Author name: Steve Novosel

I've gotta write, usually my voice is shot from yelling too much during Lotte games!

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

2009 Season Opener: Joy, and then…

The 2009 NPB season opener has come and gone. As expected, it was a spirited affair, with long queues for the fans for freebies and food, and an electric atmosphere in the stadium as all waited for the first pitch of the new season. Outside, much was going on, with free giveaways to commemorate the

A season of optimism, as always

I don’t think that I am going out on a limb here when I say the start of the baseball season is possibly the most optimistic time of year.  Baseball isn’t particularly unique in this regard, but the length of the season and the Springtime in the air somehow makes it more so than the

A New Season; A New Blog

Welcome to We Love Marines – the best, and probably the only, English-language Chiba Lotte Marines fan blog! Throughout the season and beyond, we’ll be bringing you news, pictures, videos, and our opinions on the Marines and Japanese baseball in general.  We hope to keep this updated often with game reports and all sorts of

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