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Happy holidays from JapanBall!

In this year of not attending baseball games, and various more serious challenges, I feel for each of you in our community of international baseball fans. I hope that you have been able to enjoy this oddest of holiday seasons and look forward to seeing you at the park in 2021!
Last you heard from me, I invited you to join our "Chatter Up!" episode with filmmaker Ema Ryan Yamazaki. What a guest she was - it was the perfect way to wrap up the year.

You can read the recap on our blog (and full transcript) and check out the video on YouTube by clicking below (don't forget to subscribe!).
I couldn't be more excited to announce our next guest on "Chatter Up!" - Miami Marlins General Manager Kim Ng.
Kim, who was my boss for eight years at MLB's Office of the Commissioner, was nice enough to agree to join us despite the media whirlwind that she has endured over the past weeks and, oh yeah - trying to get to know and lead her new organization.

We will talk about her recent accomplishment of becoming the first female and East Asian General Manager (the Giants' Farhan Zaidi is of Pakistani heritage), but I am also excited to encourage her to share insights gained from her role as MLB's Senior Vice President of International Baseball Operations.

Due to Kim's busy schedule, she will only be joining us for 30 minutes on Wednesday, January 6th at 8:05 PM Eastern / 5:05 PM Pacific (10:05 AM JST on the next date). We will do an audience Q&A as usual, but I also encourage you to submit questions to me ahead of time due to the time constraints.

Join the video call via this link, and please invite anyone that might be interested!
The fine, fun fellows of the Beer Baseball Blog had me on with them a couple of weeks ago. We had a great time talking about the Japanese baseball experience while sipping on some brews. Check it out on YouTube below!
With many people's traditional Christmas gatherings canceled this year, did any of you partake in the Japanese tradition of eating KFC on Christmas? My wife Jessie and I tried to, but our local KFC was closed!

To learn more about the "Kentucky for Christmas" tradition, check out this fun piece that Sam Ceisler recently posted to our blog. And please see the links below for more recent articles.
Happy New Year!

Shane Barclay
(646) 391-3130
Upcoming "Chatter Up!" Zoom Calls
Calls start at 8:05 PM Eastern / 5:05 PM Pacific (10:05 AM JST on the next date) and are accessible via this link. Please invite anyone that might be interested!

If you have any questions about how to use Zoom, please feel free to call or email me at least a couple of days before your first call.
Kim Ng - Wednesday, January 6
The Miami Marlins General Manager is the first female GM of any North American professional men's sports team and the first East Asian GM in MLB. Won three World Series as Assistant GM of New York Yankees. 30+ years in MLB, working for the Chicago White Sox, NY Yankees, LA Dodgers, and Commissioner's Office.
2021 Baseball Tours
We have a full slate of international baseball tours for 2021 - Europe, South Korea, the Dominican Republic and, of course, Japan! Stay tuned for more specifics.
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