We had a lot of fun at the baseball game tonight. It was the Eda Rhinos from Kaohsiung versus the Elephant Brothers from New Taipei. I have no idea what the significance of the Brothers' name is. The stadium reminded me of the New Britain Rock Cats where we used to take the boys to watch Double A baseball except this one had seating for about 20,000. The level of play was pretty comparable to Double A as well. Manny Ramirez, the former Boston Red Sox player, was on the Rhinos during 2012-13 just before he retired. I think that may say a lot about where Manny landed at the end of his illustrious career.

The noise level in the stadium was pretty deafening from beginning to end. There wasn't even a break when a batter came to the plate. I have to say, the Brothers had a much better organized cheering section than the local team. The fans were split nearly half and half, which is pretty impressive for the Brothers since New Taipei is about a five hour drive from here. Many of the fans had noisemakers to add to the din. I may have to get Lee some for our next game.

One big difference between here and a stadium in the states is that you're allowed to bring in your own food and drinks. The seats are a bit small so you'd have trouble finding space for a cooler but people were bringing in pizza boxes, bags from McDonald's and six-packs of beer. You could buy food at the stadium too and it's cheap. We bought two sodas and a beer for less than $4.00 total. For that amount of money at Fenway Park you can get a sip of water.