Chinese Baseball?

by justin007000 on Feb 11, 2009 6:29 PM EST Comment 64 comments

I may or may not end up in Shanghai and Beijing this June. I was curious if anybody knows about Chinese Baseball. The only information I could find was on a wikipedia page. The official website of the league is in Chinese, without an English translation.

I really hope if I am in China I can take in a baseball game. I really like to travel and watch baseball, I might as well combine them. I wish I could have saw a regular Cuban baseball game while I was there, I did see team USA beat Team Cuba, but I left a few weeks before the season began.

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Chinese baseball is the sport of rinners.

by Geki on Feb 11, 2009 6:46 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

that's racist

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by chandrathan on Feb 11, 2009 6:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

you wascal.

...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield

by Cy Schourek on Feb 11, 2009 9:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

that is racist

but what do you expect from a lizard?

Blessed be baseball.

by Daedalus on Feb 13, 2009 5:53 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, I really am sort of offended by this.

I wasn’t going to mention it, because I thought I’d be mocked, and not taken seriously.

But I am emboldened by the ruckus downstairs.

Everybody's a jerk. You. Me. This jerk.

by andromache on Feb 14, 2009 11:09 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs

yep that's absolutely racist

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by chandrathan on Feb 14, 2009 11:11 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

That supports the racial imaginary

No bees? Then who will sting me and walk on my sandwiches?

by The Crushinator on Feb 12, 2009 1:55 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Do you speak any Mandarin?

Cuz life is gonna be pretty damn miserable in Zhongguo otherwise. As I understand it, China has a baseball league kinda like Scotland has a baseball league. I.E. no one gives a shit. Basketball is supreme. Things mighta turned out differently had we occupied China after WWII.

by chesirecat on Feb 11, 2009 10:07 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

i've been thi china before and did okay not knowing mandarin.

i’m only going to be there for 2 weeks. I survived 10 weeks of Cuba with knowing just a little Spanish.

"Oedipus ruined a great sex life by asking too many questions!"- Dr. Stephen T. Colbert DFA.

by justin007000 on Feb 11, 2009 11:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

little tip if you do take in a game...

don’t eat the peanuts, they’re actually discarded female embryos

Soy el niño destructor. I eat kids for breakfast. Roar. - Juan Francisco 'spoken with an Italian accent'

by jacob brumfield on Feb 12, 2009 2:23 AM EST reply actions 1 recs

I'd also be careful drinking the peanuts down with milk.

There are only two seasons - winter and Baseball. - Bill Veeck

by PeteyHendrix on Feb 12, 2009 4:07 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Chinese Baseball

There are no reporters, the outfield walls are 25 feet high and 4000 miles long, and every team is called the Reds.

by ctnyc on Feb 12, 2009 5:43 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Rec'd for hilariousness

If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
Quentin Crisp

by Madville on Feb 12, 2009 8:33 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

infantacide is hillarious

"Oedipus ruined a great sex life by asking too many questions!"- Dr. Stephen T. Colbert DFA.

by justin007000 on Feb 12, 2009 9:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

It can be

but you really have to tell it right.

There are only two seasons - winter and Baseball. - Bill Veeck

by PeteyHendrix on Feb 12, 2009 10:10 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

eg.

Q. What do you get when you throw a baby down the stairs?

A. A boner.

by Brendanukkah on Feb 12, 2009 10:29 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

or

what happens when you put a baby in the microwave?

i dont know, im always too busy masturbating.

My millions are unconventional!

by Charlie Scrabbles on Feb 12, 2009 10:35 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

How do you get a baby into a bowl?

A blender!

How do you get him out?

Tortilla chips!

"I like to think more in terms of him his in-scoring position percentage." - Dusty Baker (2009) regarding Corey Patterson's relationship with his daughter

by BK on Feb 12, 2009 10:52 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

i think there is a reason cool god has forsaken us...

"Oedipus ruined a great sex life by asking too many questions!"- Dr. Stephen T. Colbert DFA.

by justin007000 on Feb 12, 2009 11:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

(Wikipedia) There is evidence that the picture may have originally portrayed the titan with a partially erect penis, but, if ever present, this disturbing addition was lost due to the deterioration of the mural over time or during the transfer to canvas; in the picture today the area around his groin is indistinct.

by Red Menace on Feb 13, 2009 1:00 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

He painted that on the wall of his house?

Holy cats.

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by BubbaFan on Feb 13, 2009 8:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Don't you wanna, wanna fanta?

Everybody's a jerk. You. Me. This jerk.

by andromache on Feb 13, 2009 10:45 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I love this thread it could be a classic

If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
Quentin Crisp

by Madville on Feb 13, 2009 12:39 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

it could be the thread that makes this site racist.

it’s like white people have decided that it wasn’t cool to make derogatory comments towards black people any more since we got a black president and all and now have to move on to other races.

it’s gonna be damn funny when the chinese take over this country fifty years from now because they own so much of it. that’ll be when all of the hicks with their guns come out from behind their television sets and think they’re gonna defend their property, only to be slaughtered by the commies they claim to be better than.

