In which Japanese pro baseball’s answer to the questions from Mad Magazine’s “Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions” reached a new low, and we had some fun games as well.

Fukuoka Dome held its first game under its latest incarnation, see Thursday’s blog, and it seemed as if the broadcasters had a contractual obligation to mention the ballpark’s new naming sponsor a certain number of times, as they brought up the monumental occasion over and over, and even asked the game’s hero about it.

Saturday’s games

Giants 2, BayStars 1: At Yokohama Stadium, Kai Yokogawa (1-0) worked five scoreless innings, Kazuma Okamoto hit a second-inning leadoff homer off Anthony Kay (1-2) – who went seven innings, rookie Masaya Hagio followed with a single and scored on a sac fly by Takumi Oshiro. The BayStars got on the board on Toshiro Miyazaki‘s seventh-inning leadoff homer. Taisei Ota recorded his seventh save.

BayStars left fielder Taiki Sekine, who turned in a big catch on Friday gunned down two runners Saturday as they tried to stretch singles into doubles for his first two assists of the season. The only player in NPB with more than two is Nippon Ham’s Chusei Mannami, with four.