[Easy explanation]What is the new professional baseball team?
Share 1: Toshihiko Kuramoto hits the team’s first hit for Kufu Hayate Ventures Shizuoka = Shizuoka City (Photo: Kyodo News)
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Official games for both the Central and Pacific professional baseball leagues will begin on March 29th. This year, two new teams will be participating in the official farm (2nd team) game, which started a little earlier than that, and the competition is already heated. The two teams are Oisix Niigata Albirex Baseball Club (BC), based in Niigata City, and Kufu Hayate Ventures Shizuoka, based in Shizuoka City. It has been 65 years since the Japan Baseball Organization (NPB) launched a new team, but what are the aims and future vision of the new team? Frontline Press, a group of specialized reporters, provides easy explanations.
(Frontline Press)
*All match results and grades are as of March 25th.
Unusually large crowd for the battle between the two armies
The Western League, the farm to which Kufu Hayate Ventures Shizuoka belongs, began on March 15th, with Kufu Hayate playing against the Orix Buffaloes at their home base, Churu Stadium Shimizu (Shizuoka City). The first professional baseball team in Shizuoka Prefecture. Although the memorable first game was a complete defeat with a score of 1-9, more than 300 fans lined up at the stadium before the gates opened, and more than 1,600 people cheered, which is unusual for a match between the two teams on a weekday daytime. Sent.
Spectators packed for the game against Kufu Hayate and Orix = Shizuoka City (Photo: Kyodo News)
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Kufu Hayate continued to lose with one draw in between, 4-10, 1-7, 3-8, 3-3, 3-15. Moreover, they were defeated by large margins. Although they finally defeated Hanshin 2-0 in the seventh game, they suffered a 1-15 loss to Hanshin in the next game, and continued to face challenges.
On the other hand, Oisix Niigata Albirex BC, which belongs to the Eastern League, had its first match against Yakult on March 16th. In the match at the enemy’s home base, Yakult, they lost 1-2. After that, the losses continue. Their first victory came in their fifth game after four consecutive losses, at the home base of the Seibu 2nd Army.
Oisix Niigata will be returning to their hometown for a match starting March 22nd. Although they have not been able to secure their first home victory in the matches played until the 25th, the first game was attended by 2,000 spectators despite the cold rain. The stands made you feel the local passion for having a professional baseball team on the Sea of Japan side.
2024-03-26 21:01:39
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