<![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning - Deadspin Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/deadspin.com.png <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning - Deadspin Comments]]> http://deadspin.com Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:13:14 EDT Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:13:14 EDT http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4882821 that map looks like the aftermath of a Beijing firing squad

izzone

]]> 11:372291:c4882821 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:13:14 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4882595 The four or five times Rich Harden pitches are usually my favorite of the season.

ItsAlwaysSunnyInGoldenState

]]> 11:372291:c4882595 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:03:59 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4877369 Is E. Honda related to Piston Honda?

Dr. Spaceman

]]> 11:372291:c4877369 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:07:49 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4876682 My wife and I went to a Tokyo Giants game a few years ago. Lots of awesomeness, including dried fish on the hotdogs and beergirls walking up the aisles with kegs strapped to their back, but the best part was that anytime a black player would come up to bat, the stadium PA would play rap music as he strolled up there. Just, in case, you know, you weren't aware that all black people love the rap music.

Dave J.

]]> 11:372291:c4876682 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:41:33 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4876429 @Hit Bull Win Steak: You mean Lich Haldin?

A Pimp Named DaveR

]]> 11:372291:c4876429 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:31:19 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4876379 I am pretty sure I saw a sign saying that all your base are belong to us.

BringBackAlHolland

]]> 11:372291:c4876379 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:29:27 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4876016 @Suss--:

I don't know what you heard about Will
But a blog can't get a dollar out of him
No Cadillac, no emo bangs, you can't see
That he's a motherfucking P-O-M-P

Tuffy

]]> 11:372291:c4876016 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:15:34 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4876015 Red Sox coaches depart happy.

Sandburgh

]]> 11:372291:c4876015 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:15:25 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4875980 Later, Ortiz and Manny were knocked into the water while trying to figure out how to pose like a giant red sock.

Windier E. Megatons

]]> 11:372291:c4875980 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:14:24 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4874893 @metrobulls: sadly the team is know as the Fighters, and they are owned by Nippon Ham. It would be like if the Cardinals were called the "Anheuser Busch Whackers"

HugsFromHarold

]]> 11:372291:c4874893 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:25:43 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4874703 apparently the Japanese version of Rich Harden actually works....

Hit Bull Win Steak

]]> 11:372291:c4874703 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:16:00 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4874663 Who brings a gong to a baseball game?

roland_t_flakfizer

]]> 11:372291:c4874663 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:13:56 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4874610 After the game was over, they all went to a karaoke bar and were treated to Tito Francona's rendition of "More Than This."

Clare

]]> 11:372291:c4874610 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:11:04 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4874609 @DGonSouthCap:

And a real baseball team playing in said real state.

When Odalis Perez may be your starter on Opening Day....yeah, it's not going to be a good year.

Afino

]]> 11:372291:c4874609 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:10:56 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4874585 @flubby:
Are the Alpha Betas trashing the Red Sox clubhouse right now?

stealofthedraft

]]> 11:372291:c4874585 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:09:45 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4874584 It's not the same without Hideki Irabu throwing salt on the mound before he pitches to drive out the evil spirits and purify it.

PenskeMaterial

]]> 11:372291:c4874584 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:09:42 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4874540 glad to see the mascots (Wally and some giant Elephant) made the trip

UpstateUnderdog

]]> 11:372291:c4874540 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:07:23 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4874522 There was a bit of a dustup between teams when it was learned that the A's cheated on the Kobayashi Maru.

/nerd

The Gizmo from Pismo

]]> 11:372291:c4874522 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:06:32 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4874458 Stop saying "pomp" up there. People are still sleeping.

Suss--

]]> 11:372291:c4874458 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:02:58 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4874399 The pregame entertainment was a live rendition of Yatta!

Matt_T

]]> 11:372291:c4874399 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:58:59 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4874356 I don't understand. Where's E. Honda?

DennyCrane

]]> 11:372291:c4874356 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:56:57 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4874339 Wait, what's that sign in the crowd?

ジョン 3:16

Scout

]]> 11:372291:c4874339 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:56:04 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4874298 At least they were kinnd enough to put both teams up in a posh hotel stocked with some nice Carl Farbman over-sized drawers for everyone to sleep in.

the earl of weaver

]]> 11:372291:c4874298 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:53:23 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4874260 PS - Only four days until Opening Day Night in our Nation's Capital. Eventually, there will be a baseball game in a real state.

DGonSouthCap

]]> 11:372291:c4874260 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:51:49 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4874247 Opening Day in Japan? As a drunk Red Sox bleacher chick once yelled at Ichiro: "Hey, didn't we WIN that war?"

