By a city with the highest Asian American population, in a World

By a city with the highest Asian American population, in a World Series with two Asian American players, it was a certainly an exciting series for the fastest growing US population.

It was San Francisco Giant’s left-fielder and Japanese American Travis Ishikawa versus Kansas City Royal’s pitcher and Japanese American Jeremy Guthrie.

Their initial meeting in Game 3 of the series was believed to be the first time that kind of matchup ever happened in a World Series ever.Guthrie got the better of Ishikawa, who lined out to right and grounded out to first.

The Giants beat the Kansas City Royals 3-2 to win the World Series at Kauffman Stadium last night in an action-packed, tense, crackerjack of a ballgame that featured both teams’ managers using their top-end relief pitchers to turn a back-and-forth early outing into a scoreboard replete with zeroes in the late innings.

Royals manager Ned Yost pulled Guthrie in the fourth inning with runners on first and third and one out.

The San Francisco Giants opted for Juan Perez over Travis Ishikawa for the start in left field for Game 7 of the World Series against the Kansas City Royals.

Ishikawa is primarily a first baseman and made eight outfield appearances during the regular season.

For Asian Americans, it will be another round featuring a diversity milestone in America’s national pastime.

Last week in San Francisco, representatives of the Baseball Hall of Fame met with Ishikawa about his home run bat. Reluctant at first to part with it, Ishikawa reportedly gave up his bat once he was told it would be placed next to Thomson’s bat in Cooperstown.

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