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By Darren Naish | March 25th, 2015 | 34
While in Romania back in 2011, I photographed the lizard you see here. It's clearly a lacertid: a member of the Eurasian-African group that contains the familiar Lacerta sand lizards and green lizards as well as many other groups. But, beyond that, I couldn't identify it in the field. Back at Tet Zoo Towers, and [...]Keep reading »
By Darren Naish | March 22nd, 2015 | 98
You never really hear much about shrew-opossums or rat-opossums, the small group of living, South American marsupials properly called caenolestids or caenolestoids. Small (c 20-30 cm long in total), long-tailed, mostly dark brown, and predominantly faunivorous and nocturnal, they inhabit the grasslands and forests of the western side of the Andes. They're said to be [...]Keep reading »
By Darren Naish | March 19th, 2015 | 25
It's time for one of those classic 'from the archives' type articles. This one was originally published in July 2008 at Tet Zoo ver 2. Apart from tiny editorial tweaks, it hasn't been updated. Anyway… The original title for this article was going to be "Sorry Heteralocha, but you ain't that special". I ended up [...]Keep reading »
By Darren Naish | March 16th, 2015 | 31
One of the birds I see most regularly here in southern England is the Eurasian coot Fulica atra. This is another of those oh-so-familiar animals that we see so often that we normally pay it little attention. Stop and look properly, and you'll discover something pretty incredible. While at Kew Gardens recently I took a [...]Keep reading »
By Darren Naish | March 11th, 2015 | 38
I'm feeling the urge to blog about lizards. So, today I'd like to talk about the Aprasia species, a group of short-tailed, near-limbless gekkotans that belong to the Australian Pygopodidae family, the so-called flapfoots, flap-footed lizards or pygopods. Historically, the term Pygopodidae has been used in more than one fashion. For the purposes of removing [...]Keep reading »
By Darren Naish | March 8th, 2015 | 32
Following on from February's review of Matthew P. Martyniuk's Beasts of Antiquity: Stem-Birds in the Solnhofen Limestone, it's time once again to look at another recently published dinosaur-themed book. Anyone who knows anything about Mesozoic dinosaurs will know that the British Isles – England specifically – has a special role in the history of our [...]Keep reading »
By Darren Naish | March 3rd, 2015 | 93
Among the weirdest and most fascinating of rodents are the scalytails/scaly-tails, scaly-tailed squirrels or anomalures, properly termed Anomaluridae. For those of you that don't know, this is a small group of exclusively* African, mostly gliding herbivores that have a weird method of supporting their gliding membranes. Only three or four extant anomalure genera are recognised. Idiurus [...]Keep reading »
By Darren Naish | February 27th, 2015 | 27
Some of you will know that I'm putting together a giant textbook on the vertebrate fossil record… and, oh god, it isn't easy. If you want sneak-peeks on how things are going, please consider supporting me at my patreon page. And if you're wondering what the book might be like when it's finished, here's an [...]Keep reading »
By Darren Naish | February 23rd, 2015 | 72
During the upper Palaeolithic (that is, between 40,000 and 10,000 years ago), prehistoric people in Europe and Asia (and elsewhere) depicted the animals they saw in thousands of piece of cave art. They drew, sculpted and painted rhinos, mammoths, giant deer and lions, but they also produced illustrations of less exotic beasts, like owls, mustelids [...]Keep reading »
By Darren Naish | February 15th, 2015 | 154
I'm a big fan of palaeognaths – the terrestrial bird group that includes the mostly big, flightless ratites and the chicken-sized, flight-capable tinamous. Among the most interesting, most aberrant of palaeognaths are also among the most poorly known. I'm talking about the black-plumaged, elaborately adorned cassowaries of eastern Australia, New Guinea, and various of the [...]Keep reading »


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December 23, 2014: by Bill Sardi
After learning resveratrol was first discovered in 1939 and that there have been over 7000 research reports and reviews published in scientific journals dating back to 1978 involving this red wine molecule, it is difficult to fathom a major discovery involving a critically important gene target of resveratrol has just now been uncovered. But that is the news headline today. [Medical Xpress Dec 22, 2014]
Resveratrol (rez-vair-ah-trol) has been found to molecularly mimic the amino acid tyrosine and simulate protective biological mechanisms that occur during starvation say researchers at Scripps Institute. Their report is published in the December 22 early online issue of Nature. [Nature Dec 22, 2014]
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December 16, 2014: by Bill Sardi
Longevity seekers often pay too much attention to lengthening telomeres, those end caps on our chromosomes, or even activation of known longevity genes such as the sirtuin1 survival gene. The question remains: precisely what causes humans to get old and why does the rate of aging differ from individual to individual? What influences genes to accelerate or slow the rate of aging? The same library of ~20,000 genes is housed inside the billions of cells in every human body. What causes one person's set of genes to age them faster than another individual?
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December 9, 2014: by Bill Sardi
A. I think of all the various theories about why humans age, the antioxidant theory, the hormonal theory, the wear-and-tear theory, the mitochondrial theory, the telomere theory, the immune theory, (there are many more), none of them help explain why humans age at three different speeds. Whatever theory of aging that is put to the test should consider this fact.
