title:Marines vs. Hawks, April 6 2008
003-MeandBobbyandSam.jpg:Me, Bobby Valentine, and Isamu "Tokyo Sam" Maruhashi
005-MeandBobby.jpg:Me and Bobby Valentine.
006-MeandBobby.jpg:Again with Bobby (slightly color-balanced).
007-MeandLarry.jpg:Me with the Lotte Marines Mind Control Task Force, aka Larry Rocca.
015-Pitchers.jpg:Hawks pitchers taking fielding practice.
017-Shibahara.jpg:Hiroshi Freaking Shibahara
019-Wada.jpg:Tsuyoshi Wada (nice sunglasses, dude).
024-CJ.jpg:CJ Nitkowski
025-KumeAndRicky.jpg:Yuuki "Eyebrows" Kume, and Rick Guttormson
030-Tamura.jpg:Hitoshi Tamura
036-Shibahara.jpg:Shibahara again. I was mostly just amused by the fact that I was close enough to zoom in on his name on his bat.
038-Naruse.jpg:Yoshihisa "The Boy that Couldn't Lose" Naruse greets Hitoshi "Most likely to die running into a wall" Tamura.
041-Oh.jpg:"Oh my GOD that's Sadaharu Oh over there."
046-MunerinNaruse.jpg:Naruse goofing around with Munenori "Munerin" Kawasaki.
048-Oh.jpg:Sadaharu Oh.
050-Shibahara.jpg:Shibahara takes aim at the batting tee.
055-Ide.jpg:"OH my GOD! That's Tatsuya Ide!"
"Who? How the hell do you know that?"
"He used to be the centerfielder for the Fighters... err..."
057-Tamura.jpg:Hitoshi Tamura.
059-Restovich.jpg:New import Michael Restovich.
063-Munerin.jpg:I'm still in "Oh my god, Munenori Kawasaki is standing right there" mode, see.
065-Matsunaka.jpg:Nobuhiko Matsunaka!
074-Matsuda.jpg:Nobuhiro Matsuda.
075-Yamazaki.jpg:Catcher Katsuki Yamazaki.
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077-Pressseats.jpg:The special "press seats" down at field level. You can apparently buy tickets to sit here.
080-Teamplates.jpg:The plates with the team rosters - they have these for every year.
081-1974.jpg:1974 team plate. Kaneda!
082-Lineups.jpg:Game lineup (from the day before) inside the Marines sports pub.
083-Lounge.jpg:Lounge/sports pub area near the VIP boxes.
084-Lounge.jpg:The bar in the sports pub.
085-1974.jpg:Closeup of that picture of the 1974 lineup having a reunion on the field in early 2005.
087-Picnic.jpg:View from one of the VIP boxes.
088-Picnic.jpg:Wacky perspective of picnic area brought to you by VIP room.
090-VIP.jpg:The VIP room.
092-Izakaya.jpg:The "izakaya" area near the rightfield foulpole -- complete with wooden seats and a magician doing tricks.
093-Bobbymagic.jpg:Bobby wall outside the Bobby Magic Bar, part 1
094-Bobbymagic.jpg:Bobby wall, part 2
096-Ortiz.jpg:Jose Jose Jose Jose.
098-TanakaRamppen.jpg:Masahiko Tanaka and Frank Ramppen.
102-Imae.jpg:That punk, Imae.
104-Ohmatsu.jpg:Shoitsu Ohmatsu.
106-Shunsuke.jpg:"Oh my god, there's Shunsuke!"
107-Saburo.jpg:SABUROOOOO
108-Bobby.jpg:Bobby!
109-LarryBobby.jpg:Larry attacks Bobby with a marker and a bunch of baseballs.
110-GameTime.jpg:"WHAT TIME IS IT? GAME TIME!"
119-Lineup.jpg:The lineup inside the dugout, complete with lefty-righty splits for the opponents.
120-Pupo.jpg:The Minister of Information, Paul Pupo, is the reason for all of these lineups.
124-Stands.jpg:If you don't bring some wacky sign, you aren't allowed in the right field bleachers.
125-Field.jpg:What a lovely wide expanse of green.
128-Scoreboard.jpg:Scoreboard with the opening lineups.
136-Kawasaki.jpg:First batter of the game, Munenori Kawasaki.
140-Wada.jpg:Tsuyoshi Wada throws on the sidelines.
142-Wada.jpg:More Wada.
153-Shunsuke.jpg:Shunsuke!
154-Shunsuke.jpg:Shunsuke!
157-Shunsuke.jpg:Shunsuke!
158-Shunsuke.jpg:Shunsuke!
159-Shunsuke.jpg:Shunsuke!
175-Shunsuke.jpg:Shunsuke!
174-Kidokoro.jpg:Ryuuma Kidokoro.
181-Imae.jpg:Imae.
184-Nishioka.jpg:Boy Wonder Nishioka.
192-Wada.jpg:Tsuyoshi Wada.
202-Wada.jpg:More Wada.
214-Shunsuke.jpg:More Shunsuke.
220-Hawks.jpg:We have many high numbers.
224-Munerin.jpg:Munerin!
