A salad bowl, a melting pot, whatever you call it, the stadium was mixed with all types of baseball fans from all over the world.

Major League Baseball's season-opening game between the Boston Red Sox and Oakland Athletics on Tuesday at Tokyo Dome provided a much different atmosphere from ordinary Nippon Professional Baseball games at the Big Egg, because of the assembled audience — and the game itself.

A father and daughter, Jack and Jessica Fleming, flew all the way from New England and they're darn excited about this occasion to watch their club's season opening games in a foreign country.