Opinions of Baseball Fans about Cheering Style

An appeal is insisting on the opinion of one strongly. It is a key to a success how an opinion tells an advantage well. It is the same in this column. However, I think that I am bad only by telling an advantage. If the essence of a thing is told, I think that it must tell a plain thing. I think that I will talk about the problem of cheering of professional baseball of Japan. I would like to talk referring to the opinion of the professional baseball fans of the Japan whole country.

Do you remember what I spoke about the reason why the cheering party is cheering in the outfield bleachers? The reason was to keep the sound of the musical instruments used for cheering from becoming the disturbance of a player. Not only a player but also some spectators think that the sound of the musical instruments of a cheering team is noisy. First of all, what is the real thrill of watching baseball games? Probably, those who think like this exist: The real thrill of watching baseball games is enjoying the sound of the bat which resounds to a ballpark, when a batter hit a pitcher's ball and the sound of a catcher's mitt which resounds to a ballpark when a catcher catches a pitcher's ball. Furthermore, that dome ballparks have increased in number in Japan also becomes a problem. Since sound sounds very much in dome ballpark, people who think that the sound of the musical instruments of a cheering team is noisy can't stand cheering in a dome ballpark.

Although it is being able to say in every business, an operation company and the operating institution must carry out business which can meet a visitor's various needs. However, it is a talk on a fancy to produce the correspondence which can meet various needs to the last. I will consider the correspondence on the fancy in the problem of cheering of the baseball of Japan. Saying from now is my subjective opinion. Even if there is an opinion about this, I think that it is unavoidable. But, we have to extract the thing outstanding from various proposals. It is happy if my opinion can be heard as a reference. The cheering style of the ideal which I consider is cheering of the major leagues. While the player is playing, it is quiet, and it rises by all the members in the time which should rise. I regard just this as it being cheering of an ideal. However, now for people who want to raise everything, it is dissatisfied. Although it will be best that the musical instruments of the volume which annoys nobody exist, this is a talk on a fancy.

I have talked about the problem of cheering of Japan. As stated above, you have to consider how it should solve problems. This is for the honor of the culture of cheering of the baseball inherited from generation to generation. In order to hand down a wonderful thing called baseball from generation to generation, I think that we have to think earnestly.

Differences between Japan and Foreign Cheering Style

I want to talk about differences between Japan and foreign cheering style. The cheering about the professional baseball of Japan was mentioned as the example until now, and it talked about Japanese cheering culture. How does cheering of foreign baseball differ from cheering of the baseball of Japan? Let's explore cheering of foreign baseball together.

First, I will mention cheering of U.S. baseball as an example, and will consider it. You actually look at the game of the major leagues, or watched the baseball relay broadcast on television? I want people who have seen games of the major leagues to imagine the spectator under game. Spectators of the major leagues are fundamentally quiet. What is the cause of this quietness? The big difference between cheering of the baseball of Japan and cheering of U.S. baseball is the existence of a cheering team. As for there being a cheering team, people who watch the game in the ballpark always hear that the sound of the trumpet and drum of a cheering party, and the musical instruments which spectators use for cheering is sounding in the ballpark. Since a cheering team is not prepared on U.S. baseball, a game is fundamentally quiet. However, spectators of a game of the major leagues are not necessarily always quiet. Rather, it is more emotional than spectators of the baseball of Japan. Spectators of a game of the major leagues will boo, if the player of enemy team carries out a fine play, and if the player of the team currently cheered carries out a fine play, he will give a shout of joy and applause. It rises or frolics. The cheering style of the spectator of the major leagues may be what was produced therefore it was enjoying watching a game of baseball purely.

The cause of the difference between the spectator of the baseball of Japan and the spectator of the major leagues is not only the existence of a cheering party. Structure of a stadium is also one of the causes of that. Although each structure of the ballpark in Japan is alike, structure of the ballpark in the United States is very free. Ballparks in Japan are made from Safety First. The device for the stadium in the United States is elaborate to get a spectator to enjoy watching a game more. The seat of the ballpark in the United States is prepared so that it may become the about the same as the height of the ground if possible. This is for increasing an opportunity to come into contact with a player. Only the quantity of necessary minimum nets is prepared for the same reason.

Chhring style of America

How is cheering of the baseball of Taiwan or South Korea? In fact, a strong resemblance to cheering of the baseball of Japan is born. The cheering team is prepared and it cheers like the cheering team of the baseball of Japan. Moreover, in cheering of the baseball of Venezuela, there is microphone performance by DJ in a stadium. It is appealing to broadcast using a microphone or rise to a spectator.

