12 March 2008 Balcony baseball
The baseball field you can see from my balcony usually serves only high-school and college games, but this weekend they held a pre-season game for a couple of pro teams. One of the teams was the Hanshin Tigers, famous for their rabid and colorful fan base. One of their traditions is to release thousands of human-size, condom-shaped balloons into the field during the 7th inning.
Below you can see a detail of fans getting ready, followed by the moment of, ahem, release itself.
Genbo, showing good sense, was totally uninterested in the entire game, except the balloons. (I mean, what kind of game is it that can be played by fat tubs of lard, and has maybe only 2 or 3 minutes of actual action per 3 hour tedious game?)
2 comments in “Balcony baseball”
March 12th, 2008 at 4:29 am
I can fully believe that you bought your place with the sole intention of being able to write this post and its associated witty prose.
March 15th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Great story!