I went to see a ball game at Yankee Stadium several times. Yankee Stadium is located in The Bronx. The Bronx was supposed to be the most dangerous borough in the City of New York. But watching a ball game at Yankee Stadium was safe, if you were moving with the crowd. I watched the game from a seat in the outfield which cost only a few dollars (or nothing at all maybe; I don't remember.).

When I went there with Orly, a Resident who was one year ahead of me at the time. There was an African American old man sitting just in front of us.
The old man was always mumbling something, occasionally sipping whisky from a bottle covered by a brown paper bag. I couldn't understand what he was mumbling, but I didn't care so much at least. Orly who was an enthusiastic baseball fan told me "Hey Tomoyuki, the drunk old guy knows baseball so well. He is commenting on the conditions and habits of every batter and pitcher."

His mumbling was a " semi-professional comment on the game." Reggie Jackson hit a homerun and Yankees won the game that night. Reggie was the guy who saw Matsui first in 2003 and guaranteed him a spot in the Major League.