A sincere yokoso (welcome) to manager Bruce Bochy and all the coaches, players and staff members on the current major league tour of Japan.
Hopefully, this will not be the last in the series of Nichibei Yakyu games, which have been held for more than 70 years.
You know it's time for them to be here when it's an even-numbered year, your kids are eating Halloween candy, U.S. presidential or mid-term elections are about to be held, and the sumo wrestlers are gathering in Fukuoka for the Kyushu Basho.