The 3-speeds of human aging idea springs from studies that measure the rate of deposition of cellular "garbage." The buildup of "toxic waste" is said to be responsible for the curse of aging. [Science Aging Knowledge & Environment Feb 2, 2005]
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November 27, 2014: by Bill Sardi
It was heralded in 1997 as the most promising anti-cancer molecule found in nature. [Science Jan 10, 10997]
It stops cancer in all three stages of development (initiation, growth and spread), unlike any existing anti-cancer drug. [Cancer Prevention Research May 2009]
It inhibits the development of new blood vessels that feeds tumors. [International Journal Oncology Dec 2013]
It reduces the delivery of sugar to cancer cells that are reliant upon sugar for cell energy. [Journal Nuclear Medicine 54: 2161-67, Dec 2013; Molecular Carcinogenesis Oct 12, 2014]
It blocks most all cancer pathways including inflammation. [Anticancer Agents Medicinal Chemistry 2014; Journal Nutritional Biochemistry Aug 2005]
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November 14, 2014: by Bill Sardi
Reporting in the journal ALCOHOL, researchers at the University of Gothenberg incorrectly conclude that alcohol and red wine offers little benefit to healthy people seeking to keep their hearts healthy. Their study measured reduction of HDL cholesterol and presumed reduction of coronary heart disease. [Alcohol Nov. 2014] A news headline says: "Bad News For People Who Think Alcohol Is Healthy." [Huffington Post Nov 13, 32014] But the conclusion of their study should have been that HDL cholesterol, not alcohol, has little effect on coronary heart disease.
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October 5, 2014: by Bill Sardi
Researchers now recognize that autism involves modifiable genetic factors in the brain. In the proposed therapy genes are not structurally altered but their ability to make proteins (called gene expression) is modified by use of vitamins and other small molecules. It may be possible to molecularly reverse autism. [Epigenomics June 2011]
Only a small fraction of autistic children exhibit gene mutations (structural problems in the DNA ladder). Early environmental exposure to chemicals is strongly suspected as causal. Children today are surrounded by thousands of synthetic chemicals. Two hundred of them are neurotoxic in adult humans, and 1000 more in laboratory models. [Current Opinion Pediatrics April 2010]
Researchers even postulate that seemingly innocuous chemicals in perfumes need to be investigated to see if there is any association with autism since chemicals in perfumes are expected to reach the developing fetal brain. [Medical Hypotheses June 2013]
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For the last year I have spent time working with friends and industry partners to develop a steampunk-freak show themed burlesque show. In addition to being a huge creative production, it will also be a beautiful wedding.
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Theatre review: The Good Father
- Theatre
- March 13, 2015, 16:08
The sharp dialogue and narrative energy of this drama of unintended pregnancy mask the timelessness of its core themes
Theatre review: The Lost Martini
- Theatre
- March 13, 2015, 13:17
Accidental is to be applauded for going out on a limb with a genre of theatre new and strange to Belfast, but it runs the risk of losing the plot
Theatre review: Witness
- Theatre
- March 12, 2015, 12:46
The crisp and well-aimed writing in this portrait of family strife suggests that 55 minutes are not enough for an excavation of motives in a hinterland of this density
How to be Decadent in a time of hardship for Irish theatre
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- March 11, 2015, 08:57
Andrew Flynn, Decadent Theatre Company's director, has an unusual ability to combine artistic passion with the deal-clinching pitches of a travelling salesman
A Midsummer Night's Dream: 'Shakespeare may have been on magic mushrooms'
- Stage
- March 2, 2015, 01:00
The Abbey goes Pan Pan for a subversive, tender and innovative production of Shakespeare's warped comedy, which has been relocated to a nursing home
A thrillingly intimate 30 minutes with Andrew Scott
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- February 23, 2015, 19:50
He stole the show in Sherlock and is about to break into Bond – but it's Sea Wall that has had the biggest impact on his work
Stephen Rea recognised for outstanding contribution
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- February 23, 2015, 12:49
The best in theatre of past year are honoured at 'Irish Times' award show
Calling the shots: A life in the day of a stage manager
- Stage
- February 21, 2015, 15:58
It's not actors whose way you need to stay out of behind the scenes at a theatre but stage managers, the key crew who subtly crack the whip from the wings
Theatre review: Death of a Comedian
- Theatre
- February 17, 2015, 15:07
In Owen McCafferty's new play, four stand-up routines form an anatomy of a sell-out
Children's show review: Far Away From Me
- Theatre
- February 17, 2015, 12:37
This show for ages six and up broaches some important issues around identity and inclusion, but dramatically it feels embryonic
Marty Rea: 'Actors aren't just puppets to be moved around the stage'
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Rea grew up painfully shy in west Belfast before training at Rada. He cuts a confident figure now, an actor for whom 'grand' is never good enough
Theatre review: The Caretaker
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- February 12, 2015, 14:58
Toby Frow's production of Pinter's 1960 play sticks too scrupulously to the text
Theatre review: Pals – The Irish at Gallipoli
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Things fall apart in Anu's latest show, a profund look at Irish soldiers in the first World War – and that's exactly what's intended
Theatre review: God of Carnage
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- February 12, 2015, 14:53
A biting comedy of manners that spirals into a shaming demonstration of bad manners
The Dublin Pals who set off for Gallipoli's killing fields
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In 1914, sports club members volunteered for 'Pals' battalions, and fought in one of the first World War's bloodiest battles. A new immersive theatrical show remembers their catastrophic story
Aoife Duffin: 'There was a lot of curiosity about whether I was a normal person'
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BUCKLAND — The Monsanto Fund made a $2,500 donation to the Buckland Volunteer Fire Department on Wednesday.
Local producer Tony Lochard was selected as a winner in America's Farmers Grow Communities, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund. The program enrolls farmers for a chance to win $2,500, which is then donated to the farmer's nonprofit of choice. Lochard Farms selected Buckland Volunteer Fire Department to receive the donation.
BUCKLAND — Presiding over her first regular meeting of the Village Council, Acting Mayor Janet Bible reached out to the community to thank them for their support as she fills out the term of Dan Lambert, who resigned Monday.