(said with a sci fi tongue in cheek, of course)

Blessed be baseball.

by Daedalus on Feb 13, 2009 6:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Commies hate Amurica

and we loves Amurica so go back to the father land ye commie bastards!

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by chandrathan on Feb 13, 2009 9:25 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Well now there she goes again...

We all know that the Chink government is full of liars and very old men. And the language is so cumbersome…. their ridiculous culture based on Filial Piety and class-ism always quickly paralyzes their ability to react swiftly enough to counteract global economic change. The US is too important to the Chinese economy for them to fuck with us. And I agree the chandrathan – fuck them commie bastards.

And as a Hick with a gun I resemble your tongue in cheek assessment.

This photo is of their Secret Police Commandant – Wong Long Dong

If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
Quentin Crisp

by Madville on Feb 14, 2009 12:15 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Jesus

Madville, I would really appreciate you not using the word “chink” that way. It is incredibly offensive. Hatred nonsense like this is expected from Geki, but I don’t want to hear it from someone I like.

Daedalus is right, this kind of thread really brings the site down.

by ken on Feb 14, 2009 7:15 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs

also i was trying to be sarcastic and somewhat agreeing with Daedalus

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by chandrathan on Feb 14, 2009 8:04 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

My comments were entirely sarcastic -

Sorry if it came off as remotely serious

If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
Quentin Crisp

by Madville on Feb 14, 2009 9:28 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

i assumed they were

it’s just hard to read sarcasm on the internet, and we’ve all at one point or another fallen victim to it

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by chandrathan on Feb 14, 2009 9:35 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

sarcastic or not

we have to remember that there is a line. You wouldn’t refer to black people with the n-word on this site, even as a joke, would you?

We have to try to remember that some things are jokes to people. that’s all.

We’’re in process of trying to a guy with a trade record of working with pitches

by Slyde on Feb 14, 2009 10:19 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Or aren't jokes.

by Brendanukkah on Feb 14, 2009 10:34 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

yeah, what he said

I really should start reading what I type.

We’’re in process of trying to a guy with a trade record of working with pitches

by Slyde on Feb 14, 2009 10:35 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

why do that

i have said some pretty interesting things but not rereading it before pressing post.

"Oedipus ruined a great sex life by asking too many questions!"- Dr. Stephen T. Colbert DFA.

by justin007000 on Feb 14, 2009 12:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

actually

He would.

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by BubbaFan on Feb 14, 2009 10:59 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I don't think he was actually referring to them that way

I think he was trying to make a point that there are “a great deal of people who are certain” that the word applies to Obama. Totally different context.

We’’re in process of trying to a guy with a trade record of working with pitches

by Slyde on Feb 14, 2009 11:10 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

i think he was possibly going for the same context here

but it’s a delicate line to try and not cross

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by chandrathan on Feb 14, 2009 11:12 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

exactly

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by BubbaFan on Feb 14, 2009 11:24 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Understood

I knew you weren’t coming from hate, unlike the asshat at the top of the thread. It’s just that some words are so degrading that it’s best to avoid them altogether, joking or not.

by ken on Feb 14, 2009 1:45 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

rec'd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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by chandrathan on Feb 14, 2009 4:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Rec'd

I really wanted to say something, but figured I’d caused enough trouble for this week, so I’m glad you spoke up.

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by BubbaFan on Feb 14, 2009 9:53 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

yeah Mads

turn this shit off.

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by Charlie Scrabbles on Feb 14, 2009 9:56 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

This doesn't answer your question

But Redleg Nation photoblogged some of the MLB exhibition games in China last year.

by ken on Feb 14, 2009 1:56 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I'll do my best to remain as inoffensively PC as possilbe

Even though this is a baseball site it has always also been fairly freewheelin’ – digging into various subjects of varied interests – With rare rare exception no one (certainly not I) here has ever advocated racism, sexism, judgement regarding sexual preference etc. Yet all of these subjects come up from time to time. From my point of view if I don’t address them or just sugar coat them then I am just another nutless PC cowtower -

Gritty and coarse humor is a part of my make up,and so is unconditional love and a great faith in the ultimate good within woman and mankind…I am disheartened that there would be any further discussion of of my comments after explained they were just veiled sarcasm. However, I will speak no more on this subject but attempt to stay within the bounds of protocol as this is not a social causes site.

Don’t arrest me….

let’s get back to non-judgemental stuff like:

and kiss and make up

If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
Quentin Crisp

by Madville on Feb 14, 2009 8:38 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I don't think anyone thinks you're actually a racist

The subject is bigger than you. You just provided the opportunity to talk about it.

