Rob Howley has urged an expectant Welsh public to give teenage sensation Keelan
Giles time and space as he prepares for a potential Test match debut.
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Pas Cher Blanche Et Rose .The 18-year-old Ospreys wings blistering
pace and dazzling footwork have already drawn comparisons with Wales record
international try-scorer Shane Williams.And a Principality Stadium crowd of more
than 70,000 could see what all the fuss is about on Saturday after Giles was
named among Wales replacements for their autumn series clash against Japan.Wales
Under-20 international Giles has scored eight tries in five games this season,
earning rave reviews as a rare talent who could have a long Test career ahead of
him. If he is capped this weekend, Giles will become Wales 11th youngest senior
international.When asked on Thursday what the Welsh public should expect from
Giles, Wales interim head coach Howley adopted a cautious stance.Give him time,
he said. Dont give him as many headlines as he has had over the last couple of
weeks. The Ospreys and (head coach) Steve Tandy have been particularly
impressive in how they have developed a young talent.It is important we continue
that on the international scene. Hopefully, he will have an opportunity to come
on on the wing in an experienced back three, so he can enjoy his first touch of
the ball in international rugby.Howley has made 10 changes to the starting XV
following last weekends solid 24-20 victory over Argentina. The switches include
a recall for centre Jamie Roberts, who was dropped to the bench against the
Pumas, and opportunities for the likes of Cardiff Blues half-backs Gareth
Anscombe and Lloyd Williams, Ospreys prop Nicky Smith and Newport Gwent Dragons
lock Cory Hill.Liam Williams and Leigh Halfpenny, meanwhile, swap positions with
Williams moving to full-back and Halfpenny on the wing, with flanker Sam
Warburton captaining the team.Halfpenny makes his first Wales start as a wing
since the 2011 World Cup, and Roberts is reunited with midfield partner Jonathan
Davies for a 46th time.Among those players not involved in the matchday 23 as
Wales build towards next weeks Cardiff appointment with South Africa are
established internationals such as wing George North, fly-half Dan Biggar, prop
Gethin Jenkins and lock Luke Charteris.Elsewhere in the team, Anscombe wins his
ninth cap, but it will be a first start at fly-half, and Hill makes a full Test
debut after going on as a replacement against Australia 12 days ago, when Wales
were crushed 32-8.It is an opportunity for some of the players to put their
hands up after a disappointing performance against Australia, Howley added.
There is also a chance to blood some new players with experienced players around
them like Cory Hill alongside Alun Wyn Jones, James King alongside Dan Lydiate
and Sam Warburton, and Keelan and Sam (Davies) coming on in an experienced back
line.We are playing Liam in his preferred 15 role. I feel it is the best three
to play in the back three against Japan. It is as simple as that. It is about
seeing the combination of Leigh and Liam playing together.George (North) has
played the last two games and, as I have said, it is important we give everyone
an opportunity to put their hand up for next week.Wales include three starting
line-up survivors from the side beaten by Japan in Tokyo three years ago - Liam
Williams, Lloyd Williams and back-row forward James King - but the countries
four previous Cardiff encounters saw Wales post a total of 289 points.They
(Japan) had a really good win against Georgia last weekend (28-22 in Tbilisi),
Howley said. The tries they scored in that game sums up Japan over the last
couple of years. They play a high-octane game. They are a great
counter-attacking side, and we have to be on our mettle.
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. -- The Sacramento Kings are set to become the first major professional sports
franchise to accept Bitcoin virtual currency for ticket and merchandise
purchases. Koreas contributions to Major League Baseball have run the gamut in
recent years. Jung Ho Kang, the crown jewel of transplants, is an .800 OPS
anchor in the Pittsburgh Pirates order. Seattles Dae-Ho Lee flashed some power
this season, with 14 home runs in 104 games. Baltimores Hyun Soo Kim hit .302
without a lot of pop, and Byung Ho Park batted .191 in 62 games with Minnesota
before a demotion to the minors and season-ending wrist surgery in August. That
was hardly what the Twins had in mind when they signed him to a four-year,
$12.85 million contract a year ago.So who will be next on the list? The primary
name on MLBs Korea radar has California roots, an outsized personality and
enough of a mystery factor to suggest he could be a wild card in this winters
free-agent market.His name is Eric Thames, and Toronto fans might recall him as
a platoon outfielder with the Blue Jays in 2011 and 2012. After drifting from
Seattle to Houston to the NC Dinos in the Korean Baseball Organization, he has
lured a procession of scouts to the city of Changwon, on Koreas southeastern
coast. The?San Diego Padres, Oakland Athletics and Tampa Bay Rays are among the
clubs that have followed Thames in Korea and expressed varying degrees of
interest in him, sources said.Thames, 30, has spent the past three years putting
up cartoon numbers that bring to mind the success enjoyed by Tuffy Rhodes and
Wladimir Balentien in Japan. In 2015, Thames won the MVP award and a Gold Glove
at first base, became the first KBO player to hit 40 homers and steal 40 bases
in a season, logged a .391/.497/.790 slash line and became the first player in
Korean baseball to hit for the cycle twice in the same season.This year, Thames
regressed slightly, but he still hit 40 homers and logged an OPS of 1.101 for
the Dinos, who lost to the Doosan Bears in the KBO final, known as the Korean
Series.Now that Thames has reached the end of a one-year, $1.5 million contract
with the Dinos, options abound. He could return to the Dinos, although his
success might have priced him out of the KBO. He could pursue a deal in Japan.