First on council's plate is the need for two council members to replace Bible and Lonnie John, who also resigned Monday.
Candidates must be voting residents of Buckland and must have resided in the village for at least a year.
Two Wapakoneta High School seniors announced Friday morning their intentions to continue their education and play football in college.
Defensive end Thomas Schoenlein will attend the University of Findlay.
Offensive lineman Blake Pfenning will be a preferred walk-on at The Ohio State University.
For a story of each of these two student-athletes, see the Saturday, Feb. 14 edition of The Wapakoneta Daily News.
Wapakoneta 65, St. Marys 35, final
ST. MARYS — Wapakoneta shot 22 of 42 from the field, while St. Marys was just 10 of 56 (18 percent) from the field in a Western Buckeye League matchup.
Carly Buzzard had 12 points to lead Wapakoneta (15-5, 6-2 WBL). Maddi Stiles added 11 points in her first game back after sitting out Tuesday in a loss to Coldwater.
During Monday's Village Council meeting, council took the necessary steps forward to get the Legacy Park project off the ground and running. Funds were the main talk regarding the project Monday. To see more on the story on Legacy Park, be sure to grab your Friday edition of the Wapakoneta Daily News.
The Botkins village administrator spoke of plans to make the town more aesthetically pleasing during Tuesday night's village council meeting. For more details about the meeting, see the Wednesday edition of the Wapakoneta Daily News.
The Downtown Wapakoneta Partnership (DWP) presented six awards to local businesses and a city department Tuesday night during its Annual Meeting and Dinner held at the the Eagles.
Merit Award winners included The Concrete Protector, James F. Hearn Law Office and Interior Motifs.
Gift to the Community Award winners were the Auglaize Roots and Shoots Garden Club, Village Green and the Wapakoneta Electric Department.
For more on the DWP meeting, see tomorrow's edition of the Wapakoneta Daily News.
Coldwater 49, Wapakoneta 42, final
WAPAKONETA — Trailing by six, 25-19, at halftime, the Redskins managed to tie the game at 32-32 entering the fourth quarter, but Coldwater scored 17 in the fourth quarter to land the seven-point win.
Sarah Kanney had 14 points to lead Coldwater (11-8). Riley Culver scored 11 to pace Wapakoneta (14-5).
Waynesfield-Goshen 61, Cory-Rawson 54, final
Monday's special meeting of Buckland Village Council saw the mayor, the village clerk, a councilman and the street commissioner resigning.
Cridersville Village Council meeting was held tonight. During the meeting, council approved several EMS contracts with an area village and township.
Council is also moving forward with the implemention of having a One Call system in place to notify residents of various emergencies.
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Nippon Professional Baseball
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|Current season, competition or edition:
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Nippon Professional Baseball (日本野球機構 Nippon Yakyū Kikō?) or NPB is the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called Puro Yakyū (プロ野球?), meaning Professional Baseball. Outside of Japan, it is often just referred to as "Japanese baseball". The roots of the league can be traced back to the formation of the "Greater Japan Tokyo Baseball Club" (大日本東京野球倶楽部 Dai-Nippon Tōkyō Yakyū Kurabu?) in 1934 and the original Japanese Baseball League. NPB was formed when that league reorganized in 1950.
The league currently consists of two six-team circuits, the Central League and the Pacific League. Each season the winning clubs from the two leagues compete in the Japan Series, the championship series of NPB.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party has proposed expanding NPB to 16 total teams by adding two expansion franchises in each of the country's top-tier professional baseball leagues. The goal of such a move would be to energize the economies of the regions receiving the new teams. Okinawa, Shizuoka, Shikoku, and Niigata have been identified as prefectures that could play host to said teams.[1]
- 1 League structure
- 2 Financial problems
- 3 History
- 4 American expatriate baseball players in Japan
- 5 Teams
- 6 Awards
- 7 Records
- 8 International play
- 9 See also
- 10 References
- 11 Further reading
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League structure[edit]
Nippon Professional Baseball consists of two leagues, the Central League and the Pacific League. There are also two secondary-level professional minor leagues, the Eastern League and the Western League, that play shorter schedules.
The season starts in late March or early April, and ends in October, with two or three all-star games in July. In recent decades prior to 2007, the two leagues each scheduled between 130 and 140 regular season games, with the 146 games played by the Central League in 2005 and 2006 being the only exception. Both leagues have since adopted a 144-game schedule. In general, Japanese teams play six games a week, with every Monday off.[2]
Following the conclusion of each regular season the best teams from each league go on to play in the "Nippon Series" or Japan Series.
In 2004, the Pacific League played five fewer games than the Central League teams during the regular season and used a new playoff format to determine its champion (and which team would advance to the Japan Series). The teams in third and second place played in a best-two-of-three series (all at the second place team's home ground) with the winner of that series going on to play the first place team in a best-three-of-five format at its home ground. In 2007, the Central League adopted the Pacific League's tournament as well, and the tournament became known as the Climax Series with the two winners, one from each league, competing in the Japan Series.
Comparison with Major League Baseball[edit]
Major League Baseball (MLB) players, scouts, and sabermetricians describe play in the NPB as "AAAA"; less competitive than in the MLB, but more competitive than in AAA minor league baseball.[3][4][5] Play in the Pacific League is similar to that in American League baseball, with the use of designated hitters, unlike the Central League, which has no DH rule and is closer to National League baseball. Unlike North American baseball, Japanese baseball games may end in a tie. If the score is tied after nine innings of play, up to three additional innings will be played (up to 6 in postseason). If there is no winner after 12 innings (15 in postseason), the game is declared a draw. Since 2011 there is a 3-hour, 30-minute time limit in effect for regular season games only; no such limit applies to postseason.
