LOS ANGELES -- Some things are just nice to see, and there's not much more to it than that. In America around this time every year, one of the nicest things to see -- especially for the inveterate sports fan -- is the invariably engrossing finale of the long Major League Baseball season.
Baseball remains tremendously popular in the States, as it does in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. And in America, players from Asia and elsewhere are more prominent and popular than ever before.
Take two stellar Asian players on the New York Yankees team roster. This storied club won its eighth consecutive American League East title in Boston last Saturday afternoon. Two key members of this star-studded team are Hideki Matsui and Chien-Ming Wang.
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