I\'ve been a baseball fan my whole life, and I really don\'t give two shits that they opened in Japan. Opening day for every fan is opening day in your own park anyways. Half the teams start on the road every year, this year 16/30 started on the road as opposed to 15/30. Sure, you can argue that someone didn\'t actually have a home crowd, but who really cares. If there were 50 total games maybe I would, but opening day is forgotten after a week when the reality of a 162 game grueling long season sets in. Talk to me if they hit Japanese turf in October, or even September, and I\'ll be sure to talk shit.
As for baseball\'s traditions, why don\'t we just remove their helmets, throw on some baggy wool shags come August, ban all elbow and shin protectors, and, oh yeah, deactivate all the fantastic Japanese talent loitering our treasured American soil. Fuck it, I say don\'t watch another game on TV this year and crowd the radio with your family waiting to hear the announcer clack two sticks together to emulate your \'traditional hero\'s\' dongs reaching cattle dens beyond the left field wall.
Am I exaggerating? Hell yeah. Is baseball even remotely "traditional" these days? Hell no. Good for the Japs. Enjoy seeing the best of the best when it actually counts for 3 out of the 2,430 games played a year.
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