Most Japanese teams have a six-man starting rotation (as opposed to MLB teams, which feature five-man rotations). Although each team roster has 28 players, managers pick three ineligible players before each game (which usually includes a pitcher who has started a recent game).[2]
Unlike American pro teams, Japanese professional baseball teams are usually named after their corporate owners/sponsors rather than the cities or regions in which they play. This is because franchising does not have strong territorial requirements as in the Major Leagues; the teams used to locate in clustered metropolitan areas in Japan's center (Tokyo, Nagoya) and south (Osaka, Fukuoka) areas. The current trend is to include the place names as well as owners/sponsors in an attempt to gain support from the franchised communities. Currently, only the Giants, Tigers, Dragons and Buffaloes do not include a place name (although the corporate name for the Tigers and Dragons include a regional term). Mass media tend to choose the sponsor names in abbreviations on standing tables.[citation needed]
Financial problems[edit]
Financial problems plague many teams in the league. It is believed[by whom?] that with the exception of the Yomiuri Giants and the Hanshin Tigers, all teams are operating with considerable subsidies, often as much as ¥6 billion (about US$73 million), from their parent companies. A rise in the salaries of players is often blamed, but, from the start of the professional league, parent companies paid the difference as an advertisement. Most teams have never tried to improve their finances through constructive marketing. In addition, teams in the Central League historically saw much higher profits than the Pacific League, having popular teams such as the Giants and Tigers.
For decades, there were six teams in Tokyo and its surrounding area and four teams in the Osaka–Kōbe region, with only the Chunichi Dragons (Nagoya) and the Hiroshima Carp outside the two major metropolitan areas. The market was flooded, but this was considered acceptable, as there were no professional team sports challenging baseball's popularity.[citation needed] The number of metropolitan areas represented in the league increased from four to five in 1988, when the Nankai Hawks (now Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks) moved to Fukuoka; and to seven between 2003 and 2005, as the Nippon-Ham Fighters moved to Hokkaidō and the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes merged with the Orix BlueWave and were replaced by the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
Until 1993, baseball was the only team sport played professionally in Japan. In that year, the J. League professional association football league was founded. The new soccer league placed teams in prefectural capitals around the country — rather than clustering them in and around Tokyo — and the teams were named after their locations rather than after corporate sponsors. Some[which?] Japanese baseball teams responded to the success of the J. League by de-emphasizing the corporate sponsors in their marketing efforts and/or by relocating to outlying regions of the country.
The wave of players moving to Major League Baseball, which began with Hideo Nomo "retiring" from the Kintetsu Buffaloes, then signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers, has also added to the financial problems. Attendance suffered as teams lost their most marketable players, while TV ratings declined as viewers tuned into broadcasts of Major League games.[6] To discourage players from leaving to play in North America, or to at least compensate teams that lose players, Japanese baseball and MLB agreed on a posting system for players under contract. MLB teams wishing to negotiate with a player submit bids for a "posting fee", which the winning MLB team would pay the Japanese team if the player signs with the MLB team. Free agents are not subject to the posting system, however.
In December 2004, SoftBank, an internet service provider, purchased the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks to help with finances in the Pacific League.
The first professional baseball team in Japan was founded by media mogul Matsutarō Shōriki in late 1934 and called the Dai Nippon Tokyo Yakyu Kurabu ("the great Japan Tokyo baseball club"). After matching up with a team of visiting American All-Stars that included Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx, Lou Gehrig, and Charlie Gehringer, the team spent the 1935 season barnstorming in the U.S., winning 93 of 102 games against semi-pro and Pacific Coast League teams. According to historian Joseph Reaves, "The only minor drawbacks to the team's popularity in the States were their kanji characters and their cumbersome Japanese name. They rectified both by renaming themselves the Tokyo Giants and adopting a uniform identical to the New York Giants…"[7]
From 1936–1950, professional baseball in Japan was under the name of the Japanese Baseball League (JBL). The league's dominant team was the renamed Dai Nippon Tokyo Yakyu Kurabu, known as Tokyo Kyojin and then the Yomiuri Giants, which won nine league championships, including six in a row from 1938–1943.
NPB establishment[edit]
After the 1949 season, the JBL team owners reorganized into the NPB; Daiei Stars owner Masaichi Nagata promoted a two-league system, which became the Pacific League (initially called the Taiheiyo Baseball Union) and the Central League. (Nagata became the first president of the Pacific League.)[8]
Four JBL teams formed the basis of the Central League: the Chunichi Dragons, the Hanshin Tigers, the Yomiuri Giants, and the Shochiku Robins (formerly the Taiyō Robins). To fill out the league, four new teams were formed: the Hiroshima Carp, the Kokutetsu Swallows, the Nishi Nippon Pirates, and the Taiyō Whales.
Four JBL teams formed the basis of the Pacific League: the Hankyu Braves, the Nankai Hawks, the Daiei Stars, and the Tokyu Flyers. To fill out the league, three new teams were formed: the Kintetsu Pearls, the Mainichi Orions, and the Nishitetsu Clippers.
Matsutarō Shōriki, the Giants' owner, acted as NPB's unofficial commissioner and oversaw the first Japan Series, which featured the Mainichi Orions defeating the Shochiku Robins 4 games to 2.
