Game Report: Rakuten vs Lotte, 4/15

Just what the doctor ordered! I was in the outfield bleachers tonight with Patrick and his family for Lotte’s inspiring 7-1 victory over Pa-league leading Rakuten. All facets of the team were in sync tonight as gutsy pitching, clutch hitting, and solid defense brought and end to the 6-game losing streak. Karakawa pitched a great […]

Game Report: Rakuten vs Lotte, 4/14

The Marines return home today for a wet tilt with Pa-league leaders Rakuten. The WBC trophy is also in attendance, so perhaps there’s some good mojo to be had after a disastrous 5 game road trip. Hmm, looks like not so much. Watanabe took the hill for his first start of the season vs up-and-coming

Series report – Lotte vs Orix, Kyocera Dome

I haven’t yet blogged anything about this series as I was hoping to wait for an optimistic moment following the disappointment in Tokyo last week.  I figured the next post should be on a positive note. Oh well. The two game losing streak became a 5 game losing streak, and the 2-1 record is now

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

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