LOS ANGELES (August 27, 2010) – The Los Angeles Dodgers will honor photographer Jon SooHoo, who is celebrating his 25th anniversary with the team, on Friday as he throws out the ceremonial first pitch at the evening’s game against the San Francisco Giants. The evening’s festivities will include an in-game video tribute to SooHoo’s 25 years with the team, the longest-tenured photographer in Dodger franchise history. He will receive gifts from the Dodgers and the city of Los Angeles as a token of their appreciation for his hard work and dedication.

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Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Hiroki Kuroda poses with the 2010 Nisei Week Court during pre-game ceremonies celebrating Japanese American Community Night. (Photo by Jon SooHoo/LA Dodgers)

The Los Angeles Dodgers celebrated Japanese-American Community Night this week by honoring several members of the Japanese-American community of the area. A ceremony was held on the Dodger Stadium field during pregame events, honoring several individuals including Consul General of Japan Junichi Ihara.

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Front left, Rob Brace, M.A., Dean of Faculty, Minnesota School of Business, and Srilal Liyanapathiranage, a leader in the Minnesota Sri Lanka community. Rear-left, Nevanka Liyanapathiranage, Globe University Librarian; and Globe University students in the Global Citizenships Class in Service Learning, Fran Churchill, Sylvia Isaacson, and Angela Lawson.

By TOM LAVENTURE

AAP staff writer

WOODBURY, Minn. (May 28, 2010) – The Minnesota – Sri Lanka Friendship Foundation has done much to support the native land – to rebuild in the aftermath of the tsunami, and now with the end of its decades long civil war. But its baseball that has now captured the imagination of the sports loving nation – and an local effort has begun to help equip youth that are quickly rising to the par of their international peers.

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San Francisco Assessor-Recorder Phil Ting, his daughter Isabella, and Giants First Baseman Travis Ishikawa. (Photo by Calvin Wong)

SAN FRANCISCO (May 18, 2010) – As part of the continued partnership with San Francisco Hep B Free and the San Francisco Giants in May, first baseman Travis Ishikawa, San Francisco Assessor-Recorder Phil Ting, San Francisco Hep B Free Co-Founder Janet Zola, and Saint Francis Memorial Hospital’s Dr. Ming Tsang urged fans to ask their personal physicians to test them for hepatitis B.

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By BOB SAN

AAP staff writer

The 2010 Major League Baseball season got underway Sunday, April 4 when Boston beat New York 9 to 7.

There are several interesting Asian and Asian American players to keep an eye on this year. Here are a few players to keep up with in the box scores or to go see them play when they come to Minnesota.

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By BOB SAN

AAP staff writer

The return of Jacque Jones to Twins spring training camp brought back fond memory of what I considered the best regular season Twins game I ever saw.

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PHOENIX (March 2, 2010) – The Los Angeles Dodgers today announced the expected roster for the upcoming three-game series in Taiwan. Additional players may be added or changed prior to the March 10 departure.

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The Los Angeles Dodgers will travel to Taiwan and play two games against a team from the Chinese Professional Baseball League on March 13 and 14, MLB and the Major League Baseball Players Association announced January 23, 2010 in Taipei.

This will be the Dodgers second trip to Taiwan.  They became the first Major League team to play in Taiwan in 1993 when they competed against a team of CPBL All-Stars.

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