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Thomas Love Seagull
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An American writer in Tokyo, exploring Japanese baseball and daily life.

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The SoftBank Hawks are the 2025 Nippon Series champions! Their first win in 5 years, and 12th overall.

Tough loss for Tigers fans..

#baseball #npb #japan
October 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Yesterday, we got to meet our favorite player: Takashi Ogino. We dug up potatoes, took pictures, got a few things signed, and had a few short chats with him. He's incredibly kind. Probably one of the coolest experiences I've ever had.

#japan #baseball #chibalotte
October 18, 2025 at 11:18 PM
It's almost Halloween. Asagaya in Tokyo is ready.
October 12, 2025 at 1:48 AM
It's hot as heck today.
October 5, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Masahiro Tanaka finally gets career win 200.

#baseball #mlb #npb #yankees #japan
September 30, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Twenty-year-old Yuto Kimura took a perfect game into the seventh inning and went on to pitch a complete-game shutout, giving the Marines their first of the season.

#chibalotte #baseball #npb #japan
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Hawks increase their lead in the Pacific League to 4.5 games over the Fighters. What a comeback for them, tying the game on a home run and taking the lead on a bases loaded walk.
September 18, 2025 at 12:53 PM
What a win for the Seibu Lions. Tied it in the bottom of the 8th and walked it off in the bottom of the 9th.
September 18, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Sometimes you just gotta spend the day watching baseball, doing impossible puzzles, and then eating some delicious hot pot.
September 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I'm not a big ramen person, but this was pretty tasty.
September 12, 2025 at 4:32 AM
My favorite players, Takashi Ogino and Katsuya Kakunaka. This is the perfect baseball card.

推し選手🥺

#chibaIotte
#荻野貴司 #角中勝也
September 10, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Miyagi is not amused that Misho Nishikawa hit a home run.
September 9, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Your 2025 Central League pennant winners: Hanshin Tigers.

#hanshin #baseball #npb #japan
September 7, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Sometimes, you just want to eat conveyor-belt sushi.

Don't let anyone tell you what is and isn't sushi. In addition to the usual tuna and salmon, I had cheeseburger, duck, and roast beef with truffle sauce. You can find all sorts of stuff on the menu.
September 7, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Pulled a Hideki Matsui and Tuffy Rhodes card in the second pack we opened.

Amazing.

#yankees
September 6, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I bought this unopened box of baseball cards from 2003 on Mercari! Can't wait to tear into these. Imagine how wild it'd be if I actually pulled the Hideki Matsui MVP card...

#japan #baseball #npb
September 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM
100 people read my silly little newsletter about baseball and life in Japan.

It's not a lot, but imagine speaking to a room full of 100 people. Truly I am blessed.

#baseball #japan
September 4, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Atsuki Taneichi strikes out 11 and pitches a complete game, the first by a Chiba Lotte pitcher this year.

Fun fact: my brother-in-law went to the same high school as Taneichi.

#baseball #npb #chibalotte #japan
September 3, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Chiba Lotte's light-hitting shortstop just hit a no-doubter for his first career home run.

It only took him 282 games.
August 31, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Yesterday's haul! One of my favorite things about Japanese baseball is how much merchandise there is.
August 31, 2025 at 12:56 AM
A great day at the Marine Stadium yesterday. Other ballparks are more famous, but this is the best one in Japan.

#baseball #npb #japan
August 31, 2025 at 12:15 AM
August 30, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Headed to ZOZO Marine Stadium. It's hot as hell today.

#baseball #npb #japan #プロ野球
August 30, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Picked up this sweet Power Pro figure recently.

The Marines are my favorite team, but I wish we had space for all of them.
August 30, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Pulled some nice プロ野球 cards! Calbee is dangerously cheap and addictive...

#baseball #npb #japan #conbini #プロ野球
August 27, 2025 at 8:26 AM