001-Senseki.JPG The subway line from the JR Sendai station.
002-Station.JPG Escalator to exit Miyaginohara station.
003-Station.JPG Looking back into the station.
004-Fullcast.JPG Fullcast Miyagi Stadium
005-FullcastClose.JPG A bit closer up of the stadium front.
006-Available.JPG Board showing which sections still had tickets available.
007-GiftShop.JPG The big stadium store, for all your Rakuten Eagles merchandise needs.
008-Angels.JPG A selection of Eagles goods and "Rakuten Angels" female fan shirts.
009-HawksGear.JPG A stand selling Softbank Hawks merchandise. (The away team always has goods stands as well.)
010-Gate.JPG Entering the stadium at Gate R2! It's unclear what the bag checkers are looking for besides plastic bottles.
011-View.JPG This is what the view was like from my seat.
012-Scoreboard.JPG The outfield scoreboard before the game starts.
013-Outfield.JPG Wider view of the outfield.
014-WideView.JPG Wider view of the stadium.
015-Yamazaki.JPG Hawks backup catcher Katsuki Yamazaki.
016-Yamasaki.JPG Eagles DH Takeshi Yamasaki.
017-Nishi.JPG Eagles coach Shunji Nishi.
018-Zuleta.JPG Hawks 1B Julio Zuleta.
019-Honda.JPG Hawks middle infielder Yuuichi Honda.
020-Zuleta.JPG Zuleta.
021-Tanoue.JPG Hawks backup catcher and DH Hidenori Tanoue.
022-Dugout.JPG Gathering by the Rakuten dugout.
023-Munenori.JPG Shortstop Munenori Kawasaki rockin' the high socks.
024-MunePointing.JPG I'm pretty sure Mune wasn't pointing at me, but it's a funny shot nonetheless.
025-Zuleta.JPG Zuleta smiling.
026-Jolbert.JPG Ex-Mariner Jolbert Cabrera.
027-Nakazawa.JPG Tadaatsu Nakazawa, who would field the last ball of the PL playoffs a month later.
028-Zuleta.JPG Zuleta again.
029-Munenori.JPG More Mune.
030-Fans.JPG Fans staying cool in the hot sun.
031-Crew.JPG The Miyagi stadium crew.
032-Matoba.JPG Catcher Naoki Matoba.
033-Outside.JPG Looking outside the stadium, we see picnic benches.
034-InfoBooth.JPG There's also an info booth by the gate.
035-Pizzala.JPG Pizza-la, one of your various choices for food at Miyagi Fullcast.
036-Udonburi.JPG A stand offering udon and donburi.
037-HotdogsRamen.JPG A place offering ramen noodles and hot dogs.
038-Rookies.JPG Rookie's Hot Dogs!
039-SmokingRoom.JPG Smoking is not allowed in the stadium, but they have these special smoking areas.
040-MiniStore.JPG One of the merchandise stores within the stadium.
041-TrashStation.JPG A crew of people will assist you with disposing of trash properly.
042-Cheerwelcome.JPG Cheerleaders welcoming Rick Short onto the field.
043-HawksFans.JPG The Hawks fan groups camping out on the grass beyond right field.
044-Valent.JPG Eric Valent.
045-Munenori.JPG Munenori Kawasaki at the plate.
046-Shibahara.JPG Hiroshi Shibahara throwing the ball between innings.
047-Shibahara.JPG Shibahara again.
048-EaglesFans.JPG Eagles fans out in left field.
049-EaglesFans.JPG A veritable sea of red.
050-Rick.JPG Rick Short!
051-Rick.JPG Rick Short, again.
052-BeerGirl.JPG An Asahi beer girl.
053-WTF.JPG Conference at the plate. (Note the tall guy. That's Saitoh.)
054-Fans.JPG Eagles fans in the stands.
055-ZuletaFujii.JPG Julio Zuleta (197cm) towering over catcher Akihito Fujii (170cm).
056-Ichiba.JPG Eagles ace Yasuhiro Ichiba.
057-Ichiba.JPG Ichiba.
058-Saitoh.JPG Hawks ace Kazumi Saitoh.
059-Saitoh.JPG Saitoh.
060-Saitoh.JPG More Saitoh.
061-Saitoh.JPG I really like Saitoh.
062-Munenori.JPG Munenori Kawasaki.
063-Saitoh.JPG More Saitoh.
064-Saitoh.JPG You can never get enough Saitoh.
065-Goods.JPG A girl coming up the aisle selling Eagles goods.
