Miscellaneous Seattle centerfielder Ichiro Suzuki's 25 game hitting streak ended Saturday when he took an 0-4 against Texas in a 5-4 victory. Catcher Kenji Johjima was 2-4 with an RBI, but also took a real pounding with foul tips and pitches in the dirt that bounced erratically into various parts of his body, so he will almost certainly sit Sunday's game out and perhaps the next one as well. 

Tampa Bay third baseman Akinori Iwamura batted leadoff for the first time in his short big league career and went 2-4 with an RBI Saturday against Kansas City in a 9-4 loss. It was also his 1000th career game for his combined NPB/MLB time. 

Colorado second baseman Kazuo Matsui was 2-4 Saturday in a 4-1 victory over Cincinnati. He is currently batting .311. 

Boston rebounded Saturday to sink the Yankees 11-6, as reliever Hideki Okajima picked up his first MLB victory with 1.1 perfect innings. 

Yankees leftfielder Hideki Matsui was 1-5. 

Pirates minor league righthander Masumi  Kuwata had his first appearance for Indianopolis in AAA Saturday, tossing a scoreless inning on a hit. 

Chicago White Sox second baseman Tadahito Iguchi was 1-3 with a walk Saturday in a 9-3 drubbing by Toronto. 

How come so many people just cannot be reasonable? They have to be self-aggrandizing, inflexible assholes on power trips for no other reason than to inflate their sense of self-importance. Check this out. Those of you who have high blood pressure problems might want to give it a miss. Neither the kid nor the parents in this case had any ill intention, but the power hungry Little League bureaucrats decided to stick it to a freaking ten year old just to make themselves feel good. Bastards.

Waseda University lost for the first time this season after eight straight victories when Keio University smacked them 7-3 at Meiji Jingu Stadium Saturday before 34,000. Yuki Saito did not pitch, but he will start Sunday's game in hopes of wrapping up his team's 39th Tokyo Big Six University League title. Keio southpaw Mikinori Kato, who is a pro prospect, went seven shutout innings on a hit and struckout eight while walking none to receive credit for the win. He was clocked at 91mph.