Comments on: 10/12/09 – Yomiuri (Home)

By: David Watkins

David Watkins — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:00:38 +0000

Nagoya is impossible for me I’m afraid.

Enjoy yourself Simon! Let us know how you get on.

By: simoncurrie

simoncurrie — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:56:42 +0000

Anyone going to Nagoya this weekend? I managed to get tickets for Sat and Sun games through an SNS so I’m taking the bus down to Nagoya tomorrow.

By: Garrett DeOrio

Garrett DeOrio — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:34:22 +0000

Glad your first yakyu game was such a good one, Andrew. Give our best to Chicago. I grew up there myself, although I’m a Cubs fan and I’m guessing that, on the South Side, you’re a Sox man (no problem there, though – any fan of the Swallows is a friend of mine.)

By: Andrew Ondo

Andrew Ondo — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:54:22 +0000

Hello everyone! I’ve been reading your blog all season and got up early to watch the swallows beat the taigazu last friday – my first yakyu game ever! (and I’m definitely going to be setting my alarm clock for our date with Chunichi)

Thanks for keeping such an entertaining and sincere blog – reading those game reports every morning (with youtube videos of the tokyo ondo playing in the background) have made me as big a swallows fan as you’ll find, I’m sure, in Illinois.

We’re all pulling for Yakult here on the south side of chicago!
kutabare chunichi!

By: Mac

Mac — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:31:56 +0000

If we were the only ones booing then I heard you because I turned to my crew and said “See, someone else who knows the real score”.

I’ll be back in time for Game 6 of the Japan Series – of course I hope we will have wrapped it all up by then.

Definitely looking forward to some beers post-season – we’ll all have plenty of free evenings!

By: David Watkins

David Watkins — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:56:16 +0000

Glad to hear we weren’t the only ones.

Good to meet you too sir.

Hopefully the Swallows will still be playing ball by the time you get back from your travels!

By: Confused

Confused — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:21:43 +0000

Obviously we all think and want him to play but he hasn’t been starting for sometime now…what’s to think the manager is going to change his mind now? The manager should be fired!

By: Mac

Mac — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:53:27 +0000

I also booed Takada, hurling constructive comments like “Resign” and the more informative “W@nker”. My immediate crowd seemed confused but amused – it was my gaijin contingent that kept telling me to keep it down.

By: Charles Moon

Charles Moon — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:25:30 +0000

I can’t understand what is going on with D’Antona. This young man’s statistics speak for themselves. I have been a fan of his for several years, and I have been thrilled to see how well he has done in Japan. Now I’m reading that he won’t be back next year at the manager’s discretion. Well, I guess that’s a business decision, though a mighty stupid one if you ask me. Forgetting that, why in the world would anyone be questioning whether or not he would be playing in the CS next week? He has been the starting first baseman for this team all season and has contributed so much to its success. As one of the top ten RBI guys in the league, don’t you think the Swallows could use his run production at this time?

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:50:45 +0000

You not only booed Takada, you yelled “hetakusa!” I booed and yelled “You suck!” a few times. This guy is the worst manager in 5A (4A is the National League), and the fact that the Swallows came in third guarantees he gets another year. I just can’t believe that anyone claps or cheers at the bullshit this man spouts.