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明治神宮野球場での双眼鏡
I have seen binoculars at baseball games before, but this guy took things to a different level. I imagine he positions himself in this same spot for all games. He had the worst seat in the house, but with his binoculars on a tripod he had perhaps the best view of the action.
@AndrewG_23
For the 2015 season Andrew Moore was 7-2 with a 1.73 ERA during the regular season of his junior year. His last start was his best as he faced the minimum number of batters (27) in a complete game victory. The two batters who got hits off him were doubled up. At the college level a strike out to walk ratio of 2:1 is good. Andrew’s is over 5:1.
Unfortunately for Oregon State, only one Pac-12 team gets to host, and they finished second in the Pac-12 at 38-16-1 overall and 19-10-1 in Pac-12 play. OSU will travel to Dallas for games against two teams from Texas and VCU. Play begins Friday.
The Ducks finished sixth in the Pac-12 (37-23, 16-14), barely made the tournament, and will travel to Springfield, Missouri looking to upset three higher ranked teams.
This stadium hasn’t been used in a couple years (when I took today’s photos and photomerged them into this single image). I wonder what has happened to Gwangju Mudeung Baseball Stadium since the Tigers moved into Gwangju-Kia Champions Field (pictured in the distance here) in 2014. Has it been torn down? Some of my best memories from Korea happened right here.
Matt Belisle of the Colorado Rockies in 2014
As Belisle’s salary increased each year from 2010 to 2014 with the Colorado Rockies so did his ERA. He took a nearly $1 million pay cut this year to pitch for the St. Louis Cardinals with good results so far (an ERA of 1.50 after 13 appearances).
Lastings Milledge of the Yakult Swallows
The “best 16-year old player” in 2001 is currently working to come back from a couple of injury-plagued seasons in Japan. He has played in just 4 of the Swallow’s 28 games so far this year.
Milledge’s best year as a pro came in 2012 for the Swallows when he hit .300 with 21 home runs. Today’s photo comes from 2013, the first year of a three-year $4.4 million contract for Lastings which has produced only 17 home runs so far and a batting average below .250 for Yakult.
Yakult Swallows fans (Tokyo, Japan)
@NPBinENG @swallowspr @YourSwallows
Although less than a month of the season has elapsed, there is reason for hope in Tokyo as the usually losing Swallows are in first place!