My wife isn’t remotely a baseball fan. But when Koshien comes around she’s emotionally fixated on the tv. Shouting, cheering, wailing, all of it.
Chuck Tryon
@cbtryon.bsky.social
Retired, happily married, living in Tokyo. I’ve also lived in Paris, London, Colorado, Montana, Oregon and a few other places. I like baseball (MLB Rockies and NPB Swallows) and other stuff. Frequent flâneur. Skeptical empiricist.
This:
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Sunday we had a few friends over for lunch & a pleasant afternoon. Among them was a Mexican friend & her mother. Our friend teaches International Relations at UNAM. Her focus is East Asia. Neither of these 2 well traveled & delightful women will be setting foot in the US anytime soon for any reason.
Japanese high school baseball and the sacrifice bunt: a story of enduring love.
Skimming today’s box scores I came across this line, which will be familiar to Rockies fans: Mike Toglia (Reds) 0-3, 3K I wish the best for the guy; he has promise. But, man, always those strikeouts.
Sharing a photo of me paddling into the sunset in the sea off Miyakojima during my recent trip.
The thunder and wind died down soon after hitting. I guess the commotion was a small cell serving as Typhoon 15’s advance guard. Maybe it will swing north. Time will tell. Still raining.
Chuck Tryon@cbtryon.bsky.social · last wk.The typhoon just arrived at our place in a sudden and thunderous manner. Sheesh.
The typhoon just arrived at our place in a sudden and thunderous manner. Sheesh.
Typhoon 13 just passed through. Typhoon 15 will arrive midweek. Typhoon 14 is MIA.
Cassidy “is an honorable man; so are they all, all honorable men.” (Apologies to the Bard.)
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.LMAO -- Cassidy wants credit for "almost" voting no on Blanche
Went to the little neighborhood tonkatsu place for dinner. Sat at the counter. No dinner dinner rush yet. Just us, the proprietor, & 2 counter customers we didn’t know. Koshien on TV. Conversation quickly evolved to baseball. Koshien, NPB, MLB. Despite broken English & broken Japanese, we had fun.
During my time in Japan I’ve met separately and briefly talked with two survivors of Hiroshima. Sobering experience.
Tony Boccia@tonyboccia.bsky.social · 2w agoI’ve never been good at writing on topics like this. What can I do, except read the history and consider the helpless.
The downward spiral is over. They’re now in free fall nearing terminal velocity.
Chuck Tryon@cbtryon.bsky.social · 2w agoThe Swallows were in or near first place in the Central League for the first 2 months of the season. Then inter league play started and the wheels came off. They’ve never recovered and continue spiraling downward. They’re now in danger of missing the postseason. Ugly, ugly.
Japan’s national high school baseball championship tournament has begun. Its popularity is like March Madness in the US. 49 teams, 1 from each prefecture (2 each from Tokyo & Hokkaido). Single elimination. The kids are talented. The fans & cheering are enthusiastic. I’ll be watching TV a lot now.
The Swallows were in or near first place in the Central League for the first 2 months of the season. Then inter league play started and the wheels came off. They’ve never recovered and continue spiraling downward. They’re now in danger of missing the postseason. Ugly, ugly.
Doyle’s not the outfielder I expected the Rockies to trade away, but ok. We’ll miss that defense.
No cheating. Post your lock screen.
Renee Dechert@reneedechert.com · 2w agoNo cheating. Post your lock screen.
A few ex-Rockies have been traded (Bird, Molina), but so far no current Rockies. What will tomorrow bring?
I know it’s only 10:00 am. I don’t care. I’m going to eat some Häagen-Dazs ice cream.
In the last week Mickey Moniak passed Kris Bryant in plate appearances as a Rockie
Just enjoyed a summertime dinner of figs & burrata, eel, smoked salmon with capers, broccoli & tomato salad, and a goya salad. And, of course, a bottle of Chardonnay. Now for a few innings of the NPB all-star game. CL leads PL 2-0 after 2.
This is good.
Renee Dechert@reneedechert.com · 3w agoI did not expect to be thinking about *Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance* this early in the morning, but here we are. (It was a book I spent a lot of time with as a high school senior because my English teacher loved it.) www.worseonpurpose.com/p/on-quality