HANSHIN TIGERS!!

Wow it's been 15 days!! I'm so bad!


I had the fortunate opportunity to attend a baseball game with my friends this weekend. Hanshiin Tigers vs. Fukuoka Hawks. I've been to a few ball games before, but this was the best time I've ever had at one!! The Hanshin fans are absolutely out of control throughout the game. They purchase items like little plastic bats to make noise for each player. Then, when a player steps up to bat, they receive a personal song with a beat produced by the thousands of simultaneous beating of plastics sticks.

The seventh inning stretch is no exception to the mass chaos. During this traditional break in the game, every Tigers fan is expected to blow up a long balloon (yes, it very much resembles a penis) and then countdown to release. It's quite a rush, let this fan tell you. Thousands of screaming fans, balloons, and trumpets all at once are enough to drive a person insane, and yet I really want to go back to another game!! It helps that the tickets are dirt cheap too (1700 yen...if you can't figure out the conversion, google it).

Ah, the eyes are sagging right now at this late hour, and work is creeping around the corner of night. Must go...check out more of my pictures on flickr! http://www.flickr.com/photos/40203445@N00/?saved=1

And Beth, I want your pictures from the Tennesee trip now!!