227-Munerin.jpg:Munerin spray!
231-Munerin.jpg:Munerin at the plate!
234-Munerin.jpg:Munerin swing!
249-Ohtsuka.jpg:Okay, what is UP with Ohtsuka's batting stance? Is he trying to emulate Hitoshi Taneda?
262-Hashimoto.jpg:Catcher Tasuku Hashimoto catches a pop foul.
263-Hashimoto.jpg:Tasuku Hashimoto.
265-Shunsuke.jpg:Shunsuke!
273-Shunsuke.jpg:Shunsuke!
281-Plate.jpg:The Hashimoto-Shibahara showdown in slow motion! 3...
282-Plate.jpg:2...
283-Plate.jpg:1... slide...
285-Plate.jpg:And Shibahara has scored the first run of the game. Whoosh.
291-Shunsuke.jpg:Shunsuke!
293-Shunsuke.jpg:Shunsuke!
297-Wada.jpg:Tsuyoshi Wada, still on the sidelines.
309-Matoyama.jpg:"Hey, that's Matoyama from Orix isn't it?"
313-Mound.jpg:"What's wrong, man?"
320-Wada.jpg:Wada on the mound.
331-Vamos.jpg:It's a sign.
335-Nishioka.jpg:Nishioka smash!
336-Nishioka.jpg:Nishioka smash pop fly out!
341-Satozaki.jpg:Tomoya Satozaki makes a mighty swing.
342-Batozaki.jpg:And as usual, Satozaki can't hold onto his bat.
343-Tamura.jpg:Tamura seemed to be kinda slow.
354-Hori.jpg:Koichi Hori!
356-Moriwaki.jpg:"Ok, so like, if someone hits the ball, you go THAT way. Got it?"
359-Shunsuke.jpg:Pay no attention to the big man at third.
368-Benny.jpg:Oretachi no Benny!
372-Benny.jpg:Benny hits a double.
374-Benny.jpg:Benny chats up Munerin at second base.
379-Wada.jpg:Tsuyoshi Wada
381-Wada.jpg:Tsuyoshi Wada
382-Lenses.jpg:I can only dream of having one of these awesome lenses instead of my cheapo one someday.
385-Benny.jpg:Benny!
391-Munerin.jpg:It's that Mune kid again.
396-Nakazawa.jpg:Tadaatsu Nakazawa, my hero zero.
397-TanoueWada.jpg:"Uh, here, take this. You'll need it."
404-Matsuda.jpg:Nobuhiro Matsuda! What a smile.
415-Honma.jpg:Mitsuru Honma high-fives the world after a home run.
420-Oh.jpg:Oh-kantoku comes out to cheer everyone on.
426-Kawasaki.jpg:Yusuke Kawasaki comes out of the bullpen.
435-Kawasaki.jpg:Lefty with a big blue glove? Sounds familiar...
447-Matsunaka.jpg:Matsunaka practically limps off the field.
#449-Tanoue.jpg:
453-Tanoue.jpg:Hidenori Tanoue
455-Moose.jpg:I wonder if this moose is related to the Mariner Moose.
456-Fans.jpg:Those crazy Marines fans.
460-Balloons.jpg:Fuusen whoosh!
469-Munerin.jpg:"Excuse me sir, but I did not hear you call me off."
473-Munerin.jpg:"What's that? I can get everything in shallow left field?"
490-Charge.jpg:Pitching change and a big ol' "CHARGE MARINES FIGHTIN'" on the Auroravision.
#500-Takehara.jpg:
503-Takehara.jpg:Takehara.
508-Saburo.jpg:"Hello, I am SABURO, and I am going to hit a BIG SAC FLY NOW OKAY?"
514-Ide.jpg:Tatsuya Ide gives signals from the dugout.
520-Benny.jpg:Benny runs home!
521-Benny.jpg:Benny SLIDE!
522-Hayakawa.jpg:Daisuke Hayakawa.
525-Imae.jpg:"Nice job, dude."
535-Munerin.jpg:Kawasaki pitches to Kawasaki... and Kawasaki bunts.
539-Yanase.jpg:Akihiro Yanase.
545-Yanase.jpg:Akihiro Yanase.
570-Kume.jpg:Kume-kun!
580-Kume.jpg:Yuuki Kume.
581-Kume.jpg:Yuuki Kume.
597-Kume.jpg:Yuuki Kume.
603-CJ.jpg:CJ Nitkowski.
605-CJ.jpg:More CJ.
610-CJ.jpg:And another CJ.
626-Banner.jpg:It's the bottom of the 9th and we are ready to RUMBLE!
629-Mound.jpg:"No, dude, explain to them that I'm totally okay and we're gonna win."
631-Tanaka.jpg:Unlikely game hero Masahiko Tanaka.
640-Nishioka.jpg:Nishioka gets splashed after hitting home the winning run.
651-Gang.jpg:Celebrate, part 1.
652-Gang.jpg:Celebrate, part 2.
653-Gang.jpg:Celebrate, part 3. Knockdown!
654-Gang.jpg:Celebrate, part 4. Note the game hero lying on the ground.
656-Final.jpg:Tanaka as game hero, final score.