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Halos Heaven [zh_TW] 拿小胖和不愛他的老爸 (translation of Mike Napoli and The Father Who Wouldn't Love him)

This is a traditional Chinese translation of Suboptimal's epic, heart warming tale about a baseball team in anytown. A friend of mine from a text-based bulletin "ptt" of Taiwan contributed to the translation. I thank him for allowing me to share it here.

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Halos Heaven H. Matsui as a High-School Player

I was trying to search some video footages in the youtube the other day for some historical videos about Hideki Matsui. I came across a trivia about him as a high school player. During Japanese High School Baseball Series in 1992, Matsui got consecutive 5 intentional walks, which is a record of the series. Matsui's team (Seiryo High) lost by 2-3.

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via Sanspo.com, Angels puts Matsui picture on the Diablo Stadium.

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Halos Heaven Angels reference in Major (a Japanese Animation) episodes

 

In the fourth season of a Japanese anime series called "Major" (English wikipedia entry), the main character arrives United States for baseball career. There is no surprised that some major-league team references would be put into the episodes. Ever since I learned that its baseball advisor is Shigetoshi Hasegawa, I started to look for Angels references...

[MAJOR 4th season][05]
Baseball advisor: Shigetoshi Hasegawa!

And ... I found a huge Angels reference!
長谷川's influence.... [MAJOR 4th season][05]
This was set to be the spring training stadium of "Anaheim Salmons". The opponent for this game was set to be "Dallas Elephants"...

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I feel like google ads are laughing at me.

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Google suggestion... reveals a great population of Jeff's fans.

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Halos Heaven Taiwanese Nicknames for LA Angels Character

 

On the most popular bulletin board service in Taiwan called PTT, we Angel fans have a little board chatting about all things Angels. It's not a surprise that many Angels characters have their own Taiwanese nicknames on the board. They are mostly in Mandarin, sometimes pronounced in native Taiwanese. Here are some of the nicknames and the explanations if necessary.

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Halos Heaven OC Metro: OC’s 40 Under 40 (Torii Hunter listed)

Via OC Metro Magazine

Torii Hunter, 32

Centerfielder, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (laangels.com)

Brought over from the Minnesota Twins with a 5-year, $90 million contract, this 7-time Golden Glover has been recognized for his philanthropic endeavors, winning Major League Baseball’s Marvin Miller Man of the Year award last season. Hunter also founded the Torii Hunter Project, a youth baseball initiative that increases opportunities for young players, particularly in inner cities.

What he hopes to be doing in 10 years:

“I’d like to be spending more time with my family and doing TV work as a baseball analyst.

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