Expansion and contraction[edit]
The Central League's Nishi Nippon Pirates existed for one season — they placed sixth in 1950, and the following season merged with the Nishitetsu Clippers (also based in Fukouka) to form the Nishitetsu Lions. This brought the number of Central League teams down to an ungainly arrangement of seven. In 1952, it was decided that any Central League team ending the season with a winning percentage below .300 would be disbanded or merged with other teams. The Shochiku Robins fell into this category, and were merged with the Taiyō Whales to become the Taiyō Shochiku Robins in January 1953. This enabled the Central League to shrink to an even number of six teams.
In 1954 an eighth Pacific League team was founded, the Takahashi Unions, to increase the number of teams to eight. Although the team was stocked with players from the other Pacific League teams, the Unions struggled from the outset and finished in the second division every season. In 1957, the Unions were merged with the Daiei Stars to form the Daiei Unions (and again bringing the number of Pacific League teams down to seven). The Unions existed for a single season, finishing in last place, 43-1/2 games out of first. In 1958, the Unions merged with the Mainichi Orions to form the Daimai Orions. This enabled the Pacific League to contract from the ungainly seven-team arrangement to six teams.
After these various franchise developments, by the end of the decade Nippon Professional Baseball had contracted from the initial allotment of 15 teams down to the current number of 12.
The 1960s and 1970s[edit]
On September 1, 1964, Nankai Hawks' prospect Masanori Murakami became the first Japanese player to play in Major League Baseball[9] when he appeared on the mound for the San Francisco Giants. Disputes over the rights to his contract eventually led to the 1967 United States – Japanese Player Contract Agreement.
Continuing their dominance from the JBL, the Yomiuri Giants won nine consecutive Japan Series championships from 1965–1973.
The Black Mist Scandal rocked Nippon Professional Baseball between 1969 and 1971. The fallout from a series of game-fixing scandals in resulted in several star players receiving long suspensions, salary cuts, or being banned from professional play entirely; the resulting abandonment of baseball by many fans in Japan also led to the sale of the Nishitetsu Lions and the Toei Flyers.
From 1973 to 1982, the Pacific League employed a split season with the first-half winner playing against the second-half winner in a mini-playoff to determine its champion. In addition, the Pacific League adopted the designated hitter in 1975, where it continues to be used.
Hideo Nomo and the exodus to MLB[edit]
In 1995, star pitcher Hideo Nomo "retired" from the Kintetsu Buffaloes and signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nomo pitched over the span of 13 seasons in the Major Leagues before retiring in 2008. He won the Rookie of the Year Award in 1995. He twice led the league in strikeouts, and also threw two no-hitters (to date the only Japanese pitcher in Major League Baseball to throw even one). The subsequent wave of players moving to Major League Baseball has become a fixture of Japanese professional baseball,[10] and led to the creation of the "posting system" in 1998.[11]
Since Nomo's exodus, more than 60 NPB players have played Major League Baseball. Some of the more notable examples include:
- Ichiro Suzuki — after nine years with the Orix BlueWave, in 2001 Ichiro was posted by the BlueWave and claimed by MLB's Seattle Mariners. The first Japanese-born position player to be signed to the major leagues,[12] Ichiro led the American League (AL) in batting average and stolen bases en route to being named AL Rookie of the Year and AL Most Valuable Player. Ichiro has established a number of MLB batting records, including the single-season record for hits with 262. He had ten consecutive 200-hit seasons, the longest streak by any player in history. Between his career hits in Japan's and America's major leagues, Ichiro stands at third place all-time in top-flight hits, trailing only Pete Rose and Ty Cobb.
- Hideki Matsui — the slugger played ten seasons for the Yomiuri Giants, and then in 2003 moved to MLB, where he starred for the New York Yankees for seven more seasons, including being named the Most Valuable Player for the 2009 World Series. He was the first power hitter from Japan to succeed in Major League Baseball.
- Kaz Matsui — after eight stellar seasons with the Seibu Lions, Matsui signed with the New York Mets on December 17, 2003, becoming the first Japanese infielder to sign with a Major League Baseball team.[13] His seven seasons in Major League Baseball were not as successful, and he later returned to NPB.
Strike of 2004[edit]
In September 2004, the professional Japanese players struck for the first time in over 70 years. The strike arose from a dispute that took place between the owners of the 12 professional Japanese baseball teams and the players' union (which was led by popular Yakult Swallows player-manager Atsuya Furuta), concerning the merging of the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes and the Orix Blue Wave. The owners wanted to get rid of the financially defunct Buffaloes, and merge the two baseball leagues, since teams in the Central League saw much higher profits than the Pacific League, having popular teams such as the Yomiuri Giants and Hanshin Tigers. After negotiations, the owners agreed to guarantee the survival of the Chiba Lotte Marines and the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks, leaving the Central League with six teams and the Pacific League with five.
A battle escalated between the players union and the owners, and reached its height when Yomiuri Giants owner Tsuneo Watanabe controversially remarked that Furuta was "a mere player,"[14] implying that players had no say in what league would look like the next year. The dispute received huge press coverage (which mostly favored Furuta and the players' union) and was dubbed one of the biggest events in the history of Japanese baseball. Proposals and amendments concerning interleague games, player drafting, and management were also discussed between the players union and the owners during this period.
The strike was originally planned for all Saturday and Sunday games that month, starting from September 11, but was pushed back due to the agreement of another meeting between the union and the owners on September 10. The players decided to strike on September 18–19, 2004, when no progress was made in the negotiations, as there was insufficient time left in the season to hold discussions.
The dispute officially ended after the two groups reached consensus on September 23, 2004. As part of the agreement, the Buffaloes were allowed to merge with the Blue Wave (forming into the Orix Buffaloes); in addition, the Rakuten Golden Eagles were newly created (at a reduced "entry fee") to keep the former six-team league structure. Other agreements included the leagues adopting interleague play to help the Pacific League gain exposure by playing the more popular Central league teams. All these changes took place before the 2005 season.
