Marines Host First Pitch Event

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The Chiba Lotte Marines hosted a "First Pitch" event to welcome the new year, opening up Chiba Marine Stadium to close to 10,000 fans, children and adults alike, on January 2. The event allowed the fans to come onto the field and play catch. Setoyama-club president said, "I'm glad that a lot of people were able to come out and have a good time."

This event was setup to make up for the lack of fan interaction during the "Marines Fan Fest 2006" on November 12, which received a great deal of criticism by Valentine-kantoku.

Source: Nikkan Sports [2007-01-03 8:33 - in Japanese]

There was no mention in the article if any of the players were at this event or not. It looks like this was just a stadium open house where fans could play catch where the pros do. But I still don't see any player-fan interaction. Lotte prides itself as being top-class for fan service. While playing catch on the field at Chiba Marine Stadium would be a great way to spend an afternoon, throwing a few balls to even retired players like Koichi Hori would make this a day to remember. Hint, hint.

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