Take me out to the ball game!

I heard that Japanese baseball games were very exciting. We went to see the Dragons play the Swallows on Saturday. Both of these teams are from mainland Japan. There are several teams from the mainland that come here for their spring training. Anyway, most of the souvenir items that were for sale were for the Dragons. I guess the Dragons are more popular? Anyway, the ballgame started and it was dead silence. I mean every time the pitcher threw the ball it was just quiet. There was no organ and no hot dog and beer vendors walking around. It got a little livelier toward the end, but not much. It ended up being a really close game and if there would have been one more inning, I think the Dragons could have caught up! Let's see, what do you think the mascot for the Dragon's is? Wrong, it is not a Dragon, it is a mouse, that's right a mouse. I don't understand that one! But he was really cute; he had a baseball for his tail! Something else very interesting, there were a lot of American players on these teams! Another interesting tidbit, the team captains, or some special players on the teams get flowers before the game. Maybe that was just a welcome and thanks for playing this exhibition game?