(Kasumigaseki, Tokyo, the capital of Japan; photos taken by EEE Reporter)The Yankees are now playing against PHI, 1-6, as it is being broadcast live on TV in Japan.
There is a sweet spot on the bat like on the racket for tennis.
No matter how fast a ball is pitched, if a batter takes it on the sweet spot of his bat at a right angle, he can strike the ball back fast, far, and high without using much power from his arms.
However, swinging the bat to meet a fast ball at 90 miles or more per hour needs strong movement of muscles and bones of the batter. Accordingly, a batter tends to overstrain himself, resulting in missing the sweet-spot matching with the fast ball.
Anyway, if Hideki Matsui is allowed to play as outfielder tonight in America (a holiday's morning in Japan), he would be the first player in the MLB history who plays outfield in the World Series without any such experiences during the season, since he has been a designated hitter all through the 2009 American League games.
SECTION I: Poor Christians and Poor Judaists
Simply hating poverty is too simple for a religion to be of a world class.
But, Judaism hates poverty so simply.
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JEWISH MONEY AND ECONOMIC INFLUENCE
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Forbes business magazine even featured a story in 1999 about this same Rabbi Visotzky, who teaches a monthly religious session to 20 powerful Jewish Manhattan businessmen.
The article is intriguing for its insights on Jewish morality. On the day the reporter attended, the subject of discussion was Genesis 12:10-20. In this part of the Torah, the reader finds the disturbing story of the seminal Jewish patriarch Abraham, who pretends that his pretty wife, Sarah, is his sister so that he may both protect himself and sell her to the Egyptian Pharaoh. (She was, in fact, however incestuous, his half-sister.) [SMITH, M., 1989, p. 138] "This ploy," notes the Forbes reporter, "will not only save his life but also allow him to turn a profit on her sale. Less delicately put, Abraham becomes Sarah's pimp." [LEE, S., 11-10-99] After Abraham reaps payment, God punishes Pharaoh by cursing his land with the plague. The Egyptian leader returns Sarah to Abraham and bans them from his land. "Payoff time again for Abraham," notes the reporter, " -- Pharaoh pays him hush money." [LEE, S., 11-10-99]
Rabbi Visotzky then explained for Forbes the essence, as he saw it, to the biblical tale, quoting a lawyer in his study group who suggested that, "Morality aside, you may not like it, but by the end of the chapter -- let's face it -- Abraham is talking one-on-one with the head of state and he's earned start up costs." Visotzky then adds: "This is what it means to be a small and embattled people who are going to survive at any cost. The only thing that matters is the bottom line." [LEE, S., 11-10-99]
http://www.jewishtribalreview.org/06money.htm
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The only thing that matters must be whether God saves any poor Judaist or not, like in the case of Christianity.
The interference of God in any hidden manner can only justify the Abraham's conduct in this episode involving his wife and the king of Egypt.
Put simply, a poor and honest Judaist wants to be out of poverty, since God makes some Judaists rich and others poor; a poor and honest Christian wants to be saved by the God, since poverty is crucially linked with Jesus' Theology.
However, most importantly, rich Judaists in New York in 1999 could not show full respect to Abraham; inevitably they had to face the punishment by God in 2008.
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I saw someone in a dream last night.
Anyway, they say that Former President Mr. George W. Bush is going to perform a first-pitch ceremony in the third game of the Japanese Baseball Championship in Tokyo tonight.
http://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/bush-to-visit-to-japan-next-week
Nonetheless, President Mr. Barack Obama can ski if he so wishes when he comes to Japan next week, as I saw a lot of fresh snow shining and covering Mt. Fuji 100 Km far from the Tokyo Area this morning.
Mar 11:1 And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples,
Mar 11:2 And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him.
Mar 11:3 And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither.
Mar 11:4 And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him.
Mar 11:5 And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt?
Mar 11:6 And they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded: and they let them go.
Mar 11:7 And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and he sat upon him.