Game Reports: Weekend in Sendai - Eagles vs. Fighters at Kleenex Miyagi Stadium

I've said it many times before, but one of the best things about Japanese baseball is the away fan culture. No matter what game you go to, there will always, without fail, be SOME group of people there cheering for the away team, yelling their cheers and banging their drums. Sure, a Baystars game against the Giants at the Tokyo Dome will have only a tiny enclave of Yokohama blue amongst the eggful of orange towel-waving Yomiuri fans, while a Hanshin Tigers game anywhere in Japan is guaranteed to fill up one half and perhaps more of the stadium with a sea of yellow torakichi.The Fighters have a fairly unique away fan culture due to two main factors: first, their home is Hokkaido, which pretty much requires an airplane to travel to and from; and second, they used to be located in Tokyo, which means they still have a huge legacy of fans in the area. If you go to enough Fighters games in the greater Tokyo area, and always sit in the outfield, you simply WILL see the same people a...