Four first year players on the Biwako Seiki Sports College baseball team ganged up and beat another first year baseball player on the team.  The beaten first year player incurred fairly serious injuries, including a broken jaw, and is currently hospitalized.

According to the college, the beaten first year player posted an entry on his blog complaining about how other first years skipped out on post-game clean-up activities on 7/24.  The beaten first year player also added that he wished they would all just quit.  The four players that ganged up on the first year player apparently read this blog entry and decided to call the player out on the 26th and took turns beating him.

The college has suspended all baseball activities and are currently discussing what actions to take on the four first year players.

The Biwako Seiki Sports College baseball team belongs to the second division of the Keiji University Baseball League.  There are about 100 players on the team.

=== 3/14/2010 1:39am JST

Bukkyo University informed members at a Keiji University Baseball League board of directors meeting on Saturday that they named Yoshiro Kikuno (菊野義朗) interim manager of the team, backdated to 3/10.

=== 2/26/2010 1:45am JST

Bukkyo University held a press conference on Thursday and announced that the team suspension will run for a period of one month (from 2/17 until 3/16).

According to university officials, an unidentified player on the team pressured a second year player into lending him upwards of 200,000 yen between April and May of 2009. In March the same year, the player also forced younger player on the team to fake a traffic accident in order to con money out of the parties involved.

Both the manager of the team and the chief of the baseball department resigned to take responsibility for their player's actions. Replacements have yet to be named.

=== 2/25/2010 6:25pm JST

The media found out on Thursday (2/25) that Bukkyo University (Keiji University Baseball League) suspended baseball activities on 17th. According to the PR offices, it seems the suspension was handed down due a scandal caused by one (or more) of its players. The suspension runs through to the end of the month.

Bukkyo University will be hold a press conference on Thursday evening to release more information.

Yudai Ohno, a top pitching prospect, plays for Bukkyo University.