what ever happened to those nude photos that Shinjo was supposed to put out? Because, uh... y'know... I have this "friend"... you see... who'd love to get a look at those saucy... er....

Fools. Shinjo's clown act has nothing on Jose Macias's.

I dig the Tsuyoshi Stardust act.

The Giants were offended.

Shinjo is a ############# rockstar. He don't take #### from no one.

It's amazing. Ichiro! and Shinjo both joined MLB in 2001 as the first position players from Japan, a major milestone. You would think Ichiro! being an actual superstar in Japanese baseball, would get the majority of Japanese press coverage. But no, Shinjo got about half the air time. Instead of his hitting, they talked about his threads and wristbands.

I don't fully understand the reasons for his continuing fame -- but we all need the clowns to make us smile.

I was watching TV in a Japanese store and there was a show on that seemed to be like "Punk'd" except that Shinjo was either the butt or the perpetrator of all the pranks. It was hilaripus. I wasn't sure it was him though. Has he been the star of an episode of some show like that?

I don't fully understand the reasons for his continuing fame -- but we all need the clowns to make us smile.

It's the same reason the Japanese worship David Beckham, even though he's about the 20th best soccer player in the world.

It's the same reason the Japanese worship David Beckham, even though he's about the <strike20th</strike> 200th best soccer player in the world.

Fixed.

Tru dat!