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The Tokyo Traveler

by Shane on May 4th, 2008

Japanese Royal Tombs opened to Scholars for the first time.

It will cost Japan approximately $100,000 dollars to redesign a commemorative coin because of a copyright dispute with a Brazilian artist.

A new high speed train service connecting Tokyo to Kanagawa Prefecture utilizes a “secret” train track under Tokyo.

Bobby Valentine, a baseball manager for the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan, thinks that Major League teams in the US should send players to the Olympics.

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The Toronto Traveler
May 5, 2008 at 8:12 pm

Well, if MLB did decide to allow their players to compete, they would be joining the NHL and the NBA, who already allow their players to do that.
Shane
May 5, 2008 at 8:25 pm

This is true. MLB allows players from it’s minor league teams to participate but not those on the major league 25-man roster. The timing of the Olympics is during the MLB playoff hunt so it is understandable that there would be concerns.

I also think that players with incentive clauses may choose finances over patriotism even if they were allowed to participate.
The Toronto Traveler
May 5, 2008 at 8:29 pm

Yeah, that’s definitely a possibility. Especially since it’s during the lead-up to the playoffs I can see why teams would be leery about doing that. The players that could make a difference at the olympics (i.e. the ones the IOC is whining about not having) are the same players that the teams need to make the playoffs.