Korea demolished Venezuela. Japan trounced the U.S. It was pretty damn sad.
But the championship game between Korea and Japan was easily the most exciting baseball game I've ever witnessed in my life. American fans could learn a thing or two from Asian baseball fans. The stadium was just electric!
Here's a collection of photos from all three nights.
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My boyfriend Ichiro Suzuki hit the winning two-run single in the top of the 10th inning. The Japanese crowd went completely insane. Rightfully so. Ichiro is amazing. Daisuke Matsuzaka (a.k.a Dice-K) was named MVP. He's cool, too.
Complete set of photos here. Crazy.
You make me want to go to a Baseball game. I never had an interest before.
ReplyDeleteThis looks like so much fun.
ReplyDeletethe derek jeter and kobe signs are hilarious.
ReplyDeleteawesome photos. per my friends' facebook statuses, many would have killed to be there (but they're back east...ha!). japanese and korean baseball fans are pretty crazy. i've been in korea...next up, japan.
ReplyDeleteMy boss said the same thing about the Korean fans' enthusiasm. Looks fun!
ReplyDeleteyou get to do all of the fun stuff. no fair!
ReplyDeleteSad face for Jeter-san.
ReplyDeleteHow fun! The Jeter sign made me laugh.
ReplyDeleteLove love love love Japanese baseball games! I love the cheering! I love the costumes! I love the vendors that walk around with mini-kegs and whiskey! I even love when the losing team throws all of the trash on the field!
ReplyDeleteThis is hillarious! I love these photos!
ReplyDeleteI almost went to the Korea vs. Japan game. Your photos are making me regret my decision to stay home. Yay for Japan. Boo for me.
ReplyDeleteThere are so many Asians there I am sure they must have thought it was a badminton tournament, no?
ReplyDeleteI am jealous...it looks like it was a great game!
ReplyDeleteI love Koreans and I love baseball...I sure would have gotten a kick out of this!
ReplyDeletethese pics were all great- and its good to see Dice-K representing :)
ReplyDeletesend me kanye and bro-mo. k thnx
Holler for sweet ticket pictures. I think you need to do a photo montage of Monkey Niece through the years - I feel like I've watched her grow up.
ReplyDeleteAnd just a few days later, Japanese and Korean skaters trounced the U.S. ladies in figure skating.
ReplyDeleteIt was a good week to be a Korean or Japanese sports fan.
Can you please describe those yummy fries in detail? TY
ReplyDeleteow, that's a lot of pics ;) LMN is getting so big!!!
ReplyDeletemy peoples! i wanna live in japan so bad.
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