…astroturf, that is! Of course I’m sure they have much newer high-tech stuff than that at the Tokyo Dome!

And how nice that the people of Japan can see Major League Baseball games. I sure with the people of New England could say the same! Then again, with the price of everything over there, I’m sure it’s the same arm-and-leg you’d have to pay if you were crazy enough to try and see a game at Fenway Park.

But wait, they drive on the left side of the road, so maybe it’s the opposite arm-and-leg.

Someone told me the Red Sox chartered a jumbo jet and fans could buy a package with hotel and game tickets for thousands of dollars. Yikes! Kind of reminds me of when I used to go up to Toronto and see the Sox play the Jays at SkyDome. Except without people having sex in the winows, I mean. Ahh, mem’ries! :)

And for the record, this has to mark the first-ever time I’ve been able to watch the opening pitch of the season — what with school and work and stuff. Maybe in college, come to think of it, I could have been free at 1:05 in the afternoon, but certainly not in the past couple decades. It was kind of nice!

The Sox went ahead just before I headed for the office but were trailing by the time I got to my car — huh? They scored two more just before I started this post. And now they’ve managed to pull off a win after giving up another run in the bottom of the 10th. Too bad for Dice-K that he didn’t get credit for the win, but that’s one for the team, anyway!