Take me out to the ball game

After our last attempt to catch a Tigers game was washed into a storm drain somewhere, we were intensely paranoid of a repeat performance; we spent the better part of the last week playing "what's the time Mr Wolf" with weather websites. Fortunately Friday was a notably sunny break in a string of dreary wet season weather, so we had ourselves a game. Not just any game, mind you - a long-standing grudge match between the Tigers and the Giants to determine who was placed where on the ladder. We showed up to Koshien Stadium at about 5 closely followed by the contents of the greater Osaka-Kobe area, who had all dressed in their best stripey pajamas for the occasion.