Cubs get a taste of NPB atmosphere in exhibition game against Hanshin Tigers: 'I was feeding off it'
With the team going with a bullpen day for their first exhibition game in Japan, Merryweather opened for the Cubs against the NPB’s Hanshin Tigers. And after a relatively subdued first half inning, the chants began soon after Merryweather took the mound for warmup pitches.
‘I was feeding off it’: Cubs experience electric atmosphere in 3-0 exhibition loss to Hanshin Tigers
A cacophony of chants, horns, drums and cheers greeted Chicago Cubs right-hander Julian Merryweather as he faced the Hanshin Tigers leadoff hitter Saturday afternoon. The Tigers support section in right field kept the Tokyo Dome buzzing every bottom half of the inning,
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