Tear Gas Thrown at Japan Baseball Game

[mr. x]

i saw a bit on cnn headline news about a fight breaking out in a japanese baseball game. definetely a far cry from the stereotypical view of japanese silence at sporting events

i got this from yahoo news:

TOKYO - Police are investigating the use of tear gas by a spectator that resulted in the hospitalization of dozens of baseball fans in central Japan.



Thirty-one people were treated for sore eyes and irritated throats after the fan released tear gas during a brawl that broke out in the bleachers after the game Wednesday night in the city of Gifu, police said.


Eyewitnesses said the violence began shortly after the visiting Hanshin Tigers beat the Chunichi Dragons 7-2 and about 10 Tigers fans taunted the home crowd.


Fighting spread from the stands to a stadium passageway, where a young man sprayed tear gas, causing several people nearby to stagger to the ground, witnesses said.


No arrests were reported.


Stadium violence is rare in Japan, where crowds are typically well behaved. Authorities drew up elaborate plans to handle foreign hooligans when the country co-hosted soccer's World Cup last year, but that event came off with no serious problems.

[Faithless]

Sad to see.

I don't think you'll find japanese silence at all sporting events. I seem to recall watching in the Japanese news that Japanese high school brings-out some very boisterous fans, especially during the playoffs.

Some Japanese pro baseball stats:

http://ww1.baywell.ne.jp/fpweb/drlatham/index.htm

Interestingly, no one, I can see, has ever hit .400 in Japanese baseball.

[yangbahn50]

Eyewitnesses said the violence began shortly after the visiting Hanshin Tigers beat the Chunichi Dragons 7-2 and about 10 Tigers fans taunted the home crowd.

The Hanshin Tigers sounds like a S Corean team...if I'm not mistaken. Of course there's rivalry between S Corea and Japan, due to WWII and the forced labor, sex slave and biological experiment issues that are not admitted by the Japanese government.

[MellowDrama]

Hanshin is one of the most famous and oldest Japanese teams. Their fans are the biggest fanatics in the country.

[kimpossible]

Er... I'm not sure about there being a 'typical' silence at Japanese sporting events. I've been to a baseball game in Japan, it's anything but silent. It's not too dissimilar to an American game except the fans tend to be more organized and they took turns cheering (i.e. the fans of each team didn't cheer over one another. they alternated). That was the only weird part.

[yangbahn50]

Hanshin is one of the most famous and oldest Japanese teams

Ooops..my bad. Hanshin sounds like a Korean word, so I thought it was a Korean baseball team.

[BeTheReds]

Not in baseball, but at a soccer game between my beloved Korean team and the Japanese team, Some heated words were exchanged, and a fight broke out between people in the Korean cheering section and the adjacent section. Lots of Japanese people threw their drink cups full of beer at us. This resulted in punching, and our drum player got all pissed and chucked his drum. What an asshole.

So lots of Korean people were saying, STOP!!! DON'T FIGHT!!! etc.. while the Japanese were saying "GO HOME" and chanting "NIPPON NIPPON NIPPON!"

What a bunch of assholes.

The cops came to break it up and arresteed one Korean and one Japanese dude.

[Ogumo]

You may not want to use slurs in such a casual fashion...

[Ogumo]

Originally Posted by BeTheReds

Not in baseball, but at a soccer game between my beloved Korean team and the Japanese team, Some heated words were exchanged, and a fight broke out between people in the Korean cheering section and the adjacent section. Lots of Japanese people threw their drink cups full of beer at us. This resulted in punching, and our drum player got all pissed and chucked his drum. What an asshole.

So lots of Korean people were saying, STOP!!! DON'T FIGHT!!! etc.. while the Japanese were saying "GO HOME" and chanting "NIPPON NIPPON NIPPON!"

What a bunch of assholes.

The cops came to break it up and arresteed one Korean and one Japanese dude.

I remember hearing about this. They made it seem much worse. Like a european soccer riot or something...

[BeTheReds]

No, it was not that bad, in fact, the majority of the fans were quite friendly to each other, after the game people were walking arm and arm chanting daehanminguk nippon nippon together.

I couldn't bring myself to chant nippon tho.

[BeTheReds]

Yangban... This is the sports forum. If you want to talk about Japanese war atrocities or your justification of referring to Japanese people with a racial slur, then please do it in another forum.

[BeTheReds]

Originally Posted by Ogumo

Don't start with your slurs here. Yes I am fully understanding japans crimes. It was disgraceful. I am sure there is nothing you can show me that would surprise me about the japanese crimes. But I will not be called a nip by a damn korean or any other race. Gruesome thing my anscestors have done? No.... my grand father was not in korea. But he is guilty of things... But this is not the thread to go on about war crimes.

Ogumo, what the hell is a "damn Korean"?

I came to your aid, and this is how you handle it?

You can't complain about being called a nip if you are going to harbor some kind of superiority complex against Koreans.

Both of you just stop.

[thaite]

yangbahn50 , let me reiterate what BTR has already said: This is the sports forum. Here we talk sports. Granted, the nature of sports fans is to get very passionate about their subject. That's not only okay, it's great. If you've noticed, there are other areas where one may, if so inclined, discuss politics, another matter of which people tend to speak very passionately. Something for here and something for there, something for everyone. Sports here. Politics out.

Goes for Ogumo, as well.

[kimpossible]

Originally Posted by BeTheReds

Ogumo, what the hell is a "damn Korean"?

I came to your aid, and this is how you handle it?

You can't complain about being called a nip if you are going to harbor some kind of superiority complex against Koreans.

Both of you just stop.

You know what he meant Yujin but regardless, Ogumo - yo man, quit arguing with that little fool and go check out my t-shirt translations. I missed some of them.

Both of you just stop from me too. Can't you guys trade insults on instant messenger or something?

[deez nuts]

nip? damn korean?

puuuuulease

both of ya's stop fronting and be a man about your racism.

and get off your high horse, k?