Dee Brown of the Seibu Lions fight song (応援歌)

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Dee Brown, formerly of my Oakland A’s (for three at bats anyway–two of which ended with a strike out), played for my Japanese team, the Seibu Lions, as well. This card, the cheerleader is holding, shows his fight song which sounds like this and can be translated as:

I believe you
I believe you
Shoot and flap far with the crack of the bat

I’m guessing the “I believe you” part should actually be “I believe in you” and the rest is basically asking for a home run or a well-hit ball. Rather than a walk-out song, like we have in the USA, in Japan these individualized fight songs are played/sung throughout a player’s at bat.

Posted on March 27th, 2019 under Japan. Tags: baseball, seibu lions, tokorozawa. Comments Off on Happy birthday, Dee Brown!

Seibu Lions fans

I haven’t paid any attention to Japanese baseball this season. The main reason being that I’m not going to Japan this summer, but upon looking at the standings I see that I’m not missing much as my Seibu Lions are not doing so well in the Pacific League. My Yakult Swallows are even further off the pace in the Central League. So I will go back to ignoring professional baseball in Japan and continue to focus instead on my Oakland A’s in MLB who continue to have the best record in baseball (after beating the Giants each of the past two evenings).

Posted on July 9th, 2014 under Japan. Tags: baseball, seibu lions. Comments Off on NPB (Nippon Professional Baseball)

Saitama Seibu Lions (埼玉西武ライオンズ)

My A’s signed one of my Lions today.

Posted on December 17th, 2012 under Japan. Tags: baseball, seibu lions. Comments Off on Oakland A’s sign Seibu’s Hiroyuki Nakajima for 2013

After watching a Seibu Lions game last year we were able to go down on the field with many other fans. Not only were we on the field but we were on the big screen as well. Ryan was rather excited (can you spot him?). Ellie, on the other hand, had been on big screens so many times (thanks to her blonde hair) by this point in Japan that I think she was doing more to get off the screen than remain in the public eye.

Posted on May 25th, 2011 under Japan. Tags: baseball, ellie, people, ryan, seibu lions, tokorozawa. Comments: 3

After a brief descent from Mt. Mitake we were once again climbing, this time up Mt Hinode (日の出山). From there you can see Tokyo from a distance. The dome in the middle of what looks like a forest is the Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, home of the Seibu Lions.

I’d love to return to this spot again someday after dark. During the day there is probably always a haze, but at night I’m guessing it is usually clear and offers one of the most majestic panoramas of Tokyo.

Posted on November 20th, 2010 under Japan. Tags: mt. mitake, seibu lions. Comments Off on Mt. Mitake – Part 6