Notes – First Ten Games
Ten games in and Our Marines are at an even .500 with five wins and five losses.
T Ogino
How To Start a Season Properly
Lotte Fans – the season has just begun for Our Marines, and am overjoyed to report so far it is a SMASHING success!
Interleague Series 11: Lotte @ Chunichi, 21-22 June 2014
The batting order seems to have been optimized – after weeks of frustration at the plate, Our Marines have put up 8, 7, 8, 5, 6, and 6 runs up in the past 3 series. Now the pitching needs some optimization as well, as despite those high scoring outputs Chiba is just 3-3 in those six games.
Interleague Series 10: Lotte @ DeNA, 17-18 June 2014
This series in Yokohama is tough to predict. One might think a warming up Chiba offense could give Yokohama arms fits, but it didn’t play out that way two weeks ago at QVC. The starting pitching is full of intrigue as Yuta Ohmine makes a surprise start in Game 2, with New New Lefty Ace Fujioka in Game 2.
Interleague Series 9: Carp @ Lotte, 14-15 June 2014
A series split with Hanshin isn’t exactly convincing me to put more stock into the 2014 Marines. Putting it perspective though, it was nice to actually see Our Marines show some signs of life after the beating we took in the previous series at Yomiuri. We’re an even 8-8 in our interleague campaign, and can probably write off any dreams of catching the 12-6 CL leading Giants, or 12-6 PL leading Buffaloes. Meanwhile, the picture in the PL standings shows us four games under .500 and in fourth place.