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J.R. Sakuragi (Henderson) Article in the L.A. Times

There's a nice article on J.R. Sakuragi (Henderson) in the LA Times today.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-crowe21jan21,1,5388837.column?coll=la-headlines-sports&ctrac k=1&cset=true
He has become a naturalized Japanese citizen and is a many time all-star in Japan. It's nice to see that he's playing well and is happy to be playing in his adopted land.
All of the 1995 team will always hold a special place in many Bruin fans' hearts. It truly was an outstanding group of players and they were also outstanding young men as well (God, I MUST be getting old!!!).
Speaking of the '95 Champs... We ran into Ed O'Bannon Friday night at Cirivello's in Long Beach (I have to give a shout out to the Brew Dawgs' softball team sponsor!). He was in town to catch the $UC game and visit family and friends. We didn't bother him too much, but all of us Bruin honks went up and spoke with him briefly. He was very engaging and even came up and said good-bye when he left. Maybe his pro career didn't end up how we all hoped, but for us, we still knew that we were in the presence of one of the all-time great Bruins.
For those of you who may not know, he is now a car salesman in the Las Vegas area. He has made no bones about his story and has truly accepted his lot in life. (Here is a link to a Plaschke story from 2006...) http://www.ncnewsmedia.com/archive/madness/stories/DAY22/040306ed.htm
Again, the memories of Ed, Charlie, J.R., Tyus, Toby, Cameron, George, Kris, Kevin, omm'A, Ike and the rest will live with us for a looooong time and I KNOW that down the road we will be reminiscing about this year's Bruins squad as well.

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How can you forget Bob Meyers!?!?!?!?
Crowd favorite and walk-on sensation Bob Meyers!!!
GO BRUINS!

by rgalloucla on Jan 21, 2008 9:48 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

How do you say
"Just SC" in Japanse?

by TfXc79 on Jan 22, 2008 12:19 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

SC dake
Means "only SC"

I prefer to call them kusogaki. Which roughly translates to "piece of (fecal matter)".

by Tydides on Jan 22, 2008 1:22 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

or..
..ketsu no ane (assholes).

by whp68 on Jan 22, 2008 12:05 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

"They're..
..still shitty, isn't that so?"

Yet another famous quote from the movie Major League (the groundskeepers) with encouragment and correction from my Japanese wife.

by whp68 on Jan 24, 2008 1:17 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

In other '95 Bruins News...
Toby Bailey's German team has gone bankrupt and been forced to disband, effective immediately.

by insomniacslounge on Jan 23, 2008 3:03 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Could have been written better
That should have read "the German team that Bailey is on." Bailey himself didn't own the team.

Sorry, it's late.

by insomniacslounge on Jan 23, 2008 3:04 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I vonder vat he is sinking now
Too bad for Toby. I always felt like he had the talent but not the drive. I often had the impression that he just didn't work hard enough, and had a bit of an arrogant streak. Hope he lands on his feet though. He could have done better.

by tasser10 on Jan 23, 2008 8:08 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

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