Taiwan wins first gold in world-class national team level baseball
“We’ve pulled off a miracle,” Chen said after the game. “I would like to thank all our teammates. We have really done this together,” Chen said with tears in his eyes.
https://focustaiwan.tw/sports/202411240014
Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2024/11/24/baseball/taiwan-beats-japan-premier12-final/
The above two, I cant seem to hyperlink, but it still should work copy and pasted into your browser.
D-backs Yu-Min Lin Leads Chinese Taipei to Victory Over Japan in WSBC Final
For Lin and the rest of his countrymen this victory will go down in the annals of Taiwanese baseball as the greatest triumph imaginable. Arizona Diamondbacks ON SI congratulate Chinese Taipei and all of Taiwan on their well deserved victory.
D-backs Top 40 Prospects in 2024: No. 13 JD Dix
“A really exciting total package there” Rebhan said. “A lot of comfort in the bat there, from both sides [of the plate]. He’s a plus runner, he’s super athletic… We see him as someone that plays the middle of the field and plays shortstop, that has a really interesting athletic offensive profile as well.”
Latest On Rays’ Stadium Situation
Marc Topkin of The Tampa Bay Times reported recently that while the city council of St. Pete initially voted to approve spending $24MM on repairs to the Trop, they reversed course shortly thereafter. The reversal from local officials in St. Pete comes in part thanks to the uncertainty surrounding around the previously agreed-upon stadium deal, with city councilwoman Brandi Gabbard telling Topkin that she wasn’t prepared to put tens of millions toward funding a project for “an entity we may never have a deal with again.”
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/11/latest-on-rays-stadium-situation-3.html
Astros In “Conversations” With Justin Verlander
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/11/astros-in-conversations-with-justin-verlander.html
Yankees Interested In Walker Buehler
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/11/yankees-interested-in-walker-buehler.html
Breaking down Bregman’s top suitors … and each of their chances
https://www.mlb.com/news/alex-bregman-potential-fit-astros-tigers-or-phillies
Anything Goes
This day in history:
JFK shot in Dallas, Texas in 1963.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/day/november-22
This day in baseball:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/November_22
Michael Fassbender had makeup artists put alcohol on his mustache for a role.
For 12 Years A Slave, Michael Fassbender had his makeup artist apply his mustache with alcohol. His reason? He wanted to better portray an alcoholic and wanted other actors to react naturally to the smell.
Your nails grow at the same time as continental plates drift.
Tectonic plates drift about a millimeter a week, which is the same amount your nails grow. Continental plates drift because of the heat pushing its way to the surface from the core. In a year, tectonic plates end up drifting between one and two inches.
Request for non-existent books is often received by the Library of Congress.
This includes the President’s Book of Secrets from the 2007 movie.
The Dutch-Scilly War lasted 335 years and had no battles or deaths. Spanning between 1651–1986, the war was a by-product of the English Civil War and the decision of the Dutch to side with the Parliamentarians over the Royalists. The Royalists had raided a few Dutch shipping vessels in revenge before fleeing to the Isles of Scilly. The Dutch turned up, demanding reparations from the Royalists, and when they didn’t pay up, declared war. But they decided to call it a day and go home pretty sharpish as they realized the Royalists didn’t have a penny to their names. The only thing is they never declared peace with the Isles and just completely forgot they were at war.
