Apparently the big 6 of Tokyo - Waseda, Todai, Hosei, Rikkyo, Meiji and Keio - hold a baseball league tournament every Autumn and Spring. So we (Rachel, Wanwei and I) caught the Waseda-Rikkyo match today at Jingu Baseball Stadium.
Waseda lost 0-4 but what an experience it was. The cheering (and all the accompanying hand actions) never stop; and I mean never. Everytime Waseda bats, the whole crowd of supporters stands up to cheer and sing. Everytime Waseda pitches, we get to sit, but the cheering goes on, mostly for the pitcher. They even have specific cheers for "strike", "3 strikes" (2 strikes), and "change" (2 outs, 2 strikes). 
School song was sung twice - once midway and once at the end - and the "Deep Blue Sky" song was sung like 4 times at least. They're all very catchy though, so I just need to get down to learning the lyrics one day.
What an experience.
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