Oh oh, there goes a bandwagon! Quick, pop in the Kriss Kross tape!

The whole Japanese baseball players playing in the US is of course huge and has been huge since Hideo Nomo came in. It's weird though. Ichiro's still huge, and of course Matsui, the latest import is all the buzz. Sasaki, makes news... although not too recently because of his injuries, and Hasegawa's like the guy everybody's rooting for. The other players... well, they get no play. Actually Shinjo gets a 10 second blurb in the news, but well, with him it's kinda different. The energy reserved for Ichiro, Matsui, Sasaki, and Hasegawa drops significantly when Shinjo highlights are shown. And it's not just due to the fact that he's stinking it up... as Ben Tao would say when he's "Shinjotastic." I talked with some people about it, and they actually said that they don't like Shinjo and that they're rooting against him. But, I remember when Shinjo first came with the New York Mets he did pretty well platooning in the outfield... and I heard reports from Japan that the Japanese people were really pulling for him because in their eyes he was an average Japanese player making an impact in MLB. I guess when that impact isn't there anymore, people everywhere around the world jumps off the bandwagon... and jumps off quick. Well, everyone except for Jeff "I don't care if I win or lose, I just gotta have all the active Asian players in MLB on my fantasy squad" Tang. He is one loyal fan.

Which reminds me, Hideo Nomo is like a forgotten man in Japan. He had all the hype when he first came and stole the NL Rookie of the Year award from Chipper Jones. But then, when he started to struggle 2 years after his rookie campaign, nobody really followed him... and it continues to stay that way even though he's been good again the past 2 1/2 years. Guess bandwagon jumpers are wary of jumping on an old bandwagon.

Go Warriors. And daddy mack will make ya Jump, Jump.