Summary graphic: Two teenagers outside Hephzibah's Burger Shack.

The truck screeched to a stop about ten yards from us. A voice came from the blackness behind the wheel of the pickup: “Y’all take a picture of us!”

Summary graphic: In the outfield stands of a crowded baseball stadium in Tokyo, fans of the away team hold up translucent umbrellas and wave flags to support the Yakult Swallows.

You often hear about how there are two types of baseball fans in America: the die-hards and the casual fans. We expected this to hold true in Tokyo. We were wrong.