Due to life infringing upon my baseball-watching time I’ve been unable to blog anything from the first two games of this series. Actually, there was nothing to blog from Game 1, as it was rained out due to monsoon-like conditions at the lovely K-Stadium Miyagi. As an aside, I am quite looking forward to visiting …
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Game Report: Softbank vs Lotte, 4/19
I didn’t get a chance to go to this one due to my short trip out of the country (I’m typing this in Malaysia). John went instead of me, and from what I can tell it looks like I should be glad I missed it. Here we have: a) Another pitching implosion. A group effort, …
Game Report: Softbank vs Lotte, 4/18
On Saturday, John and I drifted down to Chiba Marine Stadium for the first of 2 weekend clashes vs visiting Softbank. Going into this game we were one game ahead of the Hawks — coming out of it, we were tied. The problem, same as all season, was the pitching. On the mound was the …
Game Report: Softbank vs Lotte, 4/17
Another questionable weather day, another extra innings victory for Lotte! The weather looked truly dodgy all day, so most fans stayed away for this one. I was stuck in the office until after 10pm – so close to the game, yet so far. It turns out I could have made the ending even while leaving …
Game Report: Rakuten vs Lotte, 4/16
WOW! Talk about your dramatic comebacks, and stunning victories!!! In a game featuring several lead changes and ties, and 18 combined runs, Lotte comes back from down 7-4 in the 7th inning to tie, and ends it on a spectacular sayonara grand slam from Iguchi-senshu! Lotte isn’t known as a power team, but this game …
Game Report: Rakuten vs Lotte, 4/15
Just what the doctor ordered! I was in the outfield bleachers tonight with Patrick and his family for Lotte’s inspiring 7-1 victory over Pa-league leading Rakuten. All facets of the team were in sync tonight as gutsy pitching, clutch hitting, and solid defense brought and end to the 6-game losing streak. Karakawa pitched a great …
Game Report: Rakuten vs Lotte, 4/14
The Marines return home today for a wet tilt with Pa-league leaders Rakuten. The WBC trophy is also in attendance, so perhaps there’s some good mojo to be had after a disastrous 5 game road trip. Hmm, looks like not so much. Watanabe took the hill for his first start of the season vs up-and-coming …
Series report – Lotte vs Orix, Kyocera Dome
I haven’t yet blogged anything about this series as I was hoping to wait for an optimistic moment following the disappointment in Tokyo last week. I figured the next post should be on a positive note. Oh well. The two game losing streak became a 5 game losing streak, and the 2-1 record is now …
Series report, Lotte vs Nippon Ham, Tokyo Dome
As the site is just barely up and running, I figured I would wait to fix some odds-and-ends around here and blog this series a little later. John and I actually had tickets to the first game of this series, but he was unable to attend. While I gave thought to coming over to catch …
Lions Tamed by Marines
Steve has already covered the opening game on Friday night and since he preferred golf to Marines baseball!! I guess I have the honour of saying a few words about Saturday and Sunday at Marines stadium. Saturday – With Steve gone and a spare ticket available our friend Patrick joined me for Saturday’s fiesta of …