title:Lions at Swallows, Meiji Jingu March 9, 2008
011-Katoh.JPG:Mikinori Katoh
012-Katoh.JPG:Mikinori Katoh
030-Katoh.JPG:Mikinori Katoh
043-Katoh.JPG:Mikinori Katoh (with pitching coach Daisuke Araki in the background)
053-Katoh.JPG:Mikinori Katoh
054-Katoh.JPG:Mikinori Katoh
061-Katoh.JPG:Mikinori Katoh
066-Katoh.JPG:Mikinori Katoh
080-Guiel.JPG:Aaron Guiel harrasses the bullpen catchers.
083-Starting.JPG:Starting lineups for the game.
104-Keizo.JPG:Former Fighter Keizo Kawashima leads off (and goes 4-for-5).
108-Kazuhisa.JPG:Kazuhisa Ishii ALWAYS starts games I attend at Jingu, regardless of whether he's still on Yakult.
114-Hiroyasu.JPG:If you are a second baseman and your last name is Tanaka, your sole job is to bunt.  Even Hiroyasu knows that.
122-Riggs.JPG:Adam Riggs in high socks!  Wheee!
133-Guiel.JPG:Aaron Guiel
143-Brazell.JPG:Craig Brazell touches home after hitting a home run,
158-Moundconference.JPG:"I have this brilliant idea.  Let's see if we can pick Nakamura off second... he's pretty slow."
178-Kenta.JPG:Kenta Matsusaka, who is kicking butt this pre-season.
187-Kataoka.JPG:"I got it.. I got it... NO REALLY, I GOT IT..."
192-Miyade.JPG:Ryuuji Miyade is so tall!
196-Miyade.JPG:Miyade gets a hit!  Yay!
199-Miyade.JPG:I am not sure if Miyade missed a signal or what, but tall slow dudes do NOT steal bases, yo.
207-Aoki.JPG:Aoki swings and misses.
209-Aoki.JPG:Aoki swings and misses again.  Hashire, Norichika!
213-Hiroyuki.JPG:Hiroyuki Nakajima comes home after hitting a home run.
217-Etoh.JPG:Akira Etoh high-fives Brazell after a 2-run homer.
244-Kuriyama.JPG:Takumi Kuriyama.
249-Hagiwara.JPG:Former Fighter Jun Hagiwara (still doesn't know where he's throwing the ball).
251-Oldskool.JPG:I think these people are living in the past just a bit (but I envy the Yakult Inaba jersey).
256-Kawabata.JPG:Shingo Kawabata.
267-Kida.JPG:Look!  It's former Mariner Masao Kida!
271-Miyade.JPG:Miyade says, "Hello, can you take me off the big screen so I can sneeze?"
273-Yamagishi.JPG:Minoru Yamagishi meets with Toru Hosokawa on the mound and talks into his walkie-talkie glove.
282-Yamagishi.JPG:Yamagishi.
290-Miyade.JPG:The Swallows fans proudly wave the Miyade flag.
303-Satoh.JPG:Bespectacled crazy lefty sidearmer Masaru Satoh.
319-Umbrella.JPG:This is just what it's like at Meiji Jingu on a sunny day.
331-Oshimoto.JPG:Former Fighters reliever Takahiko Oshimoto.
336-Oshimoto.JPG:Former Fighters reliever Takahiko Oshimoto.
341-Hitithere.JPG:"Hit it Here!" signs, essentially, for Kenta Matsusaka.
370-Igarashi.JPG:Fireballer Ryota Igarashi.
382-Jingu.JPG:Lovely late-afternoon at Meiji Jingu Stadium.
387-Okamoto.JPG:Former Dragon Shinya Okamoto.
394-Final.JPG:Final score of the game -- Seibu wins 8-3 on a bunch of homeruns, mostly.