
Well, it's doesn't feel the start of the baseball season tomorrow morning — jeez, like, 11 hours from now — but it is, in fact, the beginning: The Red Sox and the A's, in the Tokyo Dome, 6 a.m., baseball is here ... kind of.
We're not gonna do anything stupid and try to live blog the game tomorrow — we leave that to









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OH MY GOD JUST TELL US
Will left this entry to David Chase.
Man, that is a LOT of slant-eyed douchebags right there
You don't ♬ have ♬ to blog like an amputee (don't have to blog like amputee) ♬
sounds like...?
Christ those kids are what, 11 or 12 years old? If they want to have a ceremonial bukkake on Terry's bitch tits, get some grown ass men. Don't bring a knife to a gun fight. When I was that age it came out clear and didn't really project but a couple of inches.
@JohnCocktosten: As proven once again among the Deadpsin commenters, only people who like the Red Sox are racist.
Clearly, he meant to say that he will leave it to the professionals.
@metroville: I dont know about that, but you ever seen a black Japanese? No wonder they all love the Red Sox.
@JohnCocktosten: really? I only see one douche bag, and he's wearing flip flops.
@metroville: Once again, I have never once said that Red Sox fans are racist. I went to Auburn for Christs sake and I don't want to be a pot calling a kettle black
@7-8 Deville: He should have went with crocs.
@7-8 Deville: I'm not sure. That white haired woman in the top right looks like she could be a MAJOR beeyatch
Japanese kids are so darn cute. Almost cute enough for me to forgive them for Pearl Harbor.
Everyone else is getting up at 4:30 and hosting a gamewatch tomorrow morning, too... right? There will be bloody marys and breakfast tacos at my place- who's in?
@Texas Gal: I call that Tuesday
I will not be awake for any part of this game.
@Texas Gal:
Unfortunately, if I get in the car and drive non stop, I would miss the game. I so want to come though:)
/my boss might miss me too in the office
Which one's Ryobi?
@Texas Gal: I AM MELISSA!
Which one of those kids in the back is going to be our next Danny Almonte? My guess, is either of the two in the top left that are about to be sucking each others faces.
I think I see Kenny!
/MST3K threadjack. I'll show myself back to my parent's basement now.
TETSUOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Socks with sandals. A man of class.
So did it cost Francona a couple billion to talk to that entire group?
That picture has me hating Japanese kids now. At least they have been spared Dane Cook.
Tito looks like he's trying to ease a giant fart out right into those kids.
Is Terry going to get fined for not wearing his uniform shirt? Or banned for wearing "mandals"?
@Texas Gal: I'll be getting up to watch, but there won't be Bloody Marys.
Irish Coffee, on the other hand....
I will be getting up tomorrow morning at 5am, hitting my local dunkin donuts, and heading down to NYC's famous Red Sox Bar to watch the game with my usual bunch of displaced sox fans.
The blog entry and photo essay of the whole experience will be available at www.babeslovebaseball.com around 11am tomorrow.
Then I will consume red bull. All day.
50+ kids in the infield? Hey Japan, you're not doing it right.
"RYOBI: When you absolutely, positively, have to extricate yourself from an entertainment center right now."
@Vizzini: What? The Japanese don't have T-Ball?
This time next week, I'll be at Turner Field for the Braves home opener.
Whooo!
Far right, top row.. When did my Nana go to Japan?
@Lizabelle: The NY Daily News had a good article on Red Sox bars today.
Greetings from Tokyo! It`s 9 AM and I just returned from the insane energy of the Tsujiki fish market and a sushi breakfast. The douchebaggery began Sunday w/ some loud and drunk tourists in their antiqued Boston caps on the grounds of a shrine during a Buddhist festival, and continued right through to "Sweet Caroline" in the 8th inning of the Red Sox - Yomiuri Giants game. My friend and I have been avoiding anyone in Sox gear, but we`ll be among them for tonight`s game. I`ll let you know how it went w/ Sully and the boys. But, damn, it`s baseball season.
I'm pretty sure Terry misunderstood the directions about not wearing your shoes on the carpet.
@Lizabelle: I would be disappointed to hear otherwise. I count on you.
@lisa: You will be here in spirit.
@White Speed Receiver: And mimosas! With the champagne! Because it's Opening Day!
@Texas Gal: Me. I'll bring mimosa materials.
Anybody seen Bosox Siobhan in awhile? If we don't hear from her soon, then we can page here at opening day in Boston
I'll be watching from 6a til 8:15 or so
Mostly b/c the hounds get me up around 6 and I leave for work around 8:15, so why not watch baseball in between?
@Balls State Explorer:
So I'm assuming you're on some sort of business trip? Maybe for a certain Boston or Oakland media outlet?
@What Would Kornheiser Do?: So true. My son started this spring. Every hit causes something akin to a rugby scrum, out of which a baseball eventually flies in the general direction of first base.
@Texas Gal: I'm just not much of a mimosa guy. Of course, I think the "guy" part of that last sentence gives it away.
@Jerkwheat: I plan on offering my hound a little extra water tonight just to make sure she gets me up in time. Seems like a perfect plan. Until I end up using the stain remover at 2:30.
@Vizzini: In the lower age levels of youth soccer it is called "swarm ball," and the same thing happens, eventually the ball pops out and everyone chases it and begins the swarm all over again.
WHOA WHOA WHOA. Those tshirts say GO SOX. That appears to be a reinterpretation of the Red Sox logo.
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Going back to work after a basketball binge is deathly.
For blog.
Wait, the A's are there, too? Really? Why hasn't this been reported?
Nope, always wanted to visit Japan, was musing to a friend about going to see the A`s open here, and his enthusiastic response was the catalyst for this vaca. Everything about this city has lived up to expectations. The Tokyo Dome, however, has the ambience of a bowling alley, despite the cute beer girls w/ kegs on their backs running through the stands.@lisa:
Wait, the A's are there, too? Really? Why hasn't this been reported?
You mean you can't see those tiny A's logos on the hats of maybe 1 out of every 3 kids?
Yeehaw, Sarah Chalke on HIMYM.
@Balls State Explorer:
Good deal! No better reason to travel abroad than to take in a good baseball game! Hope there are some A's fans there to help blockout the "other fans".
@thefuseproject: We've been there, too. Around here they limit the youngest levels to 3-on-3 to try to limit the swarminess somewhat. It's like the Puppy Bowl: cute, but in no way representative of the sport it tries to be.