SAPPORO — Takako Miura says she beats her two plastic sticks together so hard when rooting for her beloved Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters that she almost breaks them.

News photoTakako Miura roots for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters during Game 3 on Tuesday. KAZ NAGATSUKA PHOTO

"I'm not worried," Miura said with a smile Tuesday at a public viewing site in a Sapporo shopping mall during Game 3 of the ongoing Japan Series against the Chunichi Dragons. " . . . I've stocked up with so many of them."