Dragonbutts

[dr4b]

Probably only funny to the2belo and firearmofmutiny, but







I usually wouldn't bother getting someone to take a picture of me but everyone around me at Jingu thought it was really funny how hyper I was about Morino and then he totally kicked ass tonight. I think I was even on the big screen for a second or two, heh.

Comments

[jayspec.livejournal.com]

I think I see that the cleanup hitter has a 0 batting average? Does the pitcher bat in Japanese baseball? (I assume he's batting 4th due to a late-inning substitution if that's the case.)

[firearmofmutiny.livejournal.com]

Um... yeah, that's our closer Hitoki Iwase. :D The Dragons usually take their usual cleanup hitter (Tyrone Woods) out in the late innings because he's a defensive liability.

[jayspec.livejournal.com]

Ah. Makes sense. I can't imagine that the closer would get a lot of ABs.

[nppyinzer.livejournal.com]

That's an awesome amount of useful information on the scoreboard. As someone who keeps score at almost every baseball game he attends, I approve.

[dr4b]

Uhhh, actually, no, it's not all that useful for keeping score. Hell, Jingu actually sucks because it's hard to see how many hits there are in the game, the judgment on hit/error is barely displayed, they have no recap of what people did earlier in the game and no replays, they don't show pitchers' ERA when they come in, and they don't show the uniform numbers ANYWHERE, etc. In general Japan stadiums are horrible for keeping score in (and I would know, as I've kept score at about 20-30 games in Japan now at this point). The Tokyo Dome is semi-ok, at least they tell you how far the home runs are when they're hit, and they have a recap of what each player did earlier in the game (though no inning recap like we always had at Safeco)

I've been told the Sapporo Dome is a little better for this sort of thing, but it's one of the two baseball stadiums in Japan I still haven't been to, so I dunno.

[nppyinzer.livejournal.com]

Mostly, I liked how both lineups and everyone's average is there for the entire game. I've done a lot of high school and independent minor league games, with really bare-bones scoreboards/announcing, so I guess I'm working from a different point of comparison. But I'll take your word for it.

Is the scorecard for a game in Japan the same as it is in the US?

Also, I'm deeply jealous of your travels; I've only been to three major league stadiums, none of which were built in my lifetime.

[the2belo.livejournal.com]

Hee!