Comments on: Nerd Baseball Post http://gilesli.com/blog/2007/10/22/nerd-baseball-post/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:34:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: oiyan http://gilesli.com/blog/2007/10/22/nerd-baseball-post/#comment-25 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 18:20:18 +0000 http://gilesli.com/blog/2007/10/22/nerd-baseball-post/#comment-25 i i

]]> by: giles http://gilesli.com/blog/2007/10/22/nerd-baseball-post/#comment-22 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:01:12 +0000 http://gilesli.com/blog/2007/10/22/nerd-baseball-post/#comment-22 hey kay, i think a lot of asians are more about immediate return rather than delayed. that's why so many asians gamble so much and those who dont' know much about the stock market jump in with both feet, thinking they can get by just by getting by. but if their kids are gonna invest taht much time practicing something, i think they often would rather it be school or classical music (i guess a lot of immigrants and refugees got tricked into believing having a career as a violinist is SO much more likely than having a career as a professional baseball player...neither seems that likely...) than sports. but lucky for me, my parents didn't have specific wants for me. they just wanted me to not suck at the things i did do. so whatever it was, they always wanted me to work hard at it, but i hate hard work, so i never really excelled at nothing. blah. hey kay, i think a lot of asians are more about immediate return rather than delayed. that’s why so many asians gamble so much and those who dont’ know much about the stock market jump in with both feet, thinking they can get by just by getting by.

but if their kids are gonna invest taht much time practicing something, i think they often would rather it be school or classical music (i guess a lot of immigrants and refugees got tricked into believing having a career as a violinist is SO much more likely than having a career as a professional baseball player…neither seems that likely…) than sports.

but lucky for me, my parents didn’t have specific wants for me. they just wanted me to not suck at the things i did do. so whatever it was, they always wanted me to work hard at it, but i hate hard work, so i never really excelled at nothing. blah.

]]> by: Kay http://gilesli.com/blog/2007/10/22/nerd-baseball-post/#comment-21 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:18:41 +0000 http://gilesli.com/blog/2007/10/22/nerd-baseball-post/#comment-21 It's me, your wifey's bff, just thought i'd put in my 2 cents too =)... I think we would see a lot more asian athletes if asian parents guide their kids in that direction. I know athletics was never a big thing in my family, my dad wanted me to play violin as a kid (I sucked at it too). I think parents in the asain community focus mainly on education, music, and the arts rather than sports don't you think so? It’s me, your wifey’s bff, just thought i’d put in my 2 cents too =)…
I think we would see a lot more asian athletes if asian parents guide their kids in that direction.
I know athletics was never a big thing in my family, my dad wanted me to play violin as a kid (I sucked at it too).
I think parents in the asain community focus mainly on education, music, and the arts rather than sports
don’t you think so?

]]> by: daren http://gilesli.com/blog/2007/10/22/nerd-baseball-post/#comment-19 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:41:28 +0000 http://gilesli.com/blog/2007/10/22/nerd-baseball-post/#comment-19 i totally get behind asian players AND think the sox paid too much for daisuke. that was a ton of cash for an unproven player in the mlb. i think he was worth a lot of money based on his success in japan, but what made me choke was the amount the spent just to negotiate with him. for me, i think, that has more to do with my general distaste for how out of control baseball salaries are than with daisuke as a player. as a pitcher, i think he's dope. i totally get behind asian players AND think the sox paid too much for daisuke.
that was a ton of cash for an unproven player in the mlb. i think he was
worth a lot of money based on his success in japan, but what made me choke
was the amount the spent just to negotiate with him. for me, i think, that
has more to do with my general distaste for how out of control baseball
salaries are than with daisuke as a player. as a pitcher, i think he’s dope.

]]> by: Bao http://gilesli.com/blog/2007/10/22/nerd-baseball-post/#comment-15 Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:32:29 +0000 http://gilesli.com/blog/2007/10/22/nerd-baseball-post/#comment-15 I don't give a shit about baseball but I always root for Asian players. Fuck the assimilationists and the haters. I don’t give a shit about baseball but I always root for Asian players.

Fuck the assimilationists and the haters.

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