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the adventures of Fighters Weekend continue
Well, kinda. Today I went back to Chiba yet again for another Fighters-Marines game, only this time I went with Steve who writes a Marines blog and we got free tickets from the Marines organization and sat behind home plate in row 26, which is conveniently under cover... since it turned out to be raining today after all. Oops. I seriously could not have asked for a better spot to watch this game from, aside from maybe somewhere sunny. Hee.
It got called after 6 innings with the Marines ahead 3-2, so Sweeney got the loss, sadly, but the Marines go-ahead run was scored by Benny Agbayani barrelling into Shota Ohno at home plate on a squeeze bunt. Also, Inaba hit a home run, which makes 10 for the season, 9 of which I have seen, 7 of which I have seen in person.
Despite being in the infield it was totally natsukashii to hear the ouendan doing all the old songs while waiting for the game to be called. They even did Ogasawara's, which is a bit odd these days. The Marines fans sitting next to me actually sang along for Yukio Tanaka's.
Oh, and more exciting, before the game I was walking around and saw a blonde lady with two kids and realized those had to be Brian Sweeney's wife and kids (I'd seen a photo before). As I was thinking of what the hell to say to his wife, she actually turned around, saw me, got a huge smile on her face, and was like "Are you Deanna?!! It's so nice to meet you!! I've been reading your blog for so long!" That sure made it easier for me :) I talked to her for a few minutes, also got to wave hello to Sledge's wife and kid, before a Fighters interpreter kind of herded everyone off. (For the record, he also kind of nodded/waved at me in a "hey, I know you" sort of way, which was funny.)
But yeah... called game, dreary skies, and losing kind of made me grumpy, so I went home and have been hanging out here since. I had a few goals for the evening, but really only two were important (they involve bookkeeping for renewing my visa and for paying my bills), and I got those done, but not really any of the others. I ended up watching the Tigers-Baystars on TV for about an hour -- the last few innings. Was all psyched that I got to see Kizuka pitch, but was NOT psyched that I got to see the Baystars carry a 2-0 lead so long in the game only to lose it in the bottom of the 9th. They suck so ridiculously much.
It got called after 6 innings with the Marines ahead 3-2, so Sweeney got the loss, sadly, but the Marines go-ahead run was scored by Benny Agbayani barrelling into Shota Ohno at home plate on a squeeze bunt. Also, Inaba hit a home run, which makes 10 for the season, 9 of which I have seen, 7 of which I have seen in person.
Despite being in the infield it was totally natsukashii to hear the ouendan doing all the old songs while waiting for the game to be called. They even did Ogasawara's, which is a bit odd these days. The Marines fans sitting next to me actually sang along for Yukio Tanaka's.
Oh, and more exciting, before the game I was walking around and saw a blonde lady with two kids and realized those had to be Brian Sweeney's wife and kids (I'd seen a photo before). As I was thinking of what the hell to say to his wife, she actually turned around, saw me, got a huge smile on her face, and was like "Are you Deanna?!! It's so nice to meet you!! I've been reading your blog for so long!" That sure made it easier for me :) I talked to her for a few minutes, also got to wave hello to Sledge's wife and kid, before a Fighters interpreter kind of herded everyone off. (For the record, he also kind of nodded/waved at me in a "hey, I know you" sort of way, which was funny.)
But yeah... called game, dreary skies, and losing kind of made me grumpy, so I went home and have been hanging out here since. I had a few goals for the evening, but really only two were important (they involve bookkeeping for renewing my visa and for paying my bills), and I got those done, but not really any of the others. I ended up watching the Tigers-Baystars on TV for about an hour -- the last few innings. Was all psyched that I got to see Kizuka pitch, but was NOT psyched that I got to see the Baystars carry a 2-0 lead so long in the game only to lose it in the bottom of the 9th. They suck so ridiculously much.
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Sorry the Baystars suck so ridiculously much. It could be worse. You could have been me watching the Mets get only one hit against the Yankees.
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