A Good Day to Be a Hawks Fan

Last weekend the international students got free entry to a Softbank Hawks baseball game at the Yahoo Japan Dome stadium. The Fukuoka Softbank Hawks played the Saitama Seibu Lions, who were ranked 2nd and 1st in their division, respectively. The Lions scored a few runs against us early on without letting us even get someone on base, but in the fifth and sixth innings we caught up to tie the game 4-4. In the eighth inning we scored three runs to bring the score to 7-4, but they did the same in the ninth inning so the game went into extra innings. In the bottom of the eleventh inning we scored two runs to win 9-7. All in all, a thoroughly entertaining game. Afterwards we got to go on the field and take pictures. Lots of pics of the game and the field after the jump.

The game begins

We all blew up balloons with the Hawks' colors to release when they score.

Then we wait...

Home run! 

Lions fans prepare to do the same

Stadium food! Mos Burger...yum!

Extra innings!

Very suspenseful

And now we blow white ones to release if we win

Victory!!!

Party on the field for the Hawks!

...with fireworks! Go Hawks!!

Final Scoreboard

After the game we got to go on the field!

Can't have a game without sponsors right? 7-11 is big here too.

The stadium is empty now, time to go home.