Dancin, Mickey, and the "Lambin Leap" (May 2009)
Our team has been playing much better lately. We have won 8 of ten games. We lost a tough game in Fukuoka where we gave up 2 homers in the bottom of the ninth to lose the game. But since we have been back home on a six game home stand, we have been winning pretty consistently. The Seibu Lions came in town and spanked us 18-0 on Friday night. So we wanted to get a little payback on Saturday. Our starter pitched a gritty game to keep us in it till the later innings. We were down 5-4 going into the bottom of the eighth. After a couple walks and a hit, we had the bases loaded, 2 outs, and me up!! They had brought in a tough side arming lefty. I worked the count to 2-1 and got a slider that I crushed off the top of the leftfield wall. Two runs scored, making it 6-5! We got the three outs in the ninth to preserve the win. After the game I was named the hero of the game for the second time in less then a week! I had to do the Hero’s Interview and do the whole song and dance(literally) again. I do the interview, toss the balls in the stands and head out to the right field stands to take my bow. After the pics and bow, the fans are screaming bloody murder for me to DANCE. I think I created a monster. Well they bust out the first few notes to the “Here Go Chase Lambin” song and I give them another little dance, capped off by my “now famous” heel slap. The crowd goes nuts as I head for the first base line to high five all the waiting fans. I get back to the dugout and Gary is waiting again with another huge smile. I didn’t think much of the dance until the next day, when FIVE! Newspapers had pictures of me dancing!! I also had 2 paper interviews, and one TV interview regarding my dancing. Ha. I started a dance fad here in Japan. It doesn’t stop there. The next day I am stretching before the game and a fan in right field raises a 10 foot by 10 foot poster, and its a silhouette of me dancing! Ha! Little kids stop me when I’m leaving the park and do my dance. Its freakin nuts.
A few days later we have an off-day. Sara has been itchin to go to Disneyland since the day she got here. We ride the train towards Tokyo for a couple stops and here we are. The Hotel, the Castle, Space Mountain and all the Disney characters. Sara is in heaven. She is more excited then all the little kids. We pay for our tickets ($58 each), grab a map and take off. The place is huge. Its split up into 6 different sections. I.e. Adventure Land, Western Land, Toontown, Tomorrow Land, etc. etc. We walk and walk. The park was pretty crowded (I guess kids don’t go to school on Mondays). The lines where too long for us, so we didn’t get to ride some of the bigger attractions. We just had fun walkin around, watchin people, and seein all the sites and sounds. We rode the “Pirates of the Caribbean” ride, “It’s a Small World” ride, the “Honey I shrunk the kids” ride, the “Star Wars” ride, the carousel, and a couple other little rides. We get pooped out by 6 pm and take it on home. We plan on comin back again sometime during the summer. Disney Sea is right next door, so there is still lots for us to see and do at Tokyo Disney.
A couple days later, the Chinichi Dragons come into town and I am starting in RF. I had struggled my first 3 at-bats in the game. I was 0 for 3 and popped up my third at bat with a runner at third and one out. I was bumming, but played good D, and we were still in the game after 8 innings. The game was tied at 2 going into the bottom of the ninth, and I was leading off. I of course get behind 0 and 2, but work the count back to 2-2. I get a tough forkball down and away that I reach for and hit over the first baseman’s head down the right field line! I bust it out of the box and am headin for second. Since the game had been so frustrating, I got pumped and started my “superman” dive into second about 20 feet from the bag. (I have made this slide a couple times before and the crowd goes bonkers when I do it. It has been named the “Lambin Leap”.) I wasn’t aware quit how high I jumped until I saw pics and videos after the game. Yikes. Anyways, the place erupts as I clap my hands in excitement. Since I am the winning run, Bobby pinch runs for me with our super fast little pinch runner. I jog off the field to a standing ovation and my name being chanted. I of course cant wipe the smile off my face. The next batter bunts the runner over, and 2 batters later, Ohmatsu, drives in the winning run with a sharp single to left! Marines Win!
That’s about it for now. To be continued….
See ya on down the road,
Chase
A few days later we have an off-day. Sara has been itchin to go to Disneyland since the day she got here. We ride the train towards Tokyo for a couple stops and here we are. The Hotel, the Castle, Space Mountain and all the Disney characters. Sara is in heaven. She is more excited then all the little kids. We pay for our tickets ($58 each), grab a map and take off. The place is huge. Its split up into 6 different sections. I.e. Adventure Land, Western Land, Toontown, Tomorrow Land, etc. etc. We walk and walk. The park was pretty crowded (I guess kids don’t go to school on Mondays). The lines where too long for us, so we didn’t get to ride some of the bigger attractions. We just had fun walkin around, watchin people, and seein all the sites and sounds. We rode the “Pirates of the Caribbean” ride, “It’s a Small World” ride, the “Honey I shrunk the kids” ride, the “Star Wars” ride, the carousel, and a couple other little rides. We get pooped out by 6 pm and take it on home. We plan on comin back again sometime during the summer. Disney Sea is right next door, so there is still lots for us to see and do at Tokyo Disney.
A couple days later, the Chinichi Dragons come into town and I am starting in RF. I had struggled my first 3 at-bats in the game. I was 0 for 3 and popped up my third at bat with a runner at third and one out. I was bumming, but played good D, and we were still in the game after 8 innings. The game was tied at 2 going into the bottom of the ninth, and I was leading off. I of course get behind 0 and 2, but work the count back to 2-2. I get a tough forkball down and away that I reach for and hit over the first baseman’s head down the right field line! I bust it out of the box and am headin for second. Since the game had been so frustrating, I got pumped and started my “superman” dive into second about 20 feet from the bag. (I have made this slide a couple times before and the crowd goes bonkers when I do it. It has been named the “Lambin Leap”.) I wasn’t aware quit how high I jumped until I saw pics and videos after the game. Yikes. Anyways, the place erupts as I clap my hands in excitement. Since I am the winning run, Bobby pinch runs for me with our super fast little pinch runner. I jog off the field to a standing ovation and my name being chanted. I of course cant wipe the smile off my face. The next batter bunts the runner over, and 2 batters later, Ohmatsu, drives in the winning run with a sharp single to left! Marines Win!
That’s about it for now. To be continued….
See ya on down the road,
Chase
posted by CHASE at
11:01 PM
2 Comments:
Sweet
i wanna see your DANCE again :)
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