Or he could plunge into the MLB free-agent market, where the left-handed
power-hitting options include Michael Saunders, Colby Rasmus, Mitch Moreland,
Adam Lind,?Pedro Alvarez and Brandon Moss.Is Thames an everyday option for a
team in search of a power bat, or more of a platoon type? Interested major
league teams arent the only ones asking that question. Four years since his last
big league at-bat, Thames is curious what the future might bring.Yes, the
thought has crossed my mind a few times, Thames said in a recent email to
ESPN.com. Im wondering about how my new mindset could transfer over. Next year
feels like light years away! Who knows where I will end up.Thames has taken a
roundabout route to this point. He played high school ball at Bellarmine Prep --
a private Jesuit school in San Jose, California, that produced big leaguers Pat
Burrell and Kevin Frandsen?--?and signed with Toronto as a seventh-round pick
out of Pepperdine University in 2008. He was at the bottom of the 40-man roster
for a 111-loss Houston team and playing winter ball in Venezuela in December
2013 when representatives for the Dinos squad approached his agents at Sosnick,
Cobbe & Karon with interest.As a bearded, muscular, 6-foot-1, 220-pounder
with power and an abundance of tattoos, Thames had a certain?appeal for the
Dinos.They had done their homework, said Adam Karon, Thames agent. They told us
they were interested because, Hes a comic book hero with a prep school
education.Thames was initially skeptical about his long-term prospects in the
Far East. He planned to go to Korea for a year, then return stateside. But his
natural curiosity prompteed him to keep an open mind.
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signing with NC, Thames bought the Rosetta Stone Korean program and dove
head-first into learning the language.When you look at this as just a paycheck,
thats when you struggle, Thames said. The key is to enjoy the ride. Fully
embrace the experience. [The] Hangul [alphabet] is pretty easy to learn, so I
was able to pick it up easily. I am not fluent by any means, but speaking like a
baby is better than not knowing any at all.As Thames immersed himself in the
Korean culture and began clearing fences with regularity, he developed an ardent
following. He patiently signed autographs for long lines of fans at Masan
Stadium, and he grew accustomed to having meals interrupted by fans in search of
selfies.Going anywhere with him is insane in that country, Karon said. Its like
going out with the Beatles. Girls are crying and people are trying to touch him
and get pictures. Ive never seen anything like it.Celebrity came with a price.
In late September, Thames was arrested for driving under the influence of
alcohol and suspended nine games. The legal limit for blood alcohol content in
Korea is 0.050, considerably lower than in the U.S., and Thames registered a
0.056. He apologized and subsequently did community service as a penance.A Far
East scout for an MLB club said Thames showed a strong work ethic in Korea and
was popular with his teammates. The natural question is how his skills will
translate to the majors. Can he adjust to higher level of competition and bigger
ballparks in the majors? Thames has more of a line-drive swing than loft power.
Can he catch up to 94-95 mph fastballs after feasting on 89-91 mph heaters in
the KBO?Hes very aggressive at the plate and on the field, too, for that matter,
the scout said. Hes a first-ball fastball hacker, boy. Hes trying to hit the
ball hard. Sometime you see guys who are happy to make contact and put the ball
in play. Thats not him. Hes gonna hurt somebody someday.Thames defense in the
outfield was considered below-average in Toronto. He moved to first base in
Korea and will most likely be viewed by MLB teams as a combination first
baseman-corner outfield-DH candidate. A National League front office man said he
wouldnt be surprised if teams were willing to give Thames a multiyear deal to
return to the States.You have an element thats going to be skeptical, the
executive said. Hes already played over here, and he wasnt a tremendous success
the first time. But you have to ask yourself, Is this guy a late bloomer?Look at
some of the money that Cuban players have gotten. Whats the difference here? I
think somebody is going to bite, and hell get a contract for two years and $12
million, or three years and $15-18 million.Thames, who majored in integrated
marketing and communications at Pepperdine, is back on the open market as a more
mature, worldly player than the one who first traveled to Korea in 2014. He has
embraced meditation and is a fan of Shawn Greens book, The Way of Baseball:
Finding Stillness at 95 mph.I focus on the process rather than the results,
Thames said. When I was younger, I just wanted to be liked by fans and wanted to
be an All-Star, but there is a process to succeed at that high of a level. I
believe meditation is very important. It helps keep your head above water. It
helps you live in the present moment.The present finds Eric Thames open to
offers and interested in seeing how much MLB teams value his achievements in
Korea. After traveling roughly 6,000 miles to find himself, hes about to
discover how it feels to be wanted back in the states.
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