Stadium Reports

From the Stadium: Pennant is OURS

From the Stadium: Pennant is OURS

As some of you have heard, I was fortunate enough to have tickets to Thursday’s game at Koshien Stadium. Truth be told, we did not plan it ahead of time to be this way, it just worked out for us. Me and Sanjay (podcast co-host) wanted to take in a game together, and since he…

Olympics Report – A Gold Medal Night

Olympics Report – A Gold Medal Night

If you read the last column, you know that I was a driver for a certain media outlet during these Tokyo Olympics. Well, honestly, the job itself was pretty boring, even disappointing, for me. Some of my fellow drivers took media crews (and even players) to venues and had some pretty fun experiences, even getting…

Take Me Out to the Koshien 2021

Take Me Out to the Koshien 2021

Last year, Covid-19 only permitted me to attend one baseball game. This year, I got a quick start to matching that number, as I headed out to Hanshin Koshien Stadium in the preseason to catch the Tigers-Lions battle-for-feline-supremacy match (Part II). It was a cloudy, cool Saturday afternoon, and Koyo Aoyagi was on the mound…

Stadiums to Allow More Fans In!

Stadiums to Allow More Fans In!

Source: Daily Sports NPB held an emergency meeting on the 12th and reached the decision to loosen the limitations placed on fan attendance at games starting on September 19. A government branch meeting on the 11th determined that it was safe to allow stadiums to be filled to a maximum of 50% of their capacities….