I (Eric) went to my first baseball game in Japan a few weeks ago with Dice and Isaac. I had a great cultural experience. Baseball fans here are very passionate and it’s great to watch! There is a section that the fans were on their feet and yelling each time their team hits! Each player has his own cheer, which the fans chant until the players at-bat is over.
Right before the middle of the 7th inning, I started to here squeaks all around me. I looked around and I saw everyone blowing up balloons (which we somehow missed). So I pulled out my camera for you to see what I saw.
Before researching baseball in Japan, I had no idea that there was anyone in the world that pitches underhand in men’s professional baseball, until I saw this guy.
It’s fun to be in a stadium, in any culture, when everyone is cheering together. I think it is a small glimpse of what heaven will someday be like. However, instead of a few thousand fans cheering for a baseball team, may it be millions of people worshipping our Lord God Almighty! On this note, please pray for many in Japan to worship ?? or “Kami Sama.”