Interleague play[edit]
The two leagues began interleague play in 2005, with each team playing two three-game series (one home, one away) against each of the six teams in the other league. This was reduced to two two-game series in 2007. All interleague play games are played in a seven-week span near the middle of the season.
Currently,[when?] Pacific League's teams have won all the interleague titles.
League championship series/Climax Series[edit]
After 2004, a three-team playoff system was introduced in the Pacific League, dubbed the "Pacific League Championship Series." The teams with the second- and third-best records play in the three-game first stage, with the winner advancing to the five-game final against the top team. The winner becomes the representative of the Pacific League to the Japan Series.
Since the Pacific League won every Japan Series after introducing this league playoff system, an identical system was introduced to the Central League in 2007, and the post-season intra-league games were renamed the "Climax Series" in both leagues. Player statistics and drafting order based on team records are not affected by these postseason games.
Recent history[edit]
In 2011 Miyagi Baseball Stadium, home of the Rakuten Eagles, was badly damaged by the Tōhoku earthquake.[15]
American expatriate baseball players in Japan[edit]
American expatriate baseball players in Japan have been a feature of the Japanese professional leagues since 1934. American expatriate players began to steadily find spots on NPB rosters in the 1960s. For most of its history, NPB regulations imposed "gaijin waku," a limit on the number of non-Japanese people per team to two or three — including the manager and/or coaching staff.[16] Nonetheless, more than 600 Americans have played NPB.
American players hold several NPB records, including highest career batting average (Leron Lee, .334), highest single season batting average (Randy Bass, .389), most hits in single season (Matt Murton, 214), and the dubious record of most strikeouts in a season by a hitter (Ralph Bryant, 204). Americans rank #3 (Tuffy Rhodes, 55) and #5 (Randy Bass, 54) on the list of most home runs in a season, and #2 in single-season RBI (Bobby Rose, 153). Many of the most celebrated American expatriate players came to Japan after not finding success in the Major Leagues. (see: "Big in Japan")
Since the 1970s, Americans have also made an impact in Nippon Professional Baseball's managing and coaching ranks, with Bobby Valentine and Trey Hillman managing their respective teams to Japan Series championships.
|Central League
|Chunichi Dragons
|Nagoya, Aichi
|Nagoya Dome
|Hanshin Tigers
|Nishinomiya, Hyōgo
|Hanshin Koshien Stadium
|Hiroshima Toyo Carp
|Hiroshima, Hiroshima
|MAZDA Zoom-Zoom Stadium Hiroshima
|Tokyo Yakult Swallows
|Shinjuku, Tokyo
|Meiji Jingu Stadium
|Yokohama DeNA BayStars
|Yokohama, Kanagawa
|Yokohama Stadium
|Yomiuri Giants
|Bunkyo, Tokyo
|Tokyo Dome
|Pacific League
|Chiba Lotte Marines
|Chiba, Chiba
|QVC Marine Field
|Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
|Fukuoka, Fukuoka
|Fukuoka Yafuoku! Dome
|Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
|Sapporo, Hokkaidō
|Sapporo Dome
|Orix Buffaloes
|Osaka, Osaka
|Kyocera Dome Osaka
|Saitama Seibu Lions
|Tokorozawa, Saitama
|Seibu Dome
|Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
|Sendai, Miyagi
|Kleenex Stadium Miyagi
|Defunct Clubs
|Ceased Operations
|Nishi Nippon Pirates
|Fukuoka, Fukuoka
|Heiwadai Stadium
|Merged with the Nishitetsu Clippers (now known as the Saitama Seibu Lions)
|Shochiku Robins
|Kyoto, Kyoto
|Kinugasa Stadium
|Merged with the Taiyo Whales (now known as the Yokohama DeNA BayStars)
|Takahashi Unions
|Kawasaki, Kanagawa
|Kawasaki Stadium
|Merged with the Daiei Stars (later known as the Daiei Unions)
|Daiei Unions
|Bunkyo, Tokyo
|Korakuen Stadium
|Merged with the Mainichi Orions (now known as the Chiba Lotte Marines)
|Kintetsu Buffaloes
|Osaka, Osaka
|Osaka Dome
|Merged with the Orix BlueWave
Franchise locations[edit]
Locations are listed from north to south. Only the most prominent names of each franchise are listed.
- Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award
- Nippon Professional Baseball Rookie of the Year Award
- Nippon Professional Baseball Comeback Player of the Year Award
- Eiji Sawamura Award
- Mitsui Golden Glove Award
- Golden Spirit Award
- Matsutaro Shoriki Award
- Japan Series Most Valuable Player
- Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star Game Most Valuable Player
Single season batting[edit]
|Batting Average
|Randy Bass
|Ichiro Suzuki
|Ichiro Suzuki
|Home Runs
|Wladimir Balentien
|Alex Cabrera
|Tuffy Rhodes
|Sadaharu Oh
|Randy Bass
|Makoto Kozuru
|Robert Rose
|Makoto Imaoka
|Fumio Fujimura
|Hiromitsu Ochiai
|Matt Murton
|Ichiro Suzuki
|Norichika Aoki
|Stolen Bases
|Yutaka Fukumoto
|Yutaka Fukumoto
|Yutaka Fukumoto
|Ralph Bryant
|Ralph Bryant
|Ralph Bryant
|Ralph Bryant
|Akinori Iwamura
|Orestes Destrade
Single season pitching[edit]
|Hideo Fujimoto
|Masaru Kageura
|1936 fall
|Eiji Sawamura
|1937 spring
|Victor Starffin
|Kazuhisa Inao
|Jiro Noguchi
|Yutaka Enatsu
|Kazuhisa Inao
|Masaichi Kaneda
Career batting[edit]
|Batting Average
|Leron Lee
|Tsutomu Wakamatsu
|Isao Harimoto
|Home Runs
|Sadaharu Oh
|Katsuya Nomura
|Hiromitsu Kadota
|Isao Harimoto
|Katsuya Nomura
|Sadaharu Oh
|Sadaharu Oh
|Katsuya Nomura
|Hiromitsu Kadota
|Stolen Bases
|Yutaka Fukumoto
|Yoshinori Hirose
|Isao Shibata
|Kazuhiro Kiyohara
|Motonobu Tanishige
|Koji Akiyama
|Sadaharu Oh
|Hideki Matsui
|Alex Cabrera
- Ichiro Suzuki hit .353 for his Japanese career (1993–2000), but did not have enough at-bats to qualify for career leadership.
