The Pacific League released their compete schedules today (January 26).

Some notes:

• Th Rakuten Eagles will play three weekday day games (April 3-5, vs Softbank) at Kleenex Stadium this year. This is a first since 2008 (April 1-3, vs Lotte). A series against the Softbank Hawks was scheduled last year (March 29-31), but it was canceled due to the March 11 earthquake.
• The Seibu Lions will be playing a day game against the Orix Buffaloes at Omiya Stadium on April 14. This is the first Seibu day game at Omiya Sadium since 2008. A day game against the Orix Buffaloes was scheduled last year (April 10), but it was canceled due to the March 11 earthquake.
• The Lions will play six games that begin at 5pm; Lotte four games; and Rakuten two games. The Lions have played games that begin at 5pm seven years in a row (since 2006); and Lotte four years in a row (since 2009). This will be a first for Rakuten since 2010.

You can see the compete schedules (in Japanese) at the official NPB site. Here are the direct links to each month.

• March / April
• May
• Inter-League
• June
• July
• August
• September

And for the those that need it, here is the legend for what each of the letters stand for:

• F = Nippon Ham Fighters
• E = Rakuten Eagles
• H = Softbank Hawks
• L = Seibu Lions
• M = Chiba Lotte Marines
• Bs = Orix Buffaloes

See also:

Pacific League posts preliminary 2012 schedule

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