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- failedpimp, on 08/29/2008, -11/+51They don't love baseball, they ruv baseball.
- zacbro, on 08/29/2008, -2/+39It's funny, because it's racist.
- TheDarkTemplar, on 08/28/2008, -0/+32The Japanese are insane about baseball....they have fans that are dedicated to creating and practicing chants for each BATTER!!! You go to a game, its like going to a soccer game in a Latin American Country. THE BEST PART: They have Keg Girls that run up and down the stairs with pony kegs on their back.
- inactive, on 08/29/2008, -1/+20O RRY?
- louiebaur, on 08/28/2008, -3/+14They love their baseball but they really love it when their stars become our stars!
- anselm83, on 08/29/2008, -0/+11Anthony Bourdain already answered this question.
- inactive, on 08/29/2008, -0/+7Sounds like fun. The Japanese rock.
- praisethelard, on 08/29/2008, -0/+7Anthony Bourdain ought to answer every question.
- bigfatphony19, on 08/29/2008, -1/+7If I learned anything from 3 Ninjas Kick Back, the answer is yes.
- Sandkat, on 08/29/2008, -0/+6Yay, ganbare Carp! I live in Hiroshima and love going to Carp games. I was so amazed to see how much the crowds really get into the games and how packed the stadium gets despite the fact that they are one of the worst teams in Japanese baseball history.
The best is during the 7th inning stretch, everybody sings the Carp fight song and then launches these long somewhat phallic looking balloons into the air.
Here's some cool vids for anybody who's interested:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sandkat/2641225129/
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=ySXasA_jZks
The Youtube video isn't mine though. - SyntraFTW, on 08/29/2008, -0/+6Other fans of Anthony Bourdain? I didn't know they existed!
BTW, wasn't it the Osaka episode? I know it was a city in Japan thats not Tokyo, and I think it was Osaka... - SyntraFTW, on 08/29/2008, -0/+5Your confusing Baseball with American Football. The World Series gives the Toronto Blue Jays a chance. In fact, according to Wikipedia they've won it twice.
- TheAmazingBob, on 08/29/2008, -0/+5When I visited Japan a few years ago, I was very surprised to find that the baseball fields at the schools and parks had no grass, they were all sand. They play the fields so much, there is no time to water them.
Also, although I speak very little Japanese, motioning to myself and explaining "I am from New York" was always received with a "Ahh, Matsui!" and then motioning to hold up and swing an imaginary baseball bat. - krahzee, on 08/29/2008, -0/+5Baseball is going to continue in this country for a long lime as a dominate sport.
Why?
Look at the latin influx here, while they are nuts about soccer, they also love baseball.
Half of the pro teams are made up of players from the Dominican, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Venezuela, etc....
These kids grow up idolizing them and they are even bigger celebrities at home than they are here.
So logic would tell you the biggest immigrant group entering the US would have the largest influence on swaying fans. - PainToad, on 08/29/2008, -0/+5"MMMUUULLLTTIII BAAAAALLLL"
- sephiroth965, on 08/29/2008, -4/+9I hope so. Baseball is boring as hell. football and soccer are both better sports.
- asnider, on 08/29/2008, -1/+6Why was this submitted under SOCCER?
- cheesypasta, on 08/29/2008, -0/+4Even Japanese high school baseball games gets huge fan support and are intensely competitive. It's fun to watch how excited they get over baseball.
- matchboxlord, on 08/29/2008, -0/+4you obviously gave enough ***** to post a comment about it.
- solld3th, on 08/29/2008, -0/+4Wow he had a wife in his early childhood?
- GregFD3S, on 08/29/2008, -1/+5Japan sure as hell loves Baseball more than Digg does.
- kc8emd, on 08/29/2008, -0/+3It was Osaka and the team was the Hanshin Tigers. I was just there at a game. I am from Detroit and wore my Detroit Tigers hat. No one recognized it. BTW, the Carps destroyed the Tigers.
- solld3th, on 08/29/2008, -0/+3Wow he had a wife in his early childhood? And they had to yell at each other to communicate
- inactive, on 08/29/2008, -0/+2HARRO CHIEF LET'S TALK WHY NOT
- SyntraFTW, on 08/29/2008, -0/+2Alejandro Moreno begs to differ.
- enzomedici, on 08/29/2008, -0/+2
It is beyond boring. Why anyone likes baseball is beyond me. I don't even think it is a sport. Baseball players are not athletic at all. - theremixtrack, on 08/29/2008, -1/+3I assume you scream "gooooooooooooool!!" at every hit of the ball?
