* It is the third Sunday of the month. It is a day for collecting old newspapers or magazines by the block meeting. From early morning, I carried down the packages of old academic society magazines from my study room on the third floor to the garage, going up and down stairs repeatedly. They weighted heavy so that I feared I might have a lower back pain but fortunately there was no sign of such aches. Volunteers of the meeting carried away during the morning.
* I watched a few sport events in live on TV through the day. First, from 8:30, the 2002 Big League World Series's First Game, succeeded by the fourth day match of Japan Open Golf Championship Games. In evening, I observed a 2002 Asian Soccer Championship Match under 20 between India and Japan.
The first game between the San Francisco Giants and Anaheim Angeles of 2002 World Series was really an exciting game. Barry Bonds of Giants hit a home run at the second inning from Jarrod Washburn. Both teams got runs by hitting home runs. Thus Giants lead 4-1 against Angeles after the first half of sixth inning. But Angeles had the other two runs at its second half and succeeded in decreasing the difference to only a run. Both teams mobilized their bullpens to win. It was really a breathless fighting. Finally Giants won the first game. I was drawn into the showdown of both sides. Giants DH Takeshi Shinjo became the first Japanese player to appear a World Series game, going 1-for-3. Hideki Irabu was in the Yankees' bullpen, but did not pitch. I would like to see him on the series. As Mr. and Mrs. Eddy Sakashita, my friends, who visited Tokyo a few weeks ago, have been enthusiastic fans of Angeles for years, I cheered for them to win the first game.
Incidentally, Mr. Peter Magowan, the owner of San Francisco Giants, who appeared at a seat of the Edison Field Stadium, was on TV screen a moment. An owner of Japan Series entrants ( he is three year junior to me at my high school ) who insisted at an interview with press that he did not see his team's games on the spot. It was quite enough for him to see the games on TV. He is a leader of Japanese baseball, but he made such a shameful statement. I hope he will not disappoint many fans of his team who have been expecting it should win the victory this year.