Comments on: Hideki Matsui donates $600,000 to Japanese relief efforts http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/21/hideki-matsui-donates-600000-to-japanese-relief-efforts/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Sun, 19 May 2013 19:31:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: cur68 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/21/hideki-matsui-donates-600000-to-japanese-relief-efforts/comment-page-1/#comment-120848 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 05:33:51 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=46503#comment-120848 Matsui is the sack. Here’s another dude named Hideaki (sounds the same as Hideki) who is the sack + a gazillion;

http://www.badassoftheweek.com/akaiwa.html

This guy has STONES in his sack.

]]> By: atlsp http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/21/hideki-matsui-donates-600000-to-japanese-relief-efforts/comment-page-1/#comment-120671 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:50:37 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=46503#comment-120671 So Ichiro donates $1m, Matsui donates half a mil, and Kenshin Kawakami – who will make $7m to report to the AA-Mississippi Braves (unless he is mercifully traded before then) – donated $50k? C’mon Kenshin, at least donate more than what you paid for your Lamborghini Murcielago or Maserati Gran Turismo S!

]]> By: apbaguy http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/21/hideki-matsui-donates-600000-to-japanese-relief-efforts/comment-page-1/#comment-120503 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:16:59 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=46503#comment-120503 Out here in SF, the land of the San Andreas fault (and the lesser known but more active Hayward fault), we keep talking about an 8.9 earthquake (the size of the Sendai quake.) It’s really unimaginable. The Loma Prieta quake, which occurred during the ’89 Giants/A’s series, was 7.1. An 8.9 is almost 100 times as strong. All the localities built on fill (Treasure Island, Foster City, among others) would liquefy, most frame buildings would collapse, etc. The one “good” thing is that the epicenter would probably be under land, as opposed to the ocean, so the likelihood of a tsunami is less.

Since I’ve lived here almost 7 years now, the strongest quake I’ve felt was a 4.7. That scared the s**t out of me, almost literally. The gap in strength between that and Loma Prieta is about 100, and between 4.7 and 8.9 is about 10,000. Unimaginable.

]]> By: Utley's Hair http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/21/hideki-matsui-donates-600000-to-japanese-relief-efforts/comment-page-1/#comment-120490 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:04:16 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=46503#comment-120490 Good for him. It makes me feel (a bit) better about humanity to see stuff like this.

Now, how to get the Japanese government to stop lying about the seriousness of this nuclear stuff…. Or are they really incompetent enough not to know what the hell is actually going on? It’s frightening either way.

]]> By: The Rabbit http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/21/hideki-matsui-donates-600000-to-japanese-relief-efforts/comment-page-1/#comment-120481 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:51:38 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=46503#comment-120481 OK then….Drop one of your catchers and pick him up. I think he’s still a free agent in our league. :-)

]]> By: yankeesfanlen http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/21/hideki-matsui-donates-600000-to-japanese-relief-efforts/comment-page-1/#comment-120459 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:25:13 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=46503#comment-120459 Matsui is a great guy. I would like him as a member of my team.

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