Tuesday, January 15, 2013

A Picture Is Worth 2012 Words

I forgot to do this last year, didn't I. But you can go back and see 2010 and before...



Anyway, I was finally going through some stuff in my room and found my collection of tickets from last year (while the picture includes hockey games -- the San Francisco Bulls ECHL team that started up in town this year and has been distracting me this fall -- they are not in this list) and actually wasn't sure how many baseball games I went to, so I spent a while looking back through photos and other things and made a list.  It was both more and less than I thought:

April 2: Chuo vs. Toyo, Jingu, Tohto University League
April 2: Komazawa vs. Asia, Jingu, Tohto University League
April 4: Fighters vs. Swallows ni-gun, Kamagaya Stadium
April 4: Swallows vs. Tigers, Jingu
April 5: Swallows vs. Tigers, Jingu
April 6: Marines vs. Fighters, QVC Marine Stadium
April 7: Marines vs. Fighters, QVC Marine Stadium
April 8: Hosei Univ vs. JR Higashinihon, Jingu, Big6 vs Industrial Exhibitions
April 8: Keio Univ vs. Sega Sammy, Jingu, Big6 vs Industrial Exhibitions
April 9: Rikkio Univ vs. Honda, Jingu, Big6 vs Industrial Exhibitions
April 9: Waseda Univ vs. Subaru, Jingu, Big6 vs Industrial Exhibitions
April 10: Swallows vs. Baystars, Jingu
April 11: Giants vs. Dragons, Tokyo Dome
April 12: Chuo Univ vs. Nihon Univ, Jingu, Tohto University League
April 12: Komazawa vs. Aoyama Gakuin, Jingu, Tohto University League
April 12: Swallows vs. Baystars, Jingu
April 13: Marines vs. Baystars ni-gun, Lotte Urawa Stadium
April 16: Todai vs. Meiji, Jingu, Tokyo Big 6 University League
April 16: Lions vs. Fighters, Seibu Dome
April 29: Frederick Keys vs. Lynchburg Hillcats, Harry Grove Stadium (single-A)
June 7: Oakland A's vs. Texas Rangers, Oakland Coliseum
June 23: San Rafael Pacifics vs. Hawaii Stars, Albert Park (NABL)
July 4: Oakland A's vs. Boston Red Sox, Oakland Coliseum
July 6: San Rafael Pacifics vs. Maui Na Koa Ikaika (NABL)
July 15: Tacoma Rainiers vs. Colorado Springs Sky Sox, Cheney Stadium (triple-A)
July 31: Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Arizona Diamondbacks, Dodger Stadium
August 26: San Rafael Pacifics vs. Maui Na Koa Ikaika (NABL)
Sept 7: Hosei vs. Meisei, Hosei ground (preseason game)
Sept 7: Swallows vs. Giants, Jingu
Sept 8: Buffaloes vs. Fighters, Osaka Dome
Sept 9: Buffaloes vs. Fighters, Osaka Dome
Sept 11: Marines vs. Fighters, QVC Marine Field
Sept 12: Giants vs. Carp, Tokyo Dome
Sept 13: Fighters vs. JX-ENEOS, Kamagaya (exhibition game)
Sept 13: Marines vs. Fighters, QVC Marine Field
Sept 14: Swallows vs. Baystars, Jingu
Sept 16: Hosei vs. Todai, Jingu, Tokyo Big 6 University League
Sept 16: Swallows vs. Baystars, Jingu
Sept 17: Niigata Albirex vs. Gunma Diamond Pegasus, Hokushinetsu League
Sept 18: Aoyama Gakuin vs. Chuo, Jingu, Tohto University League
Sept 19: Marines vs. Eagles, Tokyo Dome
Sept 20: Marines vs. Swallows ni-gun, Lotte Urawa Stadium
Sept 21: Lions vs. Fighters, Seibu Dome
Sept 22: Meiji vs. Waseda, Jingu, Tokyo Big 6 University League
Sept 22: Hosei vs. Keio, Jingu, Tokyo Big 6 University League
Sept 23: Lions vs. Fighters, Seibu Dome
Sept 24: Meiji vs. Waseda, Jingu, Tokyo Big 6 University League
Sept 24: Marines vs. Buffaloes, QVC Marine Field
Sept 25: Swallows vs. Tigers, Jingu
sept 26: Fighters vs. Baystars ni-gun, Kamagaya
Sept 26: Swallows vs. Tigers, Jingu
Sept 28: Yamato Samurai Reds vs. Kishu Rangers, Sato Yakuhin Stadium (KANDOK League)
Sept 30: Hawks vs. Fighters, Fukuoka Yahoo Dome
Oct 2: Baystars vs. Swallows, Yokohama
Oct 3: Fighters vs. Hawks, Sapporo Dome
Oct 6: Hosei vs. Rikkio, Jingu, Tokyo Big 6 University League
Oct 6: Meiji vs. Todai, Jingu, Tokyo Big 6 University League
Oct 6: Swallows vs. Carp, Jingu
Oct 7: Hosei vs. Rikkio, Jingu, Tokyo Big 6 University League
Oct 7: Swallows vs. Carp, Jingu

I guess it's not too surprising that I was in Japan for 6 weeks of the year and went to 52 games there, and only 8 in the US for the other entire part of the year, huh?

Though who knows, this year I may have to go try to stalk Kensuke Tanaka in the Giants' minors, or go cheer for Hiroyuki Nakajima over in Oakland now that he's not my mortal enemy anymore.

Also, let's see..
14 Fighters-related games
14 Swallows-related games
8 Marines-related games
6 Hosei-related games (technically 8 if you count that I went to watch Kagami pitch with the Baystars and Mikami pitch for ENEOS)

And uh... 28 games at Jingu.  There's a reason I call it "home", you know.

Also, if anyone would like me to maybe make some mini-posts about some of these games, I could probably do that.  I had some really epic stories in there, especially involving meeting Shingo Takatsu up in Niigata, or meeting most of the Kishu Rangers team when I was in Nara...

5 comments:

westbaystars said...

Happy new year! Glad to see your annual Review in Ticket Stubs.

By the way, I used one of your Yakult photos on my recent Pro Yakyu Report (1.03).

Have a great 2013.

Deanna said...

Is it possible for me to find out which photo without watching the whole video? (I really don't do videos, I know Kozo is on this one and I should watch it sometime but I just don't know when I'll remember to)

Shin said...

Only tickets I got this year was all 12 days of Senbatsu.

Thinking if I should go again this summer or not...definitely not spring this year though.

BTW, what's your take on Itoi's trade? Shocked me that they traded their best player again for some 30 yr old players and Ohbiki.

Deanna said...

Maybe I should post something about it. For the first day I was just in such shock like "YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS DID THEY REALLY DO THAT?"

Wait, I'm still in that state...

Dave said...

Would love to read about some of those games in mini-posts.

Thanks for sharing so many of your experiences over the years.