dimanche 21 novembre 2010

Fans appreciation day

Yesterday was Hanshin's "Fans appreciation day", an event that is hold each year in order to thanks the fans for their support all along the season.

The players compete in crazy contests as you can see in this video:


Unfortunately Andoh was overtaken in the end because he went dizzy and was not able to run forwards...

Let's have a closer look on the starting members:


Photo: (c) Sanspo.

The one on the left is Akiyama, in the middle is Shunsuke dressed as a singer of the J-pop band AKB48, the yellow Power Ranger on the right is Nishimura. I do not recognize the two next to Shunsuke (my bad!). Do you have any idea?

The three young players I just mentioned received the M-1 special award given by the manager Mayumi. The award consists in 10 million yens that will be divided between the three of them. The M-1 award is given to the players that improved the most during the season. Last year, the prize winners were Nohmi and Kanoh.


From left to right: Mayumi, Shunsuke, Akiyama, Nishimura.
Photo: (c) Sanspo.

Of curse, some contests are connected to baseball, like this confrontation between Nohmi and Arai:


Arai protests because Nohmi is pitching seriously. Kanemoto, who never miss an occasion to bother Arai, worm his way and says: "If you swing three times then it's over! Hurry and give way to the next person!"

We will soon be able to see three of our Tigers in a similar event. Next month, Yomiuri TV will record its annual programme "Sports Festival", during which the players of the Central League compete against the players of the Pacific League. Three players of each team participate. The announced players of Hanshin are: Kyuji, Tori and Arai (they might change, though). The programme will be broadcast on January.

2 commentaires:

  1. it is possible for non official fan to atttend?

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    1. Yes, tickets are sold to the public. It's not an exclusive event for the official fan club.

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