I had an outing. I feel like every year I go to at least one baseball game; some random Blue Jays game against some team on some random Saturday, where we show up at the gates and get cheap tickets for cheap seats - enjoying the game with a beer in the nose bleeds. Well for reasons easy to divine, my ability to see the Jays play this year has been some what limited. However, baseball wasn't out of the question, and on Sunday I met up with some other ECC instructors, and we paid our way into the rather spacious Nagoya dome.
The game was a good one, and the hometown Chunichi Dragons aren't a team to disappoint. As the 2011 champions of their division, the local baseballers are one of the best teams in Japan, and from what I hear, always put on a good show at home.
They were playing another team from their division in the Lions, and spotted them a two run lead in the fourth that seemed insurmountable for the majority of the game. Yet, in the bottom of the seventh, the Dragons finally found home plate and exited the inning with the deficit cut in half.
The Lions put up a tough front again in the eighth, and almost managed to shut the Dragons down with runners in scoring position. Then, on an error for the third out, the shortstop overthrew first and the Chunichi found home plate for the second time! The flood gates opened and the home team scored another four runs on four batters.
A quick top of the ninth and the game was over, Dragons six, Lions two! It was a pretty amazing game, and the fans were maybe the best part. There was so much energy and excitement during the comeback that it was palpable in the air, a raw enthusiasm carried by song and chant that I don't think is possible in the vacuous emptiness of Rogers stadium.
Here are some videos:
Here are the cheerleaders and silly mascots doing some dancing before the game:The game was a good one, and the hometown Chunichi Dragons aren't a team to disappoint. As the 2011 champions of their division, the local baseballers are one of the best teams in Japan, and from what I hear, always put on a good show at home.
They were playing another team from their division in the Lions, and spotted them a two run lead in the fourth that seemed insurmountable for the majority of the game. Yet, in the bottom of the seventh, the Dragons finally found home plate and exited the inning with the deficit cut in half.
The Lions put up a tough front again in the eighth, and almost managed to shut the Dragons down with runners in scoring position. Then, on an error for the third out, the shortstop overthrew first and the Chunichi found home plate for the second time! The flood gates opened and the home team scored another four runs on four batters.
A quick top of the ninth and the game was over, Dragons six, Lions two! It was a pretty amazing game, and the fans were maybe the best part. There was so much energy and excitement during the comeback that it was palpable in the air, a raw enthusiasm carried by song and chant that I don't think is possible in the vacuous emptiness of Rogers stadium.
Here are some videos:
Here is the last out at the bottom of the seventh inning, the Dragons are up to bat. What they are chanting is the batter's name:
Here is the kind of crazy things they play on the screen. The screen wasn't very well utilized, but when they played the pump up videos it was intense. The Dragon's mascots are two Dragons, pink and blue, and a Koala named Doala:
As a bonus, here are some pictures of my Monday/ Tuesday classroom:
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