Even though this is a baseball site it has always also been fairly freewheelin’ – digging into various subjects of varied interests

That was kind of my point. Pretty much nothing has been off-limits here, except posting nudie pics. Any topic could be discussed, and any words used, no matter how offensive. Even outright spam was not deleted, unless the spammer was particularly obnoxious, or the other users complained.

Perhaps it was just because JD wandered away, and the inmates took over the asylum. Now it seems we have a new team in charge, with new rules. Which is fine…but we need to know what’s expected. That’s what the discussion is about, IMO.

(But I really wish you would use the reply button. Especially for subjects like this, which other people might want to skip.)

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by BubbaFan on Feb 14, 2009 9:10 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

You bring up an interesting point, and I know a topic that needs discussed

I think it’s high time we start posting nudie pics on here!

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by chandrathan on Feb 14, 2009 9:19 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

REC'DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!

"Oedipus ruined a great sex life by asking too many questions!"- Dr. Stephen T. Colbert DFA.

by justin007000 on Feb 14, 2009 9:20 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

but

Perhaps it was just because JD wandered away, and the inmates took over the asylum. Now it seems we have a new team in charge, with new rules. Which is fine…but we need to know what’s expected. That’s what the discussion is about, IMO.

I still feel like we have a pretty long rope to play with. I don’t feel like the new mods are that tough. We can swear and talk about politics and what not, which is things we cannot do at LGT and Bleedcubbieblue. I liked the discussions we had around the election. I realized that it probably helped that most of us seem to be left of center but still, I don’t feel like we ever went past a line.

"Oedipus ruined a great sex life by asking too many questions!"- Dr. Stephen T. Colbert DFA.

by justin007000 on Feb 14, 2009 9:20 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Actually

I wouldn’t mind if they banned swearing and talking about politics. Those are pretty common rules on the Internets. As long as the rules are made clear and consistently enforced.

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by BubbaFan on Feb 14, 2009 9:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

pretty common rules on the Chinese Internet

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by chandrathan on Feb 14, 2009 9:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

That's racist!

IME, the Chinese internet filters American news, but not naughty words. At least when I was there.

“No religion, no politics” is a pretty common rule on American forums where the subject is something other than religion or politics. Naughty words are often automatically blocked, because they can get the domain blacklisted by the Internet filters used by schools, offices, and libraries. (This is probably not much of a problem with sports sites, though, since those are often blocked by schools and offices anyway.)

In any case, I just wanted to make clear that I’m not complaining about the new rules. Their site, their rules. If they want to ban football talk except on Tuesdays when the moon is full, fine…just let us know.

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by BubbaFan on Feb 14, 2009 9:49 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

it just seems that it's a running joke on the internets

that the chinese block all websites from their citizens.

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by chandrathan on Feb 14, 2009 9:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

they block a lot of them

I spent a couple of weeks in a China awhile back, and being the Internet addict that I am, paid to access the net from hotels, etc. CNN.com was blocked, as were many other American news sites. But none of the porn sites I tried were blocked. (Of course I had to try, to see if they were blocked. And no, I wasn’t arrested.)

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by BubbaFan on Feb 14, 2009 10:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

did they let you log onto those japanese sites?

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by chandrathan on Feb 14, 2009 10:12 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

i like that we can do it

i think it is part of what makes rr a vibrant community. We discuss more than baseball. Redreporter is filled with intelligent people who think about more than just sports. Plus if we have game threads we can’t ban swearing. Did you see the Reds bullpen in 2007?

"Oedipus ruined a great sex life by asking too many questions!"- Dr. Stephen T. Colbert DFA.

by justin007000 on Feb 14, 2009 9:36 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

jiminy crickets

for the record I joke about being Anti-Asian yet i have three half-Asian children. But Ive always argued they’re half Pacific Islander. That really , really pisses off the ex-in laws.

remember people are Asian and durable goods are Oriental.

"aw....c'mon. That's suck! I heard Coldplay on WARM98" obc son(after watching the band win Best Rock Grammy)

by obc2 on Feb 14, 2009 10:00 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I have:

A hillbilly sister
A Black half Jewish/half Catholic son in law
A Hispanic- Cuban Daughter in Law
A Niece who’s lesbian
A nephew who is gay
Another niece who is into NASCAR
A 98 year old Republican Mother
My wife is agnostic
My son is an internet engineer

and obc as my attorney

So there damn it!

If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
Quentin Crisp

by Madville on Feb 14, 2009 10:09 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

i just have the jewish thing going on in my family

and it is only my grandmother, and she was only Jewish by name, she had the maiden name of Rosenthal, but her parents were practicing Lutherans and she became a Unitarian.

"Oedipus ruined a great sex life by asking too many questions!"- Dr. Stephen T. Colbert DFA.

by justin007000 on Feb 15, 2009 10:08 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

My mother is a hamster

and my father smells of elderberries.

There are only two seasons - winter and Baseball. - Bill Veeck

by PeteyHendrix on Feb 15, 2009 10:39 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I fart in your general direction

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