Swallows’ fans crack out their umbrellas when it’s time to send the opposing pitcher to the showers

Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) has their opening day in just over two weeks, more than a full week before MLB.

Posted on March 8th, 2016 under Japan. Tags: baseball, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D600, Tokyo, yakult swallows. Comments Off on Pitching Change

Dave Henderson autograph in the “1983 Scouting Report”

Since it’s obituary day on the blog, I thought I’d sneak in another one. Hendu’s best years came with my A’s. Although his average was under .250, and he averaged less than 15 HRs a year, with other teams, he hit .263 and averaged almost 25 home runs a year during his six years with the A’s. He was fun to watch with that big smile too.

Has anyone else noticed that people seem to die more frequently in the last week of the year? Besides Lemmy and Henderson some others that come to mind are Billy Martin, Joe Cocker, Jim O’Toole, Stan Smith, Mike Hegan, and Paul Blair.

Anyway, here is one of Lemmy’s sadder tunes. He almost lived to see 100 years after this song’s namesake.

Posted on December 29th, 2015 under Other. Tags: baseball, Samsung SM-G900V Galaxy S5 cell phone camera. Comments Off on Dave Henderson 1958-2015

Oregon Ducks’ Matt Krook delivers pitch in the rain

Details here.

Posted on December 22nd, 2015 under Oregon. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II, baseball, eugene, Nikon D600, sports photography. Comments Off on Krook named preseason All-American

Tommy Hanson of the Atlanta Braves (1986 – 2015)

Tommy Hanson died earlier this week at the age of 29. I saw him pitch in Yankee Stadium in 2012. The day was a historic one as nine home runs were hit, the most ever in a single game at new Yankee Stadium. Hanson got the win on that day, as most of the home runs were hit by the Braves. He threw five innings, giving up four, solo home runs. The Braves won 10-5.

Posted on November 11th, 2015 under Other. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II, baseball, new york, nikon d7000, sports photography. Comments Off on RIP Tommy Hanson

The Japan Climax Series is well under way. Currently, Fukuoka leads the series 3-1 over Yakult. Today’s photo has nothing to do with the series though. Rather, it was my random, desktop image today from the Hanshin Tigers vs. Chunichi Dragons game I went to in August of 2013.

Posted on October 28th, 2015 under Japan. Tags: baseball, nagoya, Nikon AF-S VR Zoom-NIKKOR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED Telephoto Lens, Nikon D600. Comments Off on Chunichi Dragons