Words cannot express how much I love baseball in Japan! We went to a Swallows game and it was wild! The fun people sit in the outfield and let me tell you, it's a party! The band sits with the crowd in the bleachers and a guy leads the crowd in individualized cheers for each player. It's constant madness while the Swallows are up to bat and then everyone takes a break when the other team is up. When the Swallows score a run, everyone sings a song and raises umbrellas in the air. There is a 7th evening stretch but nope, you don't sing "Take me out to the ballgame". Random mascots run around the field. It's awesome!
My favorite part of the night was when the Swallows scored a run and the man sitting a couple rows in front of us turned around and handed us his extra umbrella so we could participate in the umbrella cheering. I love how friendly and loving the Japanese are.
Now the baseball interests me a lot! Why don't you try to get that started in the U.S. I'd be there.
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