Who?
Wakamatsu is the first major-league manager of Asian descent, his father being a third generation Japanese-American born in a detention camp near the California-Oregon border during the World War II. But this may not mean much on the language front, since Wakamatsu himself admits he only speaks a smattering of that tongue.
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Asian's a language?
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Oops- I meant I bet he speaks more Asian, not African. Well, it seemed funny when I posted it...
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I've been to dinner at Jimmy Buffet's house, and I've eaten it at a homeless shelter. And there's great joy and harrowing terror to be found in both places.
-Todd Snider
Fixed.
This should add a new term to the baseball lexicon. When a manager makes what seems to be a nonsensical decision fans will be able to say "That move is Wakamatsu."
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