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Sweet Caroline : Did the code name predict the future?
In 1998, Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline" began to be played at the end of games at Fenway Park, the home stadium of the Boston Red Sox....
Jul 25, 2025


Reading "The Art of Fielding"
"The Art of Fielding" (2011) by Chad Harbach is a wonderful masterpiece novel. I was engrossed in reading it. “The Art of Fielding” by...
Jul 4, 2025


Kevin Costner and the Civil War
Kevin Costner is my favorite movie actor. When he was young, he was so cool that even a man like me was fascinated by him. Since middle...
Jun 20, 2025


Ted Williams : Do gods really not answer letters ?
Wednesday, September 28, 1960, at Fenway Park. If you get what I'm talking about from this, you must be a big MLB fan. That day, a...
May 30, 2025


Ted Williams : In Florida in 1998
My wife, Chiaki Mukai, is an astronaut and has flown twice on the space shuttle. Her second space flight was the nine-day STS-95 mission...
May 23, 2025


Hideo Nomo's best pitch
One night, I was lying in bed in my bedroom at home, watching the DVD of the very funny American comedy movie "Liar Liar" (1997). Then, I...
May 9, 2025


Jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge
The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City. It is a famous suspension bridge that crosses the East River and connects Manhattan and Brooklyn....
Mar 21, 2025


“Field of Dreams” : Its wonderful adaptation and direction
In the American film “Field of Dreams” (1989), Shoeless Joe Jackson, who died in 1951, appears as “ a ghost” in the present world. The...
Feb 27, 2025

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