01-TokyoDome.JPG The Tokyo Dome.
02-ToDoShop.JPG To:Do, your one-stop shop for Giants and other NPB goods.
03-TeamTeddy.JPG Team Teddy Bears!
04-TeamTeddy.JPG Awww.
05-Teddy.JPG Basebear cascade.
06-NagashimaGate.JPG The Tokyo Dome gate dedicated to Giants legend Shigeo Nagashima.
07-NagashimaGate.JPG And the plaque for the gate.
08-OhGate.JPG Tokyo Dome gate dedicated to Giants legend Sadaharu Oh.
09-OhGate.JPG And the plaque.
10-MLBStore.JPG A store where you can buy ridiculously expensive imported MLB goods.
11-TournamentBoard.JPG Bracket for the industrial league tournament.
12-TokyoDomeMap.JPG Map of the Tokyo Dome entrances.
13-TokyoDomeCrayons.JPG Colorful way of giving directions.
14-LittleLeaguers.JPG A group of little leaguers come to watch the tourney.
15-GiantsIsGiants.JPG Giants is Giants. Impossible is Nothing.
16-Adidas.JPG The Yomiuri Giants Adidas store.
18-SeibuKyujomae.JPG The gate coming out of the Seibu Kyujo-mae (Stadium-front) train line terminus.
19-SeibuDome.JPG The Seibu Dome.
20-TicketLine.JPG Getting in line to buy tickets.
21-Merchandise.JPG A Lions merchandise shop outside the stadium.
22-BentoCorner.JPG A bento corner with a cardboard cutout of Kazuhiro Wada outside.
23-NakamuraMatsuzaka.JPG Cutouts of Takeya Nakamura and Daisuke Matsuzaka outside another eatery.
24-SeibuDome.JPG View of the Seibu Dome from the left field stands.
25-Suntory.JPG A Suntory beer vendor steps his way through the people camping out on the turf.
26-DolphinParty.JPG People behind me preparing their Ogasawara dolphins.
27-DolphinJersey.JPG It was an Ogasawara jersey they put on the dolphin, too.
28-Stands.JPG Cheering in the stands as the lineups are announced.
29-Lineup.JPG Starting lineup on the board.
32-LionsFans.JPG The Lions fans cheer their half of the lineup.
33-Fans.JPG Two young Fighters fans sitting a couple feet in front of me.
34-Fan.JPG Another Fighters fan prepares for the game.
37-BearEars.JPG A lady about ten feet to my right was wearing ears like B*B, the Fighters mascot.
38-Konta.JPG Toshimasa Konta.
39-Hichori.JPG Hichori Morimoto!
40-Leader.JPG Oendan leader getting people to cheer.
41-Signatures.JPG Another oendan leader guy, with an oldskool Fighters jacket signed by a ton of players.
42-Kattobase.JPG Oendan leader getting everyone to do a "Kattobase" cheer.
43-Baby.JPG Never too young to turn your kids into Fighters fans.
46-Fans.JPG As Li said, "My god, we're surrounded by people as crazy as you are."
47-TanakaFan.JPG A Yukio Tanaka fan.
48-Infield.JPG Despite the packed outfield areas, the infield was rather sparse. This is in the third inning of the game.
49-AsahiGuy.JPG An Asahi beer guy wanders around the outfield sea of fans.
50-OgasawaraFlag.JPG The special banner for Michihiro Ogasawara.
51-Balloons.JPG Seibu fans release balloons during the seventh inning stretch.
52-Inningend.JPG Oendan leader yelling out the end of an inning apologies.
53-Hichorisign.JPG The nice people sitting behind me, who gave me one of their extra dolphins. The sign is for their Hichori Morimoto fan site.
54-GroundRuleBall.JPG The guy sitting next to me caught a ground rule double ball hit over the LF wall by Jeff Liefer. Neat!
55-Baseball.JPG The ground-rule double ball he caught. Note the teams and date stamped on it.
57-Kids.JPG The Fighters may be down 6-2 in the top of the ninth, but these kids never stop cheering.
58-Li.JPG Li, a friend of mine from college, who put up with me for this game and the Eagles one.
59-Fireworks.JPG Semi-indoor semi-fireworks explode in the outfield as the Lions win the game.
60-Me.JPG Yeah, that's me. I'm holding the dolphin I was given, which I scribbled "ganbatte Fighters" on.
61-HosokawaHero.JPG Toru Hosokawa was the game hero for hitting a grand slam off Satoru Kanemura.
62-Shinjosign.JPG Shinjo fans have a bunch of glittery signs for him.
63-Scoreboard.JPG The scoreboard in the Seibu Kyujo-mae train station, with the game details.
64-GoGoLions.JPG The "GO GO LIONS!" sign that I hadn't noticed when coming through the first time.