The fans yelled the whole game. Reiko did not know why. I did a wave by myself a couple of times but with 55,000 people not joining in, it is just not the same. One of the gaijin on the team can hit the ball a ton. Whenever he was at bat, someone a couple sections over waved a giant American flag.
Flag waving is a big deal at Japanese baseball games.
Diehard fans waved flags of both teams. The game ended with one out in the bottom of the ninth when the Tigers' starting pitcher hit a sayonara homu ranu . I could buy all the grilled octopus on a stick I wanted, and there was no shortage of fried buckwheat noodles sauteed in soy sauce, but a simple baseball prerequisite like a hot dog was not to be found.