Make Baseball History

The other day I spoke about how baseball in the Orient has cheers and cheerleaders. You can read it here.

Early yesterday morning I was watching the World Baseball Classic. It was Korea against Japan from the Tokyo Dome in, uh, Tokyo. It's quite the treat to watch live baseball at five in the morning, I tell you what.

The cheers from the Japanese crowd were being translated in the television booth for the play by play guys, and they were very creative and distinctly Japanese. I liked them. One was: "Make history! Engrave your name on the Field of Dreams." It's no exaggeration to say that gave me chills.

I am going to have to look up more baseball cheers.

Cheers For Baseball

While watching Chinese Taipei, Taiwan, playing in the World Baseball Classic, I think it would be difficult to overestimate the locals' excitement about their team and the game. Taiwan is a host country (take that, Xi!) and the stadium was sold out for the game against Panama.

The Chinese have cheerleaders, complete with music and chants. I had first seen this watching games in the Korean professional league during the Scamdemic. It adds to the experience of baseball in a great, positive manner, driving the crowd in support of their squad. I find myself getting into the thrill of the game that much more.

Taiwan may have the coolest uniform symbol adorning their caps and uniforms too. Let's see if this works: Taipei baseball cap I like the C gripping a baseball. It's a cool twist.

They apparently have one of the best teams in the world. Should I hope that they rise to play mainland China later in the tournament? I know who I'd root for.