Sunday, 2:55 AM EST -- We made it home last night around 7:30-ish. The parents greeted their weary kids (and chaperones) with hugs and smiles, and everyone scattered. Ruth was a sight for sore eyes. I really missed her! Once home, I got showered and bourbonized,...
6:07 PM: We're on the bus. Bad news -- there's traffic to get on to 95. But, we stopped and got the kids cheese sticks, granola bars and water. We got some Adult Soda...
I was unable to do a full Day 7 blog yesterday but the game blogs should give you an idea of how we spent our Friday morning. Won 1, tied 1. That puts our 2017 Japan record at 1-3-2, but it doesn't matter. If you...
1:15 PM -- We tied Game 2, 6-6. We jumped out to a nice lead thanks in large part to Tal Spraker's 3 RBI's. And, we turned a triple play! I'll write more later. Great games from Demm, Connor, Quigley, Garbett and others, But if...
We had "host time" on Thursday and then reported to the fields by 5 PM for the games. My initial plan had been to go to Avi's home and spend the morning with him and his host family. Then we would meet others for an early...
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Day 5 saw us return to Tokyo by bus in the morning for sightseeing and a Japanese professional baseball game. This was the first day we really experienced the summer heat in Japan. It had to be in the high 90s and very humid. Akiko says...
Wed. 8:45 AM -- There was an article with pictures in this morning's paper about our game last Saturday. They passed around a hard copy on the bus this morning and I took these pictures...
This was supposed to be a baseball doubleheader day. Thanks to Typhoon Noru, we rescheduled the games to Friday. It rained hard overnight but by morning it was sunny. The fields, though, remained closed and the game times had already been changed. So while it...
An Open Letter to Typhoon Noru: Welcome to Saitama! Nice of you to pop in. But here's the thing: for this trip, I'm not a fan of the pop-in, and it's totally not cool that you're here. Our Sister City invited us here; you didn't even make...