Career pitching[edit]
|Hideo Fujimoto
|Masaichi Kaneda
|Tetsuya Yoneda
|Masaaki Koyama
|Keishi Suzuki
|Takehiko Bessho
|Victor Starffin
|Masaichi Kaneda
|Hitoki Iwase
|Shingo Takatsu
|1991–2003, 2006–2007
|Kazuhiro Sasaki
|1990–1999, 2004–2005
ERA champions[edit]
Perfect games[edit]
- †: 5th game of Japan Series; In NPB, no-hitters or perfect games achieved by multiple pitchers in one game are considered unofficial. However, it is recognised by the WBSC (international governing body of baseball) as a perfect game.
International play[edit]
Between 1986 and 2006, a team of Major League Baseball (MLB) All-Stars made a biennial end-of-the-season tour of Japan, playing exhibition games against the NPB All-Stars in the MLB Japan All-Star Series. The All-Star Series continued again after an eight-year break. For the first time in series history, NPB is represented by their national team Samurai Japan in 2014 series.
See also[edit]
- Professional baseball in Japan
- Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
- List of Japanese baseball players
- List of Japanese players in Major League Baseball
- Shikoku Island League (Regional semi-professional league)
- Baseball in Japan
- High school baseball in Japan
- ^ "Japan's new plan to beat deflation - more baseball". thestaronline. 2014-05-20. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
- ^ a b Waldstein, David. "Ace Favors Fewer Starts to Protect Pitchers' Arms: Rangers' Yu Darvish Pushes for a Six-Man Pitching Rotation," New York Times (July 21, 2014).
- ^ "For Players and Agents RE: Playing Baseball in Japan". japanball.com. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
- ^ Clemmons, Anna Katherine (2011-01-07). "Matt Murton thrives in Japanese setting". ESPN. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
- ^ Lykos, Deana M. (June 2008). "Why are the Japanese Leagues Considered AAAA Baseball?". Asian Baseball Journal 6 (2): 1–3.
- ^ Letter from Japan: Go West, Young Man
- ^ Reaves, Joseph A. Taking in a Game: A History of Baseball in Asia (U. of Nebraska Press, 2002), p. 77.
- ^ "Nagata, Masaichi". Hall of Famers List. The Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ^ Kleinberg, Alexander (December 24, 2001). "Where have you gone, Masanori Murakami?". Major League Baseball. Archived from the original on October 24, 2003. Retrieved November 13, 2008.
- ^ "Nomo Retires from Baseball", Dodgers.com: News, July 17, 2008
- ^ Whiting, Robert (April 2004). The Meaning of Ichiro: The New Wave from Japan and the Transformation of our National Pastime. Warner Books. ISBN 0-446-53192-8. p. 146.
- ^ "48 players born in Japan". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved 2009-08-23.
- ^ "The Official Site of The Colorado Rockies: Official Info" (Press release). Colorado.rockies.mlb.com. Archived from the original on October 7, 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
- ^ [1] Japanball.com
- ^ Japan Pro Baseball and the Earthquake and Tsunami
- ^ "Foreign Player Restrictions?," JapaneseBaseball.com. Accessed March 12, 2015.
Further reading[edit]
- Fitts, Robert K. (2005). Remembering Japanese Baseball: An Oral History of the Game. Southern Illinois University Press. ISBN 0-8093-2630-2.
- Johnson, Daniel (2006). Japanese Baseball: A Statistical Handbook. McFarland & Company. ISBN 0-7864-2841-4.
- Whiting, Robert (2005). The Samurai Way of Baseball: The Impact of Ichiro and the New Wave from Japan. Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 0-446-69403-7.
- Whiting, Robert (1990). You Gotta Have Wa. Vintage. ISBN 0-679-72947-X.
External links[edit]
- (English) Official Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Site (.jp)
- (Japanese) Official Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Site (.jp)
- Japan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
- Japanese Baseball Data Archive at The Baseball Guru
- MLB history of Puro Yakyū page
- JapaneseBaseball.com - fan site on "Pro Yakyu"
- Differences between Nippon Professonal Baseball and Major League Baseball


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Fethiye is the hub for cheap buses to local attractions, though I cant argue with those who decide to take tours instead - just shop around rather than trusting your rep.
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The overall score is made up of cooking performance (60%, low heat and high heat cooking scores equally weighted) and ease of use (40%).
To assesses how well the pressure cooker performs on a low heat, we cook lamb shanks and score for tenderness and flavour development.
How easy the cookers are to assemble, store and clean. We also consider the external temperature of the cooker surface, handles, and pressure valve during operation.
Whether the model has low and high setting, or high setting only.
