現地時間2025年10月17日（金）、午前7時ごろに起きた。午前中、公園でボランティア活動に参加した。
家に帰った後、野球を観た。
観たのは2試合。ひとつは、シアトル・マリナーズとトロント・ブルージェイズの試合。両者はこれまで4試合を戦い、今日がシリーズ第5戦だった。マリナーズが誇る2人の大砲、ローリー選手とスアレス選手によるホームランで、チームは劇的な逆転勝利を収めた。
次に私が観たのは、ミルウォーキー・ブルワーズとロサンゼルス・ドジャースのシリーズ第4戦だ。大谷翔平選手が3本塁打・6回無失点という歴史的な活躍を見せて、ドジャースが勝利。シリーズ4勝目を挙げた同チームが、ワールドシリーズ進出を決めた。
今日の大谷選手のプレーは、人間業を超えていた。最初に見たマリナーズの試合も十分面白かったけれど、大谷選手の活躍によって、マリナーズの試合の印象が私のなかでだいぶ薄まってしまった。
On Friday, October 17th, 2025, I got up around 7:00 a.m. PDT and took part in volunteer work at a park this morning.
After coming back home, I watched baseball on my computer using a sports network’s streaming service I subscribe to. What I watched today was not just one game, but two.
The first game I watched was Game 5 of the series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Seattle Mariners. With home runs in the bottom of the eighth inning by two Mariners sluggers, Cal Raleigh and Eugenio Suárez, the team made a dramatic comeback and won 6–2. If they beat the only Canadian team in the upcoming Game 6 the day after tomorrow, they will earn their fourth win, claim the American League pennant, and advance to the World Series.
The second game I watched was Game 4 of the series between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Thanks to a historic performance by the Japanese superstar Shohei Ohtani—who hit three home runs and pitched six shutout innings—the Dodgers clinched their fourth win of the series and qualified for the World Series.
What he did today was unbelievable, and I got goosebumps when watching the replay of his third homer. Although the first game I watched was exciting enough to witness, the second one was so shocking that it almost overshadowed the impression left by the first.