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Saturday, April 30, 2005

Meet the Pacific League

Maybe you are still on the fence with NPB, still not convinced that it isn't what the XFL was to the NFL, but at the same time you are a traditionalist and you feel that MLB has changed to much. I bring you good news, despite only having 12 teams, NPB divides them into to leagues and their is no interleague play. Teams from the Pacific and Central leagues only meet in the Japan Series. So without further adieu here's the Pacific League

Lotte Marines 千葉ロッテマリーンズ
The Marines play in Chiba, which is to Tokyo what Bellevue is to Seattle. They are owned by the Korean Food Giant Lotte and are managed by Bobby Valentine, he too demands a separate post.

Soft Bank Hawks ソフトバンクホークス
The Hawks changed ownership this past year when internet service provider, Soft Bank, purchased them from Daiei. Managed by Sadaharu Oh (the Babe Ruth of the PBL with 868 career HRs), they are the only team in Kyushu, playing their home games in Fukuoka.

Nippon-Ham Fighters
北海道日本ハムファイターズ
Just as it sounds, the Ham Fighters are owned by a meat company. The off season they moved from Tokyo to Sapporo, thus putting a team on the island of Hokkaido, and finally putting teams on the three main islands of Japan. Former NY Met and Giant, Shinjo is the face of this franchise

Orix Buffaloes オリックスバフローズ
The Buffaloes play in Kobe and are owned by Orix, a large company offering everything from financial services to rental cars. Much more to comment on, but that will be saved for a future post.

Seibu Lions 西武ライオンズ
The Lions play in Saitama, which is where the Sonics and Clippers played two games in 2003. Seibu is a large department store along the lines of Macys or Nordstroms

Rakuten Golden Eagles 東北楽天ゴールデンイーグルス
The Golden Eagles are an expansion team playing in Sendai. Rakuten is an internet company along the lines of a hybrid between Amazon and Expedia.

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