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Higashi Nihon Earthquake Relief Baseball Match tickets go on sale tomorrow

by on Feb.02, 2012 @ 9:43 pm, under College, Industrial, NPB

Advance tickets for the Higashi Nihon Earthquake Relief Baseball Match supported by Konami go on sale begin tomorrow.

Fans can purchase tickets at the NPB official site (February 3 at 10:00 until March 9 at 23:00), or one of the following ticket agencies (February 3 at 10:00 until February 15 at 18:00): e+, Circle K Sunkus/Ticket Pia, or Lawson.

Regular tickets will go on sale beginning on February 18 at 10:00.

For more information, check the NPB official site (in Japanese).

Ticket Prices

Game 1 (University vs Industrial)

Ticket TypeCost
Excite Seat4,000 yen
Special Non-reserved2,500 yen
Non-reserved (Adult)1,000 yen
Non-reserved (Child)500 yen
Wheelchair1,000 yen

Game 3 (Samura Japan vs CPBL)

Ticket TypeCost
Excite Seat*8,000 yen
SS Reserved7,000 yen
S Reserved5,000 yen
A Reserved4,000 yen
Balcony Seat4,000 yen
B Reserved3,000 yen
3rd base support seats2,500 yen
2nd Floor INF Non-reserved (Adult)2,200 yen
2nd Floor INF Non-reserved (Child)1,500 yen
OF Reserved2,000 yen
Wheelchair2,500 yen

Two Game Set

Ticket TypeCost
Two game set*2,500 yen

* denotes tickets that will only be available via NPB's ticketing system


Saibus Gas becomes an official member of JABA

by on Jan.30, 2012 @ 5:03 pm, under Industrial

Saibus Gas announced today that their baseball team was accepted into the Japan Amateur Baseball Association, effective beginning today.  The team will officially begin operations on April 1Yasuhiko Sugimoto has unofficially been selected to manage the team.


Yoshifumi Koda joins Saibu Gas coaching staff

by on Jan.29, 2012 @ 2:39 pm, under High School, Industrial

Former KomazawaDai Tomakomai High School manager Yoshifumi Koda (40) will be joining the new Saibu Gas Industrial League team as a coach.

As manager of KomazawaDai Tomakomai, Koda got to the Spring Koshien twice and Summer Koshien six times.  He also managed Masahiro Tanaka (RAK).  Koda left KomazawaDai Tomakomai in 2008 and became a member of the Tsurumi University coaching staff in the same year.


Higashi Nihon Earthquake Relief Baseball Match supported by Konami

by on Jan.26, 2012 @ 4:55 pm, under College, Industrial, NPB

The NPB held a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo today and officially announced the Higashi Nihon Earthquake Relief Baseball Match scheduled on March 10 at Tokyo Dome.

Schedule:

Game 1 - Mixed Industrial League Team vs Mixed University Team - 12:00
Game 2 - Samurai Japan vs CPBL Mixed Team - 18:25

Tickets:

Via the NPB's special site: February 3 at 10am - March 9 at 23:00
Advance tickets: February 3 at 10am - February 15 at 18:00
Regular tickets: February 18 at 10am -

TBS will be broadcast both the NPB vs CPBL game and the Mixed University team vs the Mixed Industrial League team

UPDATE @ 9:24pm - All players named to the Samurai Japan roster will be receiving Samurai Japan pin badges.  Designs for the badges will change with each tournament.

Koji Akiyama on the players that were selected to the roster:

Being a title holder [was an important factor].  And within that, young players with bright futures.  Chances to play in international games do not come very often.  I think their experiences playing for Samurai Japan will lead to their successes.  We kept that in mind when making our selections.

