May 2013

Sweep + Sweep + Sweep = First Place – 9 May 2013

Lotte walks off with a sayonara win in the 11th.  We now have sole possession of first place, thanks to an 8 game winning streak.   More on innings 10-11 in a bit… Highlight of the night: Iguchi’s game tying solo HR It was night of missed opportunities at the plate and scrappy pitching for […]

7 Wins-in-a-Row is a Good Thing, Right? – 8 May 2013

Steve’s Note: This is Craig’s first post here. He’s a huge Chiba Lotte fan – more games than me this year, even – and loves to chat about Lotte. He’s made a short introduction in the About section, so please check it out!   An 8-4 win puts us 1/2 game out of first!  The

Random Photo Post – Golden Times

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.

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

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