From the Stadium: Watching the Champs!
I had the pleasure of being at Koshien Stadium on November 5 to watch Game 7 of the Japan Series with 12,000+ other crazy fans. It was such an amazing time. Here is a video of my day. Enjoy!
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From the Stadium: Pennant is OURS
As some of you have heard, I was fortunate enough to have tickets to Thursday’s game at Koshien Stadium. Truth be told, we did not plan it ahead of time to be this way, it just worked out for us. Me and Sanjay (podcast co-host) wanted to take in a game together, and since he…
Game 57 vs. Fighters: Unbelievable Comeback Victory!
Life has been extremely busy for me, but not so busy that I can’t take in the occasional game at Koshien Stadium. This was, in fact, my first one since a disappointing 0-1 loss to the Hiroshima Carp back on April 10. When the starter was announced yesterday as Aaron Wilkerson I was stoked. When…
Olympics Report – A Gold Medal Night
If you read the last column, you know that I was a driver for a certain media outlet during these Tokyo Olympics. Well, honestly, the job itself was pretty boring, even disappointing, for me. Some of my fellow drivers took media crews (and even players) to venues and had some pretty fun experiences, even getting…
Game 79 vs. Giants: Rain, Rain, ____, Come Again Another Day!
You can say what you want about the nature of this game ending in the top of the seventh with the Giants threatening to make it a close game. The fact of the matter is that the grounds crew know the field better than anyone, and they do not play favorites. When they can fix…
Game 24 vs. Baystars: Avenging Friday’s Loss… and then some!
If Friday’s loss left a bad taste in the mouth of Tigers’ fans, you’d better believe it did the same to the Tigers’ players. And they made the Baystars pitchers in particular pay the price. This one was a no-doubter from the onset, and though I was in attendance, I missed the first inning, which…
Take Me Out to the Koshien 2021
Last year, Covid-19 only permitted me to attend one baseball game. This year, I got a quick start to matching that number, as I headed out to Hanshin Koshien Stadium in the preseason to catch the Tigers-Lions battle-for-feline-supremacy match (Part II). It was a cloudy, cool Saturday afternoon, and Koyo Aoyagi was on the mound…
Stadiums to Allow More Fans In!
Source: Daily Sports NPB held an emergency meeting on the 12th and reached the decision to loosen the limitations placed on fan attendance at games starting on September 19. A government branch meeting on the 11th determined that it was safe to allow stadiums to be filled to a maximum of 50% of their capacities….
Feels Good to be Back at the Ballpark!
As someone who lived in Japan more than 15 years before going to his first professional baseball game, you would think a few extra months away from the park because of COVID-19 would be bearable. Not the case. More than nine months of no Koshien is practically like starving a man, especially one who lives…
Vodcast 14 – We Made the Postseason!
T-Ray and JD took in Game 143 from the 3B Alps at Koshien Stadium and bring you some before-and-after commentary, plus a brief look at Takashi Toritani‘s “ceremony”. (Hint: It never happened.)