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How to enjoy watching baseball games alone
Celeina: You are wearing a uniform today, but whose uniform is it?
Hasegawa: Today’s uniform is the commemorative uniform of Tetsuto Yamada’s triple-three game.
Igarashi: It is very rare. I buy them whenever I see them, and I definitely get them when they are handed out at events, so I have uniforms of many different players. In the past, uniforms were given out on Ladies’ Day and other limited editions, so men couldn’t get them. But Mr. Hasegawa even buys them himself.
Hasegawa: I made sure to ask, “I’m a male, can I buy one?
Takano: How much merchandise do you have at home?
Hasegawa: I have been a member of the fan clubs of 12 teams for 19 years, so I have enough goods for one team x 12 teams x 19 years.
Takano: I would love to visit and interview you.
Celeina: I understand that you are particular about going to baseball games alone.
Takano: What do you find attractive or enjoyable about going alone?
Hasegawa: I can watch the game at my own leisure. I drink a lot, but I can drink at my own pace.
Celeina: You can drink when you want and concentrate when you want.
Hasegawa: Also, I don’t have to worry about whether I should stop drinking if my friends I’m going with aren’t drinking, or whether I should order something with them if they are empty.
Celeina: That ‘s the kindness of Mr. Hasegawa.
Igarashi: There are fans who decide to buy beer from one vendor, but Hasegawa-san is very considerate and buys from many different people.
Hasegawa: I don’t like the fact that if I decide on one person, I feel like I have to buy something every time that person passes by.
Celeina: Your reasoning is very kind.
Hasegawa: Because I want to drink at my own pace.
Celeina: When I went to watch the game last week, there were five or six of us with the staff, and one of us was very vocal. So I wanted to ask you, Hasegawa-san, when you go alone, do you speak up?
Hasegawa: Only a little bit, really.
Takano: I even heard how you enjoy it.
Celeina: “FIST BUMP” today we welcome nonfiction writer Shoichi Hasegawa. Thank you very much.
Hasegawa: Thank you very much.
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