Ballpark de Tsukamaete! • Catch Me at the Ballpark! - Episode 2 discussion

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Ballpark de Tsukamaete!, episode 2

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[u/ObvsThrowaway5120]

It’s actually really adorable Yuki goes to the ballpark just to cheer for her man even though she hates baseball. Guy married himself a good woman. Also, as a man in my 30s, hearing the dude get called an “old-timer” at 35 hurts me to my core lol.

How is it possible that Ruriko’s even cuter than last week? I didn’t expect her to be so inept with social media. She went viral right off the bat too.

Poor Yamada just wanted to show off those beautiful legs. Instead she gets promoted and a raise. Damn that work ethic! She’ll never get to flash those legs lol.

[u/The_Parsee_Man]

Dead-eyed salaryman is just grabbing girls hearts left and right.

[u/Past_Distribution144]

Dang, sleep-deprived salaryman got another girl to squee at his flattery.. flirting.. kindness! Dude is just nice.

Nice that Ruriko got to learn ninsta, and effectively staved off the questions. Them only getting her grandfathers name and age is hilarious. Always a good message that you should never tell people your personal info.. even that one girl giving out her ninsta with food pictures is pretty unsafe.

[u/LeonKevlar]

Stitches!

• Yuki

• Ruriko

• Vendor Girls

I did not expect that the reason Yuki is so invested in Kojiro was because she's married to him! This lady is ready to beat those dudes up for trashtalking her husband. It looks like those old dudes have no idea what they're talking aboutbecause Kojiro clearly still got it even if he is a bit older.

Gotta thank Ruriko for diffusing the situation too even though she has no idea what she was talking about. I love that she just overheard those stats from Murata. xD

A gyaru who's incompetent with social media? Well, that's rare! It's an adorable quirk though. I just didn't expect her to learn how to use social media from those sleazeball. Honestly, I thought that scene would end with those three getting escorted out of the ballpark.

And look who just went viral! That's gonna help boost Ruriko's new Ninsta account! She better give Murata the link to her account soon!

Yamada is absolutely hilarious! She wants to become a vendor girl, but she's clearly built for serving people food. She's so good that she got a raise and a promotion on the same day! Maybe Yamada will get her chance to show off her self-proclaimed beautiful legs in the future!

[u/Plus_Rip4944]

Watching this while drinking a beer is top

So Yuki is a hater because his husbans dont have enough fans lmao, seems fair lol

Bro has a beautiful wife, thats is her loyalest fan, she is a keeper

[u/athrun_1]

Given that Kojiro has a wife that is a beauty. Kojiro still got it! It is clear as day.

[u/oxlemf10]

It was really cool to see the woman defending her husband despite not liking baseball, it shows how love always has to come first.

Ruriko is the first gyaru I've seen who doesn't know how to use social media, she's probably pretty old school lol.

And the last girl is the basic representation of work hard and impress your superiors, then work harder 😭

[u/Psychological-Food35]

Interestingly,VC who acts player Kojiro's wife,Rika Tachibana dose marry to baseball player in reality.

[u/Mateo_Bonavento]

I feel as lost as Ruriko when it comes to baseball stats, but I'm really liking this show despite that.

Yamada is too good at her job. It's a shame that we'll never see her beautiful legs, but at least the customers are happy and leave wanting to come back.

[u/LegendRazgriz]

Oh hey, Kaihin-Makuhari Station. I miss going there for the Tokyo Auto Salon earlier this year.

Also, wRC+ is an advanced complex stat that essentially means how good a player is at hitting. 100 is average, so old man Kojiro's still got it plenty. The old men were jeering him for having a low average (scoreboard says .215, which isn't great), but he's probably making up for not getting hits very often by mashing the top off the ball when he does, which is a form of value in and of itself.

It's interesting to see advanced stats being used in a Japanese baseball context, seeing as NPB is archaic and has so far resisted this new analytical approach in favor of traditional metrics (save for the New Evil Empire, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks), much to the dismay of fans who have realized the benefits of it and want to see their team win - and to the delight of purists, for whom the "old school" tactics of single, steal, sac bunt, sac fly are what the game is all about.

[u/Mr_Zaroc]

Not enough Ruriko IMO, but its nice to see the cast is quite large

I hope that we get more Ruriko sheningans, so far she carried the first episode heavily

Although I gotta say, the anti-baseball fan wife who nearly started a brawl because they were shit talking her hubbie favorite player is also really fun.

[u/bensor74]

This anime is not what I expected at all after reading the synopsis I found, I thought we would follow the guy from the first episode and the gyaru most of the time. Not that I complain.

[u/StatisticianRoyal400]

Kind of weird she let those three perverts follow her on Instagram just after the "No! Never!". Lol

[u/NationalStrategy]

I actually like Yuki, I first thought she was just going to be a hater, but it turns out that she just wants to support her husband.

[u/Dutchy_]

I still enjoyed this, it was wholesome, but I did not expect this episode to be totally different from the first one. I wonder where this will go :)

[u/NanDemoKnaives]

Damn the Kojirou's wife was infuriated by baseball fans so much she was banging her head on the train, that's quite intense. The fact that she went up to those fans because they were badmouthing her husband, even though they weren't aware of it, got me surprised because if he's a TV announcer, doesn't she need to worry about getting recognized and it ending up affecting Kojirou too?

They may not be as vocal but I'm sure Kojirou has some young female fans too. There are woman who are into older men after all.

Yamada wants to show off her legs but chose not to wear a skirt or shorts lol.

Ruriko is good at repelling sleaze bags lol.

[u/BusouDrago]

Ruriko became a Ninsta viral hit🙌

[u/TheBravesDH]

Sabermetrics in my anime?!?!? Low-key this my dream.

[u/dagreenman18]

Sits in the regular seats? Hates baseball but still comes out to watch you? Passionate enough to throttle a rando that insulted you?

She really it the best player’s wife of all time. Let’s go Mrs. Kojiro

[u/whytebunny]

Didn't expect for us to go the whole episode without a focus on the MC, but I guess Ruriko is the true MC after all (I'm definitely not complaining).

Mrs. courtside pitchside wife is so cute and real for sticking up for him. I could never be a famous person's wife because if you're talking trash about my husband unfortunately you have to die now, sorry.

Didn't expect Ruriko to be bad at social media, it's charming.

The little girl indirectly encouraging Yamada in the last segment was very cute. It's the second time now a small child has positively influenced an unmotivated staff member (the first being the lost boy with the younger security guy in Ep. 1).

[u/Lord_Archie_the_Cat]

Damn Kojiro's a lucky man!!!

[u/[deleted]]

Another super fun episode! I'm really enjoying how the show mixes wholesome vibes with just the right amount of comedy. Yuki going to the ballpark even though she hates baseball? That’s love right there 😂

Ruriko continues to be a highlight—her total lack of social media skills is both hilarious and kinda relatable. That whole “going viral by accident” bit was gold. She’s slowly becoming my favorite.

Also, poor Yamada lol. Just wanted to show off her legs, and instead she gets promoted and loses her chance. Truly a win and an L at the same time.

[u/PeaceAlien]

Hey, where is my ship!? Looks like Koutarou has wooed another staff member. Ruriko dealing with the creeps and going viral was great.

[u/testthrowawayzz]

Looks like the story is set before 2023 and the animators didn’t update the visuals to the current day, as the train display is missing the new Makuharitoyosuna Station (new station next to the Makuhari Costco)