Baseball Game

So, our first trip to the Osaka Dome went off without a hitch.  We arrived in the 5th inning, which was great.  Now that Scott is pitching out of the bullpen I can start going to games late again, as oppose to when he was starting and we had to be on time.  I love it!

It was about a 30 minute taxi ride to the field, which Callie didn't really seem to like, but we powered through it :)  Once we got to the field we were shown to our seats and I was really impressed with the Osaka Dome.  It is the only dome I have been in besides the Kingdome in Seattle, WA and it was huge!  The funny thing about it is the color of the turf.  The grass turf is obviously green, but around the bases and the mound the turf if orange, to blend in with the color of the dirt I guess . . .

It was pretty warm in the dome.  Which you wouldn't expect because it is inside and the domes in the US are usually air conditioned.  Well, in Japan they don't always seem to air condition inside places very well.  But we were nicely surprised when we got to our seats and saw that there were two vent on the seat back in front of us that were blowing out cool air.  And when I say blowing I don't mean that it made your hair blow back, you had to lean in real close to feel the air, but at least it was better than nothing.  

Callie did amazingly well during the whole baseball game.  Luckily she had taken a 2 1/2 hour nap in the afternoon to prepare for her long night.  She was a little scared when we first got to our seats because the cheering is so loud, but once we settled down and she starting banging her rally bats together she did great.  She also had a great time trying to reach over the seat in front of us and touch the top of the little boy's head that was sitting there :)  I'm also pretty sure that she entertained the fans sitting around us.  She played peek-a-boo with the man sitting behind me for quite awhile :)

Scott pitched, which was great.  My parents had never seen him pitch in a Major League game, so they really enjoyed it.  In Japan the teams are really big on entry music, and not just for each time a hitter comes to the plate.  The pitchers all have music too.  Scott has never had entry music in the US, so it was really cool to hear his music come on last night.  I felt like a down home redneck singing along to George Strait's "Heartland" last night when Scott came into the game, but it really got me pumped up :)  

My parents at the game

Callie watching the game

the view from our seats