Friday, August 6, 2010

Video clip of the day

Masato Akamatsu of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp doing his Spiderman impression.



What grabbed us, beyond the obvious of course, was the relative reserve of the home town fans.

OK, so it didn't have the significance of the drive off of Vic Wertz's bat in the '54 World Series but, a little more emotion, perhaps?

3 comments:

Harrison said...

Quite a grab. Maybe by Japanese standards that was merely an average catch?

Anonymous said...

When Tyson was knocked on his butt by Buster Douglas in the Tokyo Dome, one of the things that people commented on -- besides the obvious -- was just how quiet the sold-out Tokyo Dome was.

Anonymous said...

When Tyson was knocked on his butt by Buster Douglas in the Tokyo Dome, one of the things that people commented on -- besides the obvious -- was just how quiet the sold-out Tokyo Dome was.