[Lifestyle] Fans with Season Tickets

Dodgers Fans

I have recently become interested in the season ticket holders at various stadiums. For example, there is an elderly woman who sits in the second row behind the backstop on the right side for every game at Dodger Stadium. Perhaps she is an early sleeper, but regardless of how the game is unfolding, she heads home after the bottom of the 6th inning. Postseason games are an exception, but she leaves whether they are winning or losing. Also, while not at every game, Freeman's father and his wife frequently sit in the fourth row from the front on the left side behind the backstop. Once this season started, they began sitting in a row with Freeman's father's wife next to the elderly woman on the right, followed by Freeman's father, and then the elderly woman's husband. Freeman's mother passed away when he was 10 years old and his father remarried, so I did not refer to her as Freeman's mom. Both the elderly woman on the right and Freeman's father and his wife watch the game calmly without showing much emotion. However, during Game 1 of last year's World Series, when Freeman hit a walk-off grand slam, the sight of Freeman running around the bases and rushing straight to the backstop to share the joy with a high-five with his father moved me just as much as the home run itself. The origin of the current Freeman is the days when he lost his mother and cried every day, and his father would encourage him by playing catch after returning from work. Even though his father must have been just as sad, he continued to play catch, hiding his tears to help his son look forward. Remembering such a backstory, I find myself strangely convinced that the temperature difference between Freeman's father, who quietly watches over the game from behind the backstop, and his wife, who is absorbed in chatting with the elderly woman, is in a way unavoidable.

Marlins Fans
I would like to share a story about an elderly woman who got furious and went home at loanDepot park, the home of the Miami Marlins, immediately after Ohtani achieved 50-50 on September 19th of last year, local time. Fans are a grateful presence, and there was a Miami Marlins fan who got furious and left midway through that game where Ohtani, whom everyone was watching, achieved 50-50. Immediately after Ohtani hit his 50th home run and achieved the major record, she urged the man who appeared to be her husband sitting next to her to leave, and she did not see the 51st home run. In fact, this couple was watching from the same seats during the USA game where Samurai Japan clinched their third championship, as well as the Mexico game the day before. Since you shouldn't be able to watch the WBC with season tickets, I wonder if they went out of their way to purchase the same seats separately? I don't think any Miami Marlins players were participating, though.

Diamondbacks Fans

Finally, there is a middle-aged woman who always comes alone to sit in the center behind the backstop at Chase Field, the home of the Diamondbacks, and keeps scorebooks intently, regardless of which team is playing. As far as I know, she watched a game with two boys who appeared to be her children only once, but since their mom wouldn't pay attention to them and was silently keeping score, I don't know if they stopped coming because they were bored, if she couldn't spare the time for them, or if there was another reason. It makes me happy to see a woman keeping a scorebook, and I find myself looking for her, and for some reason, I feel relieved when I confirm she is there. I am curious about what she does with the vast amount of scorebooks she has written so far and how she utilizes them. As described above, there are various regular fans at each stadium, and discovering that they are watching the game in their own ways has recently become one of my pleasures. In closing, the elderly woman who is at Dodger Stadium every day is a famous talent who hosted the American version of 'Tetsuko's Room' for over 20 years. She lives in a Hollywood mansion with her husband who sits next to her, and says that watching Dodgers games in person is her greatest joy. When asked who her favorite player is right now, she answered, 'It has to be Shohei, doesn't it?' She says he is the first player she has ever seen who is so much fun to watch. The unified cheering seen in Japanese stadiums is wonderful and can be called Japanese culture, but I think it is also fun to watch how people enjoy themselves in their own styles, like in Major League stadiums. While envying the fans who are enjoying the wonderful professional plays in person while forgetting their daily lives, I hope to find new ways to watch on TV.