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Go Hanshin Tigers!

Yeah, I managed to score free tickets to a Hanshin Tigers game this past Monday night. I've never been to a pro sports game of any kind before. I've won tix to the T-Wolves and maybe the Wild, but I always gave that shit away. Oh well. The Tigers rocked.

When we got there, I bought a hat--wanted one anyways--and mini plastic baseball bats that look like numchucks. You gotta cheer, cheer, CHEER!!! Unlike the states where you jeer the opposing team....

Bought some beers, cheered (or tried to learn the Japanese cheers), made some friends with the locals, and let our balloons off in the 7th inning (a Tigers? tradition). It was a lot of fun. I wanna go again.

Oh, we won. 5 to 2 versus Nippon Ham Fighters. (What kind of fuckin' name is that anyways?)

Now to learn this in Japanese:

The Wind of Mount Rokko
(The official English version, but not a direct translation.)

Dashing swiftly through the wind blowin' from Rokko
Like the big sun soaring in the clear blue sky
Mighty spirit of the youth shows the victor's grace
The name that shines in glory "Hanshin Tigers"
Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Hanshin Tigers
Hooray, Hooray, Hooray, Hooray!

Powerful hits and skillful pitch achieved a thousand times
Trained with every discipline here at Koshien
Crowned with constant victory glorious, matchless feat
Always proud, invincible "Hanshin Tigers"
Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Hanshin Tigers
Hooray, Hooray, Hooray, Hooray!

posted by Bex @ 7:54 PM