ありがとう！

Thanks for the great season, Fighters. I had the best time following you derps around this season (so closely too! Which is a new thing as I've always relied on standings and box scores for the past five years). It's nice keeping score and experiencing the best games and the worst moments with you. It's the first time the team fell in last place (since you moved to Sapporo), but keep your head up. Watching every guy smiling as they run across the field as they faced a loss against the Lions on the last game of the season, I know you guys can bounce back and kick ass next year. You better.　ありがとうございます！

ump bump

I drew a doodle of Kiyoshi Nakahata, the current Yokohama Baystars manager, bumping an ump (that resulted in his ejection), for my friend Dennis a few weeks ago. A few days ago, he came back after a game with this photo of him and Nakahata-san with the signed doodle! He told me Nakahata-san thought it was funny and was grinning throughout when he signed it. And now I can't stop grinning myself because this is amazing and kind of awesome.

happy birthday sho!

Happy birthday Sho! Super late I know, aw. :) I made this a day ago for Sho Nakata, one of my favourite players in the NPB. He just became a new papa this year with a lovely baby daughter (that I hope he takes to games in the future). :) Hee, I know she's just a wee little baby right now, but it's how I imagine her when she grows up with Papa Sho by her side. :) Best wishes on you and your family, Sho! I'll be cheering you on always. :)

i say 'papa' you say 'oh'

Did this over the weekend -- supposed to be a landscape/painting thing (as you can see on the back, ahaha) but it ended up as Otani Shohei instead. :) I can't express how much I love the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. I've been a fan since 2008 (this was before I started following the Giants) and it just makes me happy that I'm still here cheering them on. Ah, and you can also see it here, in a recent Tofugu article, about what else, yakyu. :)