I imagine this place is a tropical paradise. It’s got lovely blue water, tropical plants and flowers growing on quiet lanes, and best of all. – Lotte spring camp. The rain has gone away today but if anything it’s colder – it feels like an April evening game more than a lovely spring. Before you …
Author: Steve Novosel
I've gotta write, usually my voice is shot from yelling too much during Lotte games!
Spring Camp Report: Drizzly Ishigaki
I just made it to Ishigaki to watch some Lotte spring camp. Right off the plane, drop off the bags at the hotel, go watch my team prepare for the 2010 season. The weather could be nicer, but right now I’m watching the pitchers work on defensive skills. Life is good. I’ll be updating this …
Spring Camp in Session
Sure, Spring Camps have opened as of this week, but I’m talking about Blog Spring Camp. I went into a bit of a hiatus after the end of last season (as you may have noticed). Because I had to go on a business trip the last week of the season I missed the last game. …
Rainy but Heartwarming
The last home game of Marines was a rainy day. The game started at 6 :15 p.m. Rain kept falling and hard wind blew sometimes. Supporters put on rain coat or held umbrellas. Many Marines supporters showed up and cheered up for Marines. Marines were 5th of the Pacific league, and the opponent, Rakuten, is …
Photos – Chiba Marine Stadium, Sep 26 2009
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Street Fighting Days, Part 3
This is it – my last game of 2009. Sad. I can’t make the 6 October grand finale and the Seibu games are all mid week and far away. So – fin. The blog’s not done for the year by any means but I won’t even be able to watch the last 3 games live …
Street Fighting Days, Part 2
The second game of the final Orix-sen showed up on a lovely – but hot – late September day. It was a festival day, with much singing and dancing both inside and outside the stadium. The game itself was spirited as well – both on and off the diamond. The balls were flying out of …
Street Fighting Days, Part 1
It’s been a while since I’ve posted (ahem! again.) At least I have a good excuse – I was on the road last weekend for the Sendai series and on holiday after that, so blogging fell a bit by the wayside. I’ve also got – no joke – 4000+ pictures to go through from the …
Live Blog: Lotte vs Nippon Ham, 13 Sep
It’s a lovely day, the sun is shining and Lotte has their first 4 game winning streak of the year. What the heck, let’s do another live blog! The starting lineups For Lotte: Tsuyoshi (short), Hayasaka (left), Fukuura (first), Iguchi (second), Ohmatsu (right), Hashimoto (DH), Imae (third), Satozaki (catcher), and Hayakawa (center). For Nippon Ham: …
Live Blog: Lotte vs Nippon Ham, 12 September
I made plans to go to Yomiuriland to see Lotte’s ni-gun take on the Giants ni-gun but the weather looks truly foul (both out the window and on radar), so I’ve decided to stay in and do another Live Blog. Some notes about last night’s game as I didn’t make a blog posting. Lotte took …