Week 2 of the 2017 JAA Baseball Tournament

２０１７年度第３２回ニューヨーク日系人会外務大臣杯軟式野球大会

32nd Nanshiki Baseball Tournament of the Japanese American Association of New York
aka Minister of Foreign Affairs Cup


Babe vs Rodeo 50s
Field 41


Radiators vs Shockers
Field 30


Junks vs Hamakko
Field 27


Batmen vs Orega
Field 20

Scores:
http://jaabaseball.blogspot.com/2017/05/blog-post.html

More photos:
https://www.facebook.com/jaabaseball/photos/a.1839006579759533.1073741839.1598902360436624/1839024643091060/?type=3&notif_t=like&notif_id=1494250917856288

Standings:
http://jaabaseball.blogspot.com/search/label/%E6%88%90%E7%B8%BE%E8%A1%A8

A send-off for the great Shigeru Mizuki

https://twitter.com/iyasuN/status/675138411540402177

Manga tweets: Neji Shiki

Manga tweets: Neji Shiki

https://twitter.com/mangatrivia/status/804248678424641536

Manga tweets: Kimi no Na wa

Kimi no Na wa fan art by professional artist and writer Mayumi Kato @katomayumi

https://twitter.com/katomayumi/status/799572917163937793

Manga tweets: Maison Ikkoku

Manga tweets: Maison Ikkoku

https://twitter.com/iyasuN/status/691433370207850496

Manga tweets: Koi wa Ameagari no Yō ni (Love is Like After the Rain)

KoiAme

https://twitter.com/iyasun/status/798401998743801856

31st Japanese American Association Foreign Minister Cup Nanshiki Baseball Tournament 2016

The nanshiki baseball team I play on, the Brooklyn Dumbos, is in the playoffs.
(Nanshiki means soft type. We use a sturdy rubber ball, not the conventional hardball.)

The first round (quarter final) is on Sunday, August 7 at 8 a.m. at Field 6 in North Meadow in Central Park (by subway: 96th St on the B or C; 96th St on the 6). We play last year's champions, the New York Radiators.

The games are 7 innings with a 2-hour time limit, so it's baseball with restrictions (due to limited field permit availability) but it's a pretty competitive league with some former pros, top division college players, and players who made it to Koshien, the high school tournament that is in many ways a bigger deal than pro ball in Japan.

If you enjoy baseball, please stop by!

The ball:

The Quarter Finals:

Photos, results and more at: http://jaabaseball.blogspot.com (mostly in Japanese)