Game Report: Fighters @ Baystars -- No Points, But New Songs

Thursday the 11th was my first Fighters game of the year, as I trekked down to Yokohama Stadium to see them take on the Yokohama Baystars in a preseason game. I hadn't been to Yokohama Stadium since LAST March's preseason, nor did I actually see the Baystars in a single official season game last year. (I did watch the Shonan Sea Rex, their minor-league affiliate, but that's not the same.) I got to the stadium, got my ticket, went in, found one of my friends up in the bleachers by the main ouendan, and apparently I was just in time for New Song Practice!(Fighters ouendan guy holds up the lyrics for Shinya Tsuruoka's new cheer song.)Yeah -- given the changes in the team this offseason, the changes from the 2009 Fighters cheer songs to the 2010 cheer songs basically involve:Gone: Jimenez, Sledge, Botts, Naoto, OdaChanged: Tsuruoka, NiokaAdded: [nothing]It's pretty sad, actually. I was kind of hoping maybe there'd be a new song for Shota Ohno, or an official a...