Originally Posted by
DesertNomad
Can anyone comment on the different teams? I have the choice of seeing the Fukuoka Hawks at the Yahoo stadium in Fukuoka or perhaps a game in Kobe or Nishinomiya.
Is there any team that is particularly "special/unique" like the NY Yankees, Harlem Globetrotters (yes, I realize they play basketball) etc.
I gather the Tigers are... any others?
I saw a Fukuoka Hawks game at the Yahoo staduim. My cousin got tickets for me in the outfield where all the nuts congregate. It was an noisy, ear pounding, can't wait to do it again experience. I don't remember who we played all I remember is the drum, (three rows back) and the trumpet thing (also three rows back) and everybody around me non stop thumping.
It was nothing like any ball game I've enjoyed in the MLB.
Tried to go to a Hanshin Tigers game last year but all the games were sold out. I think of the Tigers like the Red Sox while the Giants are like the Yanks. Giants win penants more often but Tigers are always close.
The Hanshin Tigers and Yomiuri Giants are both part of the Central League. While the Hawks are in the Pacific League. Pacific League has the DH but the Central does not.
If I had a choice, I would choose the Tigers game only because it is the more popular team than the Hawks. Don't know however how the ticket availablity is these days....