Cheering style of Taiwan

Cheering style of South Korea

Cheering style of Venezuela

Compositions of Each Baseball Team's Cheering Team

I will talk about the composition of a cheering team. As stated above, a cheering team is an organization which consists of fans of each of the professional baseball team. Now, the cheering team exists in each professional baseball team for every area, and cheering teams in each professional baseball team consist of about 10 organizations. Five or more organizations jointly perform cheering activities in most cases at the same stadium. Of course, the rule is firmly prepared for the each of the cheering team. The cheering team is always cheering in the outfield seats because cheering in the infield seats is forbidden. The rule is set not to disturb players. The rule about the cheering tool is also established. If an application is not carried in a ballpark, it will become impossible to carry in a cheering tool.

It is that such a rule was born is related the problems which the cheering party has caused. Although various cheering teams were working in 1970 and afterwards, it turned out that the person who had acted as a certain professional baseball team's management were the person involved in a gang. Moreover, there was also a cheering team's person who sells the ticket of a game of professional baseball freely without obtaining permission. These people were arrested. Moreover, the cheering team's member who pretended that the cheering song whose person who did the lyrics and composition of the original melody does not understand was created by itself was arrested. Nippon Professional Baseball Organization which is called NPB introduced the perfect registration system from 2005 in order to lose such a problem. That is to say, from 2005, organization activity and entering a stadium came to be accepted only the cheering team which got permission. "Puroyakyuu Bouryokudantou Haijotaisaku Kyougikai" was established at the same time. It consists of the National Police Agency and management of 12 professional baseball teams.

A classification of the member of a cheering team can be divided into two. Cheering teams are a general member and a special member, and are constituted, and it is only a special member that uses musical instruments like a trumpet. These days, the rule to a cheering team is severe. It is because documents were needed in order to join a cheering team. In order to join a cheering party, the method of speaking in the cheering party staffs in activity at a stadium also exists. However, some cheering teams may be looking for the member on the official site of the cheering team.

The area only for a cheering team to concentrate on cheering is established in each ballpark. There is also a ballpark in which prepared fine regulations of deciding the position of people with each professional baseball team's flag, or the cheering tool and the number which can be carried. A cheering team is private to the last. All activity expenses, such as ticket cost and expense of the transportation, are paid out of member of cheering team's own pocket.

You also need to keep moderate cheering in mind.

Features of Each Baseball Team's Cheering

From here, I will explain the feature of cheering of the professional baseball team of present age. I think that I will describe the professional baseball team which has the feature in cheering one by one.

First, I want to talk about the cheering of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp which is the originator of baseball cheering. A characteristic thing in cheering of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp is the cheering which took in the squat. The cheering has the style which is that spectators up who stand, and spectators who squat down exist at same rate, and send encouragement by turns.

Cheering song of Hiroshima Toyo Carp

The cheering using the vinyl umbrella of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows is also a traditional cheering style. Mr. Okada The head of the cheering team of the Kokutetsu Swallows which is the forerunner of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows proposed the cheering using a vinyl umbrella. Mr. Okada is a person who invested private fortune and has supported Yakult. It is that the reason for having used the umbrella for cheering is because that it thought that we could cheer using close things. Moreover, in order to heap up spectators, Mr. Okada also proposed singing Tokyo Ondo.

Tokyo Ondo

I want to describe the feature of cheering of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. The feature of cheering of the Fighters is the encouragement part divided into man and woman. This cheering style was taken in these days and the Fighters is a pioneer of this style. The Saitama Seibu Lions also came to take in this cheering style.

Chance theme of Fighters

The Chiba Lotte Marines also do peculiar cheering. While most cheering teams are composing the cheer song uniquely, the cheering party of the Chiba Lotte Marines is making the cheer song using the existing music. It is that the cheer song of Lotte does not have interfere with in the number of vibrant tunes to most cheer songs being eight vibrant tunes is a new cheering style. Moreover, it is that spectators cheer using their hands, without a megaphone is also the feature. The cheering team of the Chiba Lotte Marines took in the cheering style first which is that spectators jump while they cheer. These resemble cheering of soccer.

Chance theme of IGUCHI Tadahito

The feature of cheering of the Saitama Seibu Lions is that a spectator moves freely while they cheer. The fixed seat is not prepared for the Seibu dome which is headquarters of the Saitama Seibu Lions. The spectators who are in the outfield seat take up position in the ground by covering with an independent sheet: a vinyl seat. Therefore, spectators can move freely while they cheer. Moreover, the Saitama Seibu Lions took in the cheering using the small flag.

Chance theme of Lions No.1

Chance theme of Lions No.2

Finally I will describe the cheering style of the ORIX Buffaloes. The cheering team of ORIX buffaloes made to begin a chance theme which is sung by spectators when ORIX buffaloes is superior to the game. Moreover, the cheering team of the ORIX Buffaloes began the cheering using the towel.

Chance theme of Buffaloes

Thus, professional baseball teams' feature was made by establishing the style of various cheering.