Kintetsu and Orix to merge for 2005 season

[canadian_kor]

Any Japanese baseball fans here? Anyways, I read somewhere that the Kintetsu Buffaloes are going to merge with the Orix BlueWave. I'm no real fan of North American baseball, but I find Japanese pro baseball quite fascinating.

 

[shiroma]

Players to Go on Strike after Talks with NPB Fail


JPBPA NPB

 

[shiroma]

Rakuten Get Nod Over Livedoor to Form Japanese Pro Baseball Team in Sendai (Bloomberg)

Online Mall Firm Wins Fight for New Japan Franchise (Reuters)


Rakuten NPB Press Release

 

[shiroma]

福岡ソフトバンクホークス

Softbank's Purchase of Hawks Gets Final Nod






Official Site

 

[jerry4]

baseball should be better in usa, right? ;p

 

[Brooker]

Orix. I think that's the team Ichiro played on before he joined the Seattle Mariners.