There were several responses to the column of April 12 with information on how and where fans can find Japanese baseball games streamed via the Internet.

From the Kansai area, David Dodd sent an e-mail that said, "Yahoo Japan streams Japanese baseball games (Pacific League only) for free at their Web site. You have to download the player first but, after that, the games are easy to access, and the quality is fantastic.

"I was told about it last year by a teacher at my school after I complained there were very few Buffaloes games on free-to-air TV. The broadcasts are in Japanese.