066-Jose.JPG Eagles 3B Jose Fernandez.
067-Popcorn.JPG A girl selling popcorn.
068-Rick.JPG Rick Short!
069-Saitoh.JPG Saitoh :)
070-Yoshioka.JPG Eagles 1B Yuuji Yoshioka.
071-Yoshioka.JPG Yoshioka.
072-Mascot.JPG The Eagles mascot doing cartwheels.
073-TakasuYoshioka.JPG 2B Yosuke Takasu brings Yoshioka his hat at the inning break.
074-Ichiba.JPG Ichiba!
075-Ichiba.JPG Ichiba.
076-Ichiba.JPG Some more Ichiba.
077-Matsunaka.JPG Nobuhiko Matsunaka, the big Hawks leftfielder.
078-Matsunaka.JPG Matsunaka making a mighty swing.
079-Matsunaka.JPG Matsunaka swinging so hard he spins around.
080-Matsunaka.JPG Matsunaka returning to home plate after hitting a home run.
081-Matsunaka.JPG Matsunaka high-fives coach Makoto Shimada.
082-ZuletaMatsunaka.JPG Matsunaka high-fives Julio Zuleta.
083-Zuleta.JPG Zuleta's foot brace says "Julio Zuleta" on it. Isn't that funny?
084-Ichiba.JPG More Ichiba.
085-YebisuGirls.JPG Yebisu beer girls filling cups in sync.
086-Cabrera.JPG Ex-Mariner Jolbert Cabrera.
087-Cabrera.JPG Jolbert Cabrera swings mightily (and grounds into a double play)
088-Zuleta.JPG Zuleta towers over the stadium crew, too.
089-Cheerleader.JPG Rakuten cheerleaders!
090-Cheerleader.JPG Another cheerleader!
091-Cheerleader.JPG Lovely gold pom-poms, aren't they?
092-Carrasco.JPG Mr. Carrasco, the dark Eagles mascot.
093-Cheerleaders.JPG Other cheerleaders facing the outfield stands.
094-YoshiokaHonda.JPG 1B Yuuji Yoshioka (189cm) towers over 2B Yuuichi Honda (172cm).
095-Conference.JPG Conference at the mound.
096-Scoreboard.JPG Scoreboard; top of the sixth inning.
097-Mascots.JPG Uh, they have some weird mascots.
098-Balloons.JPG Hawks fans prepare for the top of the seventh by readying fuusen (balloons).
099-Balloons.JPG And they release the balloons!
100-BalloonsLeft.JPG Eagles fans surrounding me ready their fuusen too.
101-BalloonsRight.JPG And to my right.
102-Balloons.JPG And in the outfield, too.
103-Balloons.JPG Cheerleaders come out for the seventh inning stretch (and crew prepares to clean up deflated balloons).
104-Balloons.JPG Wheeee, balloons!
105-Balloons.JPG Balloons everywhere. It must be the seventh inning stretch.
106-Cleanup.JPG Ohmura isn't going to help the crew clean up, I guess.
107-TopofEighth.JPG Scoreboard, top of the eighth inning.
108-LoppiSeats.JPG The "Loppi Seat" section at Miyagi (it's a Lawson's thing)
109-Tokumoto.JPG Satoshi Tokumoto.
110-Mahara.JPG Hawks closer Takahiro Mahara.
111-Mahara.JPG Mahara again.
112-FoulBall.JPG The guy across the aisle from me caught a foul ball!
113-GoRick.JPG Fans in the outfield with "Go Rick!" signs.
114-HighFive.JPG Hawks win the game!
115-HawksFans.JPG Hawks fans in the outfield wave flags to celebrate.
116-SaitohHero.JPG Kazumi Saitoh was the game hero, of course.
117-Seats.JPG Ads on the back of the seats.
118-FoulBall.JPG The foul ball guy again.
119-Section.JPG The section I was sitting in; marked on the ground, not overhead.
120-Postgame.JPG Cleaning up the field afterwards.
121-Homeplate.JPG Cones everywhere.
122-SeasonSeats.JPG Season seats. Neat.
123-Stadium.JPG View of the stadium behind home plate.
124-Staircase.JPG Ads on the staircase.
125-Picnic.JPG Picnic tables outside after the game, with game footage on a screen.
126-Band.JPG Also, a band was playing on a stage by the picnic tables.
127-Games.JPG Mascot games.
128-Velotaxi.JPG A "velotaxi", which looked pretty neat.
129-Station.JPG And at last, I arrived back at Miyaginohara station.