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I have no time to write so let me just sum it up: I went to a new stadium, saw a WEDDING at the stadium before the game, saw a close game (Gunma won in 10 innings over Niigata), met a Japanese player who spent 10 years playing baseball in the US, wandered around Niigata city a little and took pictures at Dokaben Street, had some of the best udon I've eaten in my life, and then tried to crop photos and whatnot but fell asleep instead.
I woke up early this morning so I can go to Gunma and hopefully see said player pitch in the second game of the series, since Isesaki is kinda halfway between Niigata and Tokyo.
Hideki Nagasaka. I talked to him in Japanese for a minute or two, then he's just like "So where are you from, anyway?" in English and I'm like "Wait, you speak English?" and he said "I played baseball in the US for many many years, like in California and such."
He caught me after the game and we chatted for a while, he says he never gets to speak English to anyone anymore, we traded blog links and he signed my ticket and my meikan book for me. Nice guy really, I told him I'd try to get to Gunma for the game since he told me he's pitching Sunday.
Hino and Kinouchi. Hino actually played at Waseda but I don't think I ever saw him. Go figure that I ended up getting a photo with the two tallest players on the team and they make me look tiny.
New stadium! Whee!
Not a joke, I really did see a wedding. She's an announcer for the team and he's a trainer/manager type, I think he even used to play.
This is Yamada Taro from Dokaben, which is like one of the only manga I've ever read. The author is from Niigata, so there is an entire street with statues of his characters along the way. Pretty cool.
I gotta be on a train at 8:24 so... I'll write more later tonight.
I woke up early this morning so I can go to Gunma and hopefully see said player pitch in the second game of the series, since Isesaki is kinda halfway between Niigata and Tokyo.
Hideki Nagasaka. I talked to him in Japanese for a minute or two, then he's just like "So where are you from, anyway?" in English and I'm like "Wait, you speak English?" and he said "I played baseball in the US for many many years, like in California and such."
He caught me after the game and we chatted for a while, he says he never gets to speak English to anyone anymore, we traded blog links and he signed my ticket and my meikan book for me. Nice guy really, I told him I'd try to get to Gunma for the game since he told me he's pitching Sunday.
Hino and Kinouchi. Hino actually played at Waseda but I don't think I ever saw him. Go figure that I ended up getting a photo with the two tallest players on the team and they make me look tiny.
New stadium! Whee!
Not a joke, I really did see a wedding. She's an announcer for the team and he's a trainer/manager type, I think he even used to play.
This is Yamada Taro from Dokaben, which is like one of the only manga I've ever read. The author is from Niigata, so there is an entire street with statues of his characters along the way. Pretty cool.
I gotta be on a train at 8:24 so... I'll write more later tonight.
