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Thursday, May 29, 2008

Japanese Baseball Teams use corporate names

Remember when the Sox played the Yomiuri Giants? I think that a lot of people wondered where Yomiuri actually was and probably some still wonder. Japanese names are corporate owned and use the names of their owners. Instead of being called the Tokyo Giants, they are called Yomiuri.

Other teams are with their locations in parenthesis;

Central League:
Chunichi Dragons (Nagoya)
Hanshin Tigers (Nishinomiya)
Hiroshima Toyo Carp (Hiroshima)
Tokyo Yakult Swallows (Tokyo)
Yokohama Bay Stars (Yokohama).

Pacific League:

Chiba Lotte Marines (Chiba)
Fukuoka Softbank Hawks (Fukuoka)
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters (Sapparo & Hokkaido)
Orix Buffaloes (Osaka and Kobe)
Saitama Seibu Lions (Tokorozawa)
Tohoko Rakuten Golden Eagles (Sendai, Miyagi)

Each Thursday, I expect to give out more interesting information
regarding Japanese baseball.

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