Shane Barclay
Shane Barclay, Owner of Extra Innings, has worked in baseball for the entirety of his professional life. He has worked for the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Arizona Fall League, the World Baseball Clasic, and MLB’s Office of the Commissioner in the Dominican Republic and New York City.
Thank You, Baseball
@thankyoubaseball (update: no longer active) is one of my favorite accounts in all of social media. Zan Rathore, the account’s Toronto-based creator, has the goal of uniting the baseball community by sharing all that makes him thankful for the game…
Beyond Baseball: The Robot Show
Update: It appears that the Robot Restaurant may have permanently closed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. We will stay tuned to see if it re-opens. The world-famous Robot Show, which is held in the basement of the Robot Restaurant,…
Beyond Baseball: Bullet Trains
Japan’s high speed Shinkansen trains, popularly known as “bullet trains” ever since their initial design stages, can reach speeds of 200 MPH. But it is not just their speed that impresses. Despite traveling routes that cover vast swaths of the…
Beyond Baseball: Sumo Wrestling 101
Overview and History Despite the ever-visible popularity of baseball, sumo wrestling is the national sport of Japan. Baseball may have made its way to Japan shortly after the sport came into existence, in the second half of the 19th century,…