If anyone had any questions what it is like working for a baseball company/team. I would love to answer any questions. Ask me anything
Background: I have worked for the Hiroshima Carp for about 4 years in fan service/interpretations/ player relations. I have traveled to all the all star games, been to the japan series 3 times and lost all the time, made great friendships with the players.
Thank you for your time.
Hi,
I am a huge MLB fan and am currently in a university class about Japan. We have to write a research paper about any topic, as long as it relates to the Japan economy.
I was interested in writing something related to baseball in Japan (likely on the NPB) but am fairly clueless about the league. Is there any topic or phenomena that you guys would consider exploring? Any help would be appreciated while I do research of my own :)
Here's a Q to you all on this subreddit: How many baseball players have played for teams based in the USA, Canada and Japan? Let's see what we got.----So far, all I can think of are Warren Cromartie and Orlando Merced.
EDIT: To clarify, I mean PROFESSIONALLY, as in both MLB and NPB.
Hey, /r/baseball. My name's Eric, and I'm a former member of the Hanshin Tigers' ouendan, or supporters section, here to answer your questions about the game in Japan. With the increased visibility that Japan's brand of yakyu got last night in the WBC semifinal, I figured this would be a good time for me to open up the floor for questions as I've done a few times in the past (here, here, and here).
A little about me. From 2008 to 2011, I was a participant on the JET Programme, where I was hired to teach English at a Japanese high school in Nishinomiya, Japan. The apartment that the school found for me to live in for those years was about twenty minutes' walk from Koshien Stadium, home of the Hanshin Tigers. Originally an Expos fan from Montreal, still smarting over the team's departure, it didn't take much for me to fall in with the Tigers' fandom. I probably attended close to 100 home games over my three years in Japan.
By the end of my first year, I had made contact with the ouendan, a bunch of supporters who sit in the right field bleachers at Koshien and coordinate player chants for the whole game. While I never got to lead the cheers at the stadium, I was eventually allowed to lead cheers at the postgame celebrations after Tigers wins outside the ballpark. Here's a video - you can't really make me out, but that's me on the whistle, and yelling out the names of the players for the next songs. Here's a video from closer up - you can make me out pretty clearly at 3:45, I'm the big guy with the yellow towel around his head and the black jersey. I also brought a few pictures - one, two, three, four, five, six (at the Koshien National High School Championships).
If you're interested, go ahead and Ask Me Anything.
Itβs been my lifelong dream to get to a game and that comes true tonight. Just wanna make sure I do everything right and would appreciate any tips yβall can offer. Thanks!
Was in the early 2000s. I don't know what it was a commercial for, but it was a fat black guy who would strike out or smash homeruns.
Bob Bavasi at Japanball gave an update in regards to the Japanese Baseball Media Guide:
Wayne Graczyk, editor of the Japan Baseball Media Guide in English, passed away on April 19, 2017.
At the time of Wayne's passing, he had finished the 2017 edition of his guide.
His family continued on his good work and edited the 2018 edition.
The Graczyk family recently let us know that they could no longer keep the book going. This is understandable given the huge time commitment in putting together the book when weighed against its income. They did a terrific job pulling off the 2018 edition. We are certain that Wayne would have been very proud of their work.
The 2018 edition, now the Final Edition, will remain online for sale for a while longer at:
https://japanball.com/book/
Proceeds go to the Graczyk Family.
Hi /r/NPB ,
Sorry if this is out of place and you find it offensive, I have read the wiki and some of the blogs first.
I am an argentinean international trade student, and I had to do a thesine on some theme of my interest. So, after the Rio 2018 olympics and some tweets by the japanese ambassador in Buenos Aires (Noriteru Fukushima, an amazing guy) about Tokio 2020, I started researching sport in Japan and got surprised by the amazing baseball culture, specially in high schools.
I know this sub is for the professional league, but I was wondering if any of you has played the sport when at high school and wanted to share your experiences.
A doubt I have and couldn't find any data online, for example, is how much does a bat last (I mean, the bat life, considering the force it's forced to stand when batting). Edit: I mean a wood bat
Also, what's a popular bat for high school children? I'm reading on this page that the most popular one is something like Mizuno V-Kong 02, but I'm still trying to figure out what makes a bat good haha (for high school, I read that the bat size is something about 1.3xarm lenght). Sorry for the ignorance, but here probably the only sport that gets wild media attention is football :(
I'm trying to gather all data I can that's available online (I even watched a Netflix film about a Hong Kong junior league team, so sad there's no japanese content about this), but I don't want some american guy telling me what happens in Japanese baseball like so many articles that appear on Google
Sorry for the intromission in your sub, but the curiosity is killing me
The tournament will be live at asahi.com for free.
Here the brackets and some information on the teams. Credits to eigokokoyakyu for this.
For a pre-departure assignment for a study abroad program, I have been tasked with making a 3-minute video on baseball in Japan. Is there anything specific that I should include? Are there specific moments in the NPB that I should mention or include clips of?
Would make more sense since only two countries are involved. But I guess from a marketing point of view, "World Series" sounds better.
Having a true World Series were baseball teams from across the world compete (like the World Cup in soccer) would be cool.
So you know all about MLB, it's time to learn about how baseball is played and how fans are in other countries. Why not start with Japan? /r/NPB
There's tons of information on our wiki pages to browse through.
- Learn about the league structure and all 12 teams,
- Pick up some new baseball vocabulary,
- Looking to read a book on Japanese baseball? Plenty of material there,
- Want to watch a Japanese baseball game? I've got a little guide for live streams,
- Want to follow along on your smartphone? Download an app here. (so far only one available in English)
Not on reddit that much? No problem, I also post some stuff to the NPB reddit twitter account as well.
Will Hiroki Kuroda's return to Hiroshima finally help the Carp win their first championship in 24 years? Will the Tigers break the curse of the colonel? Will Daisuke Matsuzaka's return help the Hawks repeat as champions? How many times will people call them the "Ham Fighters" instead of the "Fighters"? Will the Yomiuri Giants win yet another pennant? Find out with help from /r/NPB!
