Oendan

This is my first year following the NPB so everything is new to me. I've listened to a few games over the internet and, thanks to a fellow Tigers fan, I've gotten to see several Tigers games on videotape. I am very impressed with the Tigers fans, and the fans elsewhere as well. Except for the ugly beer and green pepper-throwing incident after the Yakult-Hanshin game the other night, from what I've seen the fans seem very respectful and enthusiastic. Their non-stop cheering, trumpet blowing, and drum banging has got to either drive the players crazy, or inspire them, I'm not sure which. The thing that impresses me most is that after a win, the fans stay in the stands and continue to cheer and sing. Here in the US half the fans leave before the 9th inning to beat the traffic, no matter how the game is going. I'm not sure how knowledgable the fans are about the game, but there something to be said for just going to a ballgame and enjoying yourself completely, whether it's in the US or in Japan.
GO TIGERS!

I'd like to know how ex-major/minor players in Japanese league feel about Ouendan. Does it give them a lift? Make them feel great? etc.

I had read someplace recently that many are impessed by how the fans can put out so much energy the entire game.  And in the same article/comment, it seems to me that the person said that Japanese going to the Majors feel that the quiet of the fans means that they're paying attention better.

I may not be regurgitating what I read quite the same, but that's what I had gotten out of it.  Of course, it'd be best to get one and ask, wouldn't it?