It’s hot and Sunday – Lotte is at home for the final game of a three game set vs Daiei, and I’m at home because, well, it’s hot. Chiba Marine is a bit stuffy in August, for sure. Why not a live blog? A little update – the last three games haven’t gone so well […]
This just in: Bill Murphy continues to be awesome. It’s 11 starts on the year and now 9 wins for the Californian lefty. I took a half day holiday to celebrate the start of the season’s “second half”, and to pay another visit to Seibu Dome. It hasn’t gone well for me so far this
You see in the media that this is the halfway point of the season, even though the next game is game 91 for Our Marines, 54 games left in the season. It must be the “halfway” point and I’ve missed the punctuation. The curse of the hat – over. The next time I wore it
I took a break from writing, the Marines took a break from winning. Actually, the first week I didn’t write anything was due to the games running so-o-o late. Lotte played 12 inning games on consecutive nights (tying one, losing the other very very badly in the 12th), the second of which went so late
Let’s whip out the usual travel checklist: – Half day off on Friday: check – Nice outfield seats in hand: check – Train tickets, hotel: check – Uniform, flag, towel: check – Voice rested, ready to be destroyed my cheering at maximum volume: check – Camera packed, all charged up: errr… Yup, road trip time.
