Young kids are constantly seen playing pickup games and carrying their baseballgloves around, pastimes that have mostly gone the way of the10-cent bubble gum card in the U.S. In short, Japanese pro baseball is a gem that's lost some luster in recent years, due to bad positioning in the global marketplace.
Mesa, a cross between Ozzie Guillen and Dusty Baker, always entertained with his antics and consistent illegal rubbing of the baseball with his winter gloves during pitching changes.