CL totally sneezed all over fj.life.in-japan with a withering cloud of snot:

>> Is the behaviour of the fans (chanting in unison, waving weird things in
>> the air) also so carefully defined?
>
>Don't recall seeing anything on the web site,  But, that Heike-Onin 
>dustup gets blamed for originating a lot of those meaningless group 
>cheers and synchronized fist pumping, even when not wearing black 
>lacquered bamboo armor.  I think that the individual teams might have 
>something on it though.  To me, it's always been an example of what 
>happens when spontaneous regimentation goes bad.

My favorite moment of the entire Koshien tournament is when some team's cheering
section band plays "Popeye the Sailor Man".


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