I have really high hopes for this movie. Can’t wait for it to come out.

It’s video game related, so it belongs on Friday. Enjoy.

Rakuten gets the nod for today's picture since the Carp blew their lead on the Giants.

2 April

NPB
Yomiuri Giants (5) at Hiroshima Carp (4). The Carp fall to 1-5-0 in last in the Central League.
Softbank Hawks (6) at Rakuten Golden Eagles (8). The Eagles are now 3-6-0 and in fifth place in the Pacific League.

When I woke up this morning, the Carp were actually up on the Giants and primed to win. It all fell apart by the time I got to work. Hiroshima couldn’t mound a counter-offensive and dropped another game at home.

Rakuten looks look to end their funk by beating the soft target that is the Hawks of late. The Eagles took the lead early and kept the offense going to stymie the Hawks who continued to mount counteroffensives. Juan Morillo couldn’t quite hold the Hawks to no runs in the 9th, but still managed to hold a two-run lead.

This morning I went and bought a ticket to watch the Nationals play the Red Sox in an exhibition and noticed a pretty neat feature: Mobile Phone Tickets. The gist is that you buy your ticket, get a text, and that text can be scanned for your entrance to the ballpark.

Absolutely brilliant, but then I noticed that they charge $1.75 for this service. Why?

I guess it takes some effort to have software send a text message in the same way that it takes some effort to have a computer send me my ticket to print out (which costs the same baffling amount, $1.75), but, really, should I be charged $1.75 for them to send me a text message that already costs me money?

No thanks. I’ll just pick up my ticket at Will Call which costs me a cool $0.00.

(I do realize that this is a picture of a rail ticket on a phone, but you get the general idea)