DGonSouthCap

]]> 11:372291:c4874247 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:51:07 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4874199 funny how I watched this japan baseball and an hour later I'm hungry for more...

Hit Bull Win Steak

]]> 11:372291:c4874199 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:48:05 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4874175 It was a nice touch having Vic Romano and Kenny Blankenship do the commentary.

MattinglysSideburns

]]> 11:372291:c4874175 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:46:51 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4874158 Not sure, no, no, no, no, no, no [...], Wally.

thetaxman

]]> 11:372291:c4874158 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:46:01 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4874128 @Matt_T: MechaSteinbrenner is worshiped at 43 temples in Japan

pr0FF3ss0r_j3rkwh3at

]]> 11:372291:c4874128 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:44:33 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4874124 Not pictured: Chairman Kaga biting into a pepper, beginning the festivities.

Get Him A Body Bag, Yeah!

]]> 11:372291:c4874124 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:44:16 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4874121 "We got Takashi beating on his gong, the boys and the mu's are clapping along."

flubby

]]> 11:372291:c4874121 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:44:12 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4874113 So the Yomuri Giants opening the season against the Ham Fighters at Yankee Stadium this year? It's a two-way street, right guys? Right?

metrobulls

]]> 11:372291:c4874113 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:43:55 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4874111 MLB 2008: Opening Day Bukkake for All!

Civil Negligence

]]> 11:372291:c4874111 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:43:45 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4874061 Well, they couldn't have sent he Yankees. Joba would have terrified the locals.

Matt_T

]]> 11:372291:c4874061 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:41:00 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4874056 Well, I think we can all agree that this series had a happy ending.

/lame

Stay Away From Oprah

]]> 11:372291:c4874056 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:40:38 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4874053 @The Teufel Shuffle: No, it's a another stage of Invincible Banzuke.

shea_guevara

]]> 11:372291:c4874053 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:40:23 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4874021 @Storming the Floor: That's still better than the Nippon Ham Fighters.

parker91

]]> 11:372291:c4874021 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:38:42 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4873988 Where the fuck is Oakrand?

EddieRebel

]]> 11:372291:c4873988 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:36:50 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4873987 @Sh!tShow: And the opening pitch, brought to you by Konami, is a fastball that is up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, start.

Jews For Purple Jesus

]]> 11:372291:c4873987 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:36:42 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4873909 Are they hosting the gong show at 2nd base?

The Teufel Shuffle

]]> 11:372291:c4873909 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:32:06 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4873865 @Gourmet Spud: It's always killed me that there's a Japanese team called Yakult Swallows, but that the Japanese are unaware of what a great insulting chant that could be in English.

Storming the Floor

]]> 11:372291:c4873865 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:29:08 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4873855 I didn't know Konami was sponsoring this game! I would have used the Contra code to extend it to 30 innings.

Sh!tShow

]]> 11:372291:c4873855 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:28:27 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4873853 @Gourmet Spud: Somewhere a confused Japanese youth is wondering why he enjoys Kaz Tadano videos so much.

Chief Wahoo

]]> 11:372291:c4873853 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:28:23 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4873847 Could I get a Gantt chart with that 2nd paragraph?

Dead Wrestlers Society

]]> 11:372291:c4873847 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:28:02 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4873818 Commodore Perry, I blame this entirely on you.

futuremrsrickankiel

]]> 11:372291:c4873818 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:26:37 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4873816 Super Happy Fun Rock & Roll Japan Opening Day!

ClueHeywood

]]> 11:372291:c4873816 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:26:32 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4873813 Thank God this series is over. Now Selig can get back to ruining baseball in America.

White Speed Receiver

]]> 11:372291:c4873813 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:26:26 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4873803 Somewhere, a confused Japanese youth is wondering why all our teams are named after letters of the alphabet.

Gourmet Spud

]]> 11:372291:c4873803 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:25:41 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4873798 Is that an ad in Japanese for "Funny Lindsay Lohan Pics" on the right field wall?

UkraineNotWeak

]]> 11:372291:c4873798 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:25:15 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4873785 This reminds me. I need a new shoddily manufactured calculator watch.

ArkansasFred

]]> 11:372291:c4873785 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:24:07 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4873773 I like my morning OJ without pomp.

being_sven

]]> 11:372291:c4873773 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:23:10 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4873757 ...and Manny is still posing...

Chief Wahoo

]]> 11:372291:c4873757 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:22:05 EDT <![CDATA[Japan Games End, But Opening Day Is Just Beginning]]> http://deadspin.com/372291/japan-games-end-but-opening-day-is-just-beginning#c4873755 Is that the mat where the losing pitcher has to fall on the sword?

Gourmet Spud

]]> 11:372291:c4873755 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:22:01 EDT