th
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Leaving Japan
February 26th
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A Night to Unwind
February 23rd
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Prison Baseball
February 18th
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Okinawa, First Start
February 15th
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Uncle CJ
February 13th
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Off Day in Kochi
February 11th
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Hair, Obama & ARod
February 9th
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Karaoke and More
February 4th
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A Relaxed Atmosphere
February 2nd
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First Day In Korea, Well, Japan
2010 Injury - Rehab - Korea
September
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Those Crazy Foreigners
September
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600 Down, Next For Hoffman?
September
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Strasburg’s Next Challenge
June 2nd
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Selig Makes the Right Joyce
May 24th
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Saying Goodbye to Jose Lima
April 26th
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Tweaking Relief Stats
April 22nd
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ARod Braden Dust Up
February 26th
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Long Awaited Update