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Samurai Japan Roster

PosPlayer JPNPlayer ENGTeam
MGR秋山 幸二Akiyama, KojiSOF
P斎藤 佑樹Saito, YukiHAM
P平野 佳寿Hirano, YoshihisaORI
P田中 将大Tanaka, MasahiroRAK
P吉見 一起Yoshimi, KazukiCHU
P浅尾  拓也Asao, TakuyaCHU
P石川 雅規Ishikawa, MasanoriYAK
P澤村 拓一Sawamura, HirokazuYOM
P内海 哲也Utsumi, TetsuyaYOM
C細川  亨Hosokawa, ToruSOF
C炭谷 銀仁朗Sumitani, GinjiroSEI
C嶋  基宏Shima, MotohiroRAK
INF本多 雄一Honda, YuichiSOF
INF中島 裕之Nakajima, HiroyukiSEI
INF中村 剛也Nakamura, TakeyaSEI
INF坂本 勇人Sakamoto, HayatoYOM
INF新井 貴浩Arai, TakahiroHAN
INF栗原 健太Kurihara, KentaHIR
INF渡辺 直人Watanabe, NaotoYOK
OF内川 聖一Uchikawa, SeiichiSOF
OF中田  翔Nakata, ShoHAM
OF糸井 嘉男Itoi, YoshioHAM
OF坂口 智隆Sakaguchi, TomotakaORI
OF岡田 幸文Okada, YoshifumiLOT
OF長野 久義Chono, HisayoshiYOM

Additional Notes:


Kenkei Momotaro baseball teams becomes an official JABA Club Team

by on Jan.19, 2012 @ 10:02 pm, under Industrial

The Hyogo Prefectural Police announced today that their baseball team, Kenkei Momotaro, became an official JABA Club Team, dated January 1, 2012.  Their official season is slated to begin in April.

This is the second police team to be recognized as a JABA Club Team.  The other: The Keishcho Baseball Team (Tokyo) on 3/9/2011.


Mitsujiro Sakai to take over as pitching coach for Nihon Seimei

by on Jan.13, 2012 @ 2:13 pm, under Industrial

The media learned on Thursday that former Nippon Ham Fighter Mitsujiro Sakai (43) will be taking over as pitching coach for Nihon Seimei.  The previous pitcher coach, Yoshikazu Doi (42), decided to step down in order to focus more of his time on work with the parent company.

Sakai spent a a number of years coaching in Taiwain (1999-2007; both for the national team and for the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions) before joining the Yokohama Bay Stars as a scout in 2008.  He then became a pitching coach for the the Shinano Grandserows in 2011.


JABA: 20-second rule will be upheld in 2012

by on Jan.09, 2012 @ 4:53 pm, under Industrial

The Japan Amateur Baseball Association plans to uphold the 20-second rule in 2012 in order to shorten games.

"Inter-City Tournament games last year averaged about 2 hours and 43 minutes.  In order to shorten that a bit more, we will have the second base ump carry a stop-watch," said Takashi Nakamoto, head of the Umpire's Regulations Committee.

The 20-second rule covers the time it takes the pitcher to pitch the ball after getting it back from the catcher when there are no runners on base.


JABA to begin push towards ending tournament season in October

by on Jan.07, 2012 @ 11:37 pm, under Industrial

The Japan Amateur Baseball Association (JABA) held a seminar for coaches in Atami, Shizuoka on Saturday.  JABA chairman Norio Ichino also made it known that the association was thinking about organizing the Industrial League schedule so that the tournament season ends in October (instead of in November), beginning in 2014.

As part of this move, the Inter-City Tournament was pushed up to July this year, a first since 2001.  The association also wanted to move the Industrial League Championships up a month as well, but decided it would not be possible until at least next year (the last time they took place in October was in 2002).

The goal of ending the tournament season in October is to increase the amount of time players put in with their respective companies.


Saibu Gas to name Yasuhiko Sugimoto as their manager

by on Dec.27, 2011 @ 10:13 am, under Industrial

The media learned on Monday that Saibu Gas will be naming Yasuhiko Sugimoto (52) the manager for their new baseball team.

Sugimoto managed the Nippon Tsuun (Nippon Express Co) Industrial League team for nine years beginning in 1992 and helped guide them to the Inter-city Tournament finals twice (1993, 1997).  He was also the manager for the national team in 2005 (Asia Baseball Championship) and 2009 (IBAF World Cup).

UPDATE @ 10:25pm - The Saibu Gas team will begin with a total 18 members.

See also:

Saibu Gas planning to establish a new baseball club in April 2012


Makoto Sasaki to become next NTT Nishi Nihon manager

by on Dec.24, 2011 @ 12:54 am, under Industrial

The media learned on Thursday that Makoto Sasaki (46) will be promoted from batting coach to manager of NTT Nishi Nihon (Industrial League).  Current manager Tetsuya Hashimoto (47) will be retiring in order to focus his attention on his work at the parent company.

UPDATE 12/26 @ 11:44pm - NTT Nishi Nihon officially announced today that Sasaki will be taking over as their new manager, effective 1/1/2012.


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