- inactive, on 08/29/2008, -1/+3Japanese love baseball more than Americans as much as Americans love football more than Canadians.
- Weaselski, on 08/29/2008, -3/+5possibly. baseball is great and will always be big here. but let's face it, football is becoming our favorite sport if it's not already
- karbonfyber, on 08/29/2008, -3/+5My favorite part of American baseball is how the so-called "World Series" barely acknowledges Canada.
But that's how we roll, ain't it? - inactive, on 08/29/2008, -0/+2Two words: Little League
- inactive, on 08/29/2008, -1/+3IMO the next generation of Americans stands a real chance of not caring about baseball. Yes there are more sports nowadays, but baseball is doing a remarkably bad job of reaching young would-be fans. Upload a MLB video to youtube? Even though it doesn't hurt MLB financially, they will have the video down in 12 hours. MLB's web presence is limited to selling stuff to existing fans (MLB TV and so on). It really seems like they're shooting theirselves in the foot. I barely know 3 people my age who like baseball, and they fall into the "sports geek" category, and aren't really representative of the common fan.
- aftern9ne, on 08/29/2008, -1/+3Baseball is boring as hell. I'd much rather see guys in pads smash into each other while trying to get a ball into a rectangle.
- rolii, on 08/29/2008, -0/+2You all should seriously catch a game here in Venezuela. We can make the Bleacher Creatures from Yankee Stadium look like retired little old ladies.
- rolii, on 08/29/2008, -0/+2We actually suck at soccer.
- zardoz73, on 08/29/2008, -0/+2You and my ass remind me of each other.
- hootie233, on 08/29/2008, -1/+3when?
- GregFD3S, on 08/29/2008, -0/+2Awsama powa.
- SillyRabbits, on 08/29/2008, -1/+2Baseball isn't well suited to the busy lives that people lead today. Who has the time to follow a team closely and watch the 160+ games each team plays in a season? There are too many things vying for everybody's attention. Many people have moved over to football. One game a week is a much better match for people's schedules. And with football, just about every game counts for something.
- Zippo, on 08/29/2008, -0/+1When I was in Osaka, I picked up a cute keychain... Hello Kitty wearing a Hanshin Tigers uniform and holding a gigantic takoyaki ball. Can't get any more Osakan than that.
I remember walking through Osaka station shortly after the Tigers won a game... everyone was hooting and hollering.
In short, yes. The Japanese loves them some basement like you wouldn't believe. - gamben0, on 08/29/2008, -0/+1Yes. There- I saved everyone time and spared many opinions.
- dengzhi, on 08/29/2008, -0/+1baseball is dead in america. however its very popular now in south korea, taiwan, and japan.
- fightingforair, on 08/29/2008, -0/+1I have been to games in America. Which are okay. Now I am living and working in Yokohama Japan. And I can tell you hands down Japan has us beat. Not only do they love the sport more than Americans, going to a game is ten times more fun. Think of a great college football game, everyone is standing up and cheering. Not sitting down and sipping beers waiting for something to happen. They go through tons of chants filling the stadium with lots of noise. Just fantastic.
Of course some players leave to go to American teams, why? Money of course. But even there they are still idolized. Mention Seattle Mariners, or Boston Red Soxs and you'll get a quick response of joy from most Japanese folk.
Ask most Americans about a Japanese team and they will stare at you blankly. (the same if you mention American teams for a few Americans as well)
Japan has us beat on baseball. By a lot. - dengzhi, on 08/29/2008, -0/+1they are penis balloons, look at the shape !! (_)(_)===========>
those horny japanese! - gfxlonghorn, on 08/29/2008, -1/+2Who knew McCain's bury brigade also worked on anti-baseball sentiment as well. I guess the idea of a sport that barely requires you to move and allows for people who are just plain fat to play, really strikes a chord with diggers.
- jarjarwang, on 08/29/2008, -0/+1That's why you listen to it on the radio. While you fix your car or something.
- collution, on 08/29/2008, -0/+1Baseball's a great sport to watch live, at the stadium. But at home, there's just something about it, I just fall asleep everytime like the action just isn't there.
- grantmoore3d, on 08/29/2008, -2/+3Let them have it if they want it, baseball is boring
- kc8emd, on 08/29/2008, -0/+1I was just at a Tigers vs Carps game in Osaka and the Carps killed the Tigers. The Carps had a huge crowd there.
- KingGorilla, on 08/29/2008, -0/+1The japanese
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