I’ve got piles and piles of old photos I’ve never posted for one reason or another. This set is from Golden Week last year – the aftermath of a 2-1 Lotte win over Daiei and another game where Nakaushiro, Masuda, and Fujioka were the heroes. There’s no outstanding reason that I didn’t post them before. …
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Sweep! Sweep! – 6 May 2013
The only thing sweeter that a sweep is two sweeps in a row. And that’s exactly what Our Marines pulled off today on the last day of Golden Week in lovely Fukuoka – a 5-2 victory over Daiei for the sixth victory in a row and the second sweep. My only regret is I wasn’t …
Win One For Ohmine! – 5 May 2013
On June 30, 2010 Yuta Ohmine beat the Softbank Hawks 7-3 at Chiba Marine Stadium. Tsuyoshi, Kim Taekyun, and Takehara were in the starting lineup, and Matoba caught Ohmine. It was a long time ago in baseball years. On May 5, 2013 Yuta Ohmine finally got another ichi-gun win with a nice 2-1 victory over …
On A Roll – 4 May 2013
It hasn’t always been pretty, but the 2013 Chiba Lotte Marines are playing some pretty decent ball right now. More importantly, a recent run of 10 wins in 14 games has got Our Marines just 1.5 games out of first place. What happened? The pitching settled down for one. With the exception of the first …
A Series Win!
MY GOD. HE POSTS TWICE IN A WEEK. What can I say, I am in a chatty mood. Here’s what you need to know about the series with Nippon Ham: 2-1. Really, that’s the most important part. We’ve had our troubles against the Fighters in recent years but they’ve lost a lot of guys and …
Newcomers to the Rescue!
Eight games into the season and Our Marines are off to a solid start. Every game has been close so far – only last Saturday’s 0-4 loss was decided by greater than three runs, and that was tied 0-0 into the last inning. Obviously we shouldn’t get too far ahead of ourselves but we Lotte …
Spring Comes Early to Ishigaki
It’s cold in Chiba but warm in Ishigaki! The 2012 NPB season is starting to warm up with Spring Camp in full swing. Apologies if you see this article before I’ve fixed the formatting on the site! It’s a bit messed up right now. I’ve taken a little 3-day swing down south to check out …