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...