A pressure indicator shows when it's safe to open the pressure cooker. Some indicators are a visual level that raises and lowers, others show a change of colour to signify pressure.
We test how well the pressure cooks on high heat by making chilli shredded beef (with dried beans). We look for a rich, fully flavoured sauce, tender beans, and meat that falls apart.
A pressure regulator or steam release is a valve you can turn to release steam, which means you don't have to carry the pressure cooker to the sink or allow extra cool-down time at the end of cooking.
* Some parts not suitable for the dishwasher: the silicon seal and gasket, control valve and lid handle.
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Americans United for Separation of Church and State argued that an Oklahoma bill that would protect school districts with Bible courses from legal action attempts to place a "loophole" in the law that would let public schools teach that the Bible is true.
Americans United expressed its opposition to Senate Bill 48 due to their concern that it would allow for Bible courses that advocate Christianity. Writing for the Americans United blog "Wall of Separation" on Wednesday, Sarah Jones argued that SB 48 was also unnecessary given current law.
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Alan Gibson was one of the most remarkable men ever to broadcast or write about cricket. He was president of the Oxford Union and gained a first in history. Perhaps no one has brought more literacy or classical knowledge to the reporting of any game. Men with his background expect to become cabinet ministers at least, and Gibson often seemed conscious of this; a sense of failure may explain the demons that regularly afflicted him. He came from an unmoneyed background - his father was a Baptist preacher - and joined BBC West Region in 1948 in search of security. It became clear that he was a natural broadcaster, with a honeyed voice, a wonderful sense of cadence, a turn of phrase and an eye for the telling detail. In 1962 he was finally promoted to Test Match Special. When Gibson commentated on the same match as John Arlott, listeners were given a stream of description, wit, and both general and cricketing erudition that remains unsurpassed. Unfortunately, Gibson had the same weakness as Arlott without the same capacity to conceal it. Finally, the incidents of drunkenness on air became too reckless, and he was dropped - without ever being told why. He did, however, have a second flowering as his county match reports in The Times attained cult status. He described his experience at or going to the cricket with occasional, tangential references to the actual game. There was generally some disastrous experience to report from Didcot Station, where he usually had to change trains. There was the mysterious GRIP (The Glorious Red-headed Imperturbable Pamela), the barmaid in the Hammond Bar at Bristol. And he baffled Peter Lees, who ran the press bar at Lord's, by rechristening him Bardolph. The overall result was usually uproarious. He was, however, capable of ignoring some peripheral event like a century or a hat-trick; and as the years went by, humourless sub-editors lost patience.
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Wet weather dulls India's threat perception
The SCG might be India's preferred semi-final venue at this World Cup, but persistent rain in the lead-up has left them worried their spinners may not get the help they are widely expected to
This contest brings together a belligerent bunch of brats and braggers from two countries that are so different, yet share rampant egotism and a high opinion of themselves
Dhoni masters numbers game to crack ODI code
Over the last few months, he has slowly moved from a flashy finisher, to a more measured risk manager
Time slips by South Africa once again
It was Grant Elliott and New Zealand's time in Auckland. Not South Africa's. But the Proteas will leave this tournament wondering when that will ever change. Maybe next time.
Triumph and disaster in an unforgiving minute
The difference between New Zealand and South Africa in Auckland was a matter of moments: fleeting minutes that laid bare the fickle beauty and cruelty of sport
The battle of the bullies (236)
This contest brings together a belligerent bunch of brats and braggers from two countries that are so different, yet share rampant egotism and a high opinion of themselves
India swept away by Australia's depth (184)
India's Plan A in this World Cup had worked flawlessly over seven matches. When they came up against the toughest opponents in the World Cup, however, they were left scrambling for a back-up plan
Time slips by South Africa once again (147)
It was Grant Elliott and New Zealand's time in Auckland. Not South Africa's. But the Proteas will leave this tournament wondering when that will ever change. Maybe next time.
NZ 5, Australia 4 in our World Cup team (143)
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... Minooka, Illinois $19,999
1958 Morris Minor 1000
VIN FCJ41524748Very Nice condition, new convertible top, original paint & interior. Stored inside, starts, runs and LOOKS GREAT! Rare convertible, not too many of these
... Minooka, Illinois $13,599
2007 Other Itasca Navion 23H
The Itasca Navion 23H features a 5 cylinder 2.7L Diesel from Mercedes Benz that is capable of 20 mpg. It sits on a much desired Dodge Sprinter chassis and has a 5 speed
... Sterling, Illinois $49,900
1974 Datsun 260Z
Early 1/2 1974 Datsun 260Z, 5 speed, A/C, 280Z engine with Webber Carbs, HDR, Air Dam, Rear Wing/Up & Running/Garage Stored for 10 years/body mileage 100k/engine
... , Illinois $4,500
1976 Chevrolet Corvette
According To The Current Owner This Car Has Original Paint And Interior. Well Equipped Driver Condition. Not A Perfect Car But With A Little TLC It Could Be Quite The
... Alsip, Illinois $13,900
1993 GMC Sierra C1500
Stock#621CHIVehicle is located in Tinley Park, IL. 35 miles south/east of downtown Chicago, Off I-57 (708) 444-4488Stock #621-CHI Engine:5.7L V8 TPI Transmission:5-Spd Manual
... Tinley Park, Illinois $46,995
1965 AC Cobra Replica
Stock#620CHIVehicle is located in Tinley Park, IL. 35 miles south/east of downtown Chicago, Off I-57 (708) 444-4488Stock #620-CHI Engine:BBF 390 Transmission:4-Spd Toploader
... Tinley Park , Illinois $38,995


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