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June 13, 2005
Yakult Swallows Triumph
"Swallows" is used as a noun here -- as in the "Yakult Swallows" baseball team. On the Sunday after the wedding, Naved, Derrick, Derrick's father Bill, and I went to see them play. They beat the Rakuten Eagles 3 to 2. I'm afraid I'm still not much of a baseball fan. Bill certainly enjoyed it though. I believe he used to play minor-league baseball (and hockey, I think) when he was a bit younger.
Me, I have to admit my favourite part of the game was the beer vendors. Just the whole concept of cute girls walking around with cold kegs of beer on their back struck me as fascinating. And the choreographed cheering sections were pretty cool. And it was a sunny, gorgeous day, and so I just sat back, relaxed, drank beer, and got burnt to a crisp. I guess there was a reason most people brought umbrellas.
Posted by YandaMan at June 13, 2005 12:03 AM
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