The Flat Cory Project

although i enjoy traveling, my domestic trips this year have not been without purpose. i was inspired by my friend bethy, who took a "flat laura" (<-- i think that was her name) around vegas and took pictures of her in front of various sin city landmarks. so i scrounged through my photos and came across one with a fairly clear shot of my b-i-l and cut his head out, pasted it to a paper t-shirt backed by an old popsicle stick, and took him around japan. cory loves baseball and had mentioned that one of his friends had a cool hat and that he wanted one too, so the goal became this: to snap a picture of his flat likeness in front of every professional baseball team stadium in japan and buy him a hat. there are 12 professional teams here, and 14 stadiums. it took the better part of 5-6 months to finish the project as i wanted to send it to him for his birthday.

several of you have known about the project for sometime now but i thought i'd post the pictures anyway. i can't tell you how many weird looks i got while engaging in this. If you like baseball or want to know more about it, check out bob basavi's www.japanball.com. it's where i got all my info . . .

stop #1
Yokohama Stadium
Team: Baystars
League: Central
Mascot: weird starfish looking thing


Stop #2
Meiji jingu Stadium
Team: Yakult Swallows
League: Central
Mascot: a weird little black bird (i think)


Stop #3
Tokyo Dome
Team: Yomiuri Giants
League: Central
Mascot: "a half Y & G logo, half rabbit. The odd creature goes by the name "Giabbit" (Pronounced "Jabbit")."


Stop #4
Seibu Dome
Team: Seibu Lions
League: Pacific
Mascot: Lion


Stop #5
Chiba Marine Stadium
Team: Chiba Lotte Marines
League: Central
Mascot: seagull


Stop #6
Kleenex Fullcast Miyagi Stadium
Team: Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
League: Pacific
Mascot: a pair of funny looking birds


Stop #7
Skymark Stadium
Team: Orix Buffaloes
League: Pacific
Mascot: I have no idea what they are but it looks kinda like 2 kids in uniforms but it beats the hell out of me.


Stop #8
Koshien Stadium
Team: Hanshin Tigers
League: Central
Mascot: Tiger


Stop #9
Kyocera Osaka Dome
Team: Orix Buffaloes
League: Pacific
Mascot: see the rant 2 pictures up


Stop #10
Nagoya Dome
Team: Chunichi Dragons
League: Central
Mascot: Doala (which i am convinced stands for douchey koala)


Stop #11
Fukuoka Yahoo! Dome
Team: Fukuoka Softbank Hawks
League: Pacific
Mascot: Harry the Hawk


Stop #12
Mazda Zoom Zoom Stadium
Team: Hiroshima Toyo Carp
League: Central
Mascot: depending on who you ask, a weird muppet looking thing called slyly, or a little man with green hair


Stop #13
Hiroshima Municipal Stadium
former home of the carp until earlier this year


Last Stop
Sapporo Dome
Team: Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters
League: Pacific
Mascot: Bear


these are just the pictures from the stadium but i pretty much took pictures of flat cory everywhere (hawaii, in his own house in America, in front of a-bomb dome, in chinatown, all over tokyo, etc.) maybe if you ask him nice, he'll show you the book i made him.

Happy Birthday Dude!