Seeing a different baseball culture, complete with its own traditions, has been an eye-opening experience for the players on the major league squad — many of whom are in Japan for the first time — during the Japan All-Star Series.
One of the things that has drawn the most attention from the big leaguers is the dedicated chanting and singing of Japanese fans during the games.
During Game 2 of the six-game series on Saturday at Tokyo Dome, Shuta Tonosaki entered as a pinch runner for Samurai Japan in the seventh and had his first at-bat in the ninth.