Soo here I am in the Fukuoka Dome. Some white guy is introducing stuff in a typical American announcer's voice. In English AND Japanese. Odd. "Max, 9999." Who is this person? He's got a good Japanese accent. And is rallying, etc. But there really aren't many people here to rally.
The cheerleaders at this place seem most like the dancers at NBA games. They're dancing to a hip-hop mix, and moving as one might expect. Shakira backup dancers.
ANOTHER Hawks game! I've seen this team play three times so far.
Hey, there's a flower presentation ceremony during the national anthem! I did not know that. Here's this Max guy again, announcing. This is much more the announcing style I'm used to.
Adam Hydzu! He played for the Sox!
And this pitcher is their famous guy, Wada.
I hate these fences! They're so annoying. I just want pictures, damn it.
They actually have guys doing the vendor roaming-of-the-aisles thing here. And they all have amazing calf muscles. Whoa, very nice.
I went to Peace Memorial Park and the A-bomb dome today. Hiroshima as a whole seems like a modern-day miracle to me. It was devastated, and wiped out completely in '45...but you would never know that by just visiting the city. I can't really describe what it's like to see Hiroshima now, and to then compare it to the panoramic photos taken in October, 1945. This city is the one that should be named Phoenix.
Meanwhile, Fukuoka is very pleasant. It reminds me of SW Florida, like Olde Naples, somehow.
This is the first game I've actually had to walk up and buy a ticket for, like a real person. Hm.
I wonder if people are going to fill all these seats in front of me. If not, I want them. I need to shoot through this FENCE. Argh.
This dome is not as cool as Tokyo's. It's bigger (maybe not in terms of seats, but pure size-wise, definitely), and the roof is retractable. I wish it was open. It's beautiful outside.
You know, the Fukuouka crazies are almost all music. They don't really have the cheers Chiba or Chunichi or Tokyo do. Just drums and trumpet, and, of course, "Dinah, Blow Your Horn" (which they play most of the time).
There aren't a lot of Orix people here.
Oh, the crazies are chanting (figures). But not the same as at other places.
They have the graphics screen here, with English run-of-the-mill phrases flashing all over it. Maybe it's Max's doing.
So they have these special Coke-sponsored seats in front of the fence. Stupid fence.
Max is back, in the stands with people. This guy is like a team mascot.
Do 1st names go on jerseys? Adam Hydzu's says "Adam," but some other American (Walton?), who was at Chiba, had his last name. I guess it's easier to have one or the other here. Yay Adam Hydzu!
#46 hit a homer. Or an RBI double. Not sure which.
It's 1-0 Hawks; this is a total pitchers duel between Wada and Davey.
1.5 hours and we're already in the bottom of the 6th!
I found Tuffy Rhodes. He's number 8.
Are the people in the Coke seats wearing batting helmets as a safety thing or a promo thing?
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