Baseball as a Whole in Japan
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Baseball as a Whole in Japan
I am doing a research project about Japan and Baseball. I was wondering if anyone out there has information that would be able to help me out. I was looking for stats on the number of kids in Japan playing baseball. The number of college teams. The number of minor league teams, as well as semi-pro teams. Any of this information would help me out a lot. Thanks for everyones time.
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Re: Baseball as a Whole in Japan
[ Author: Kiyoshi | Posted: Oct 12, 2006 10:46 AM
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Why don't you read the posts in the forums? That is called research. Follow the threads.
Re: Baseball as a Whole in Japan
[ Author: Sharks410 | Posted: Oct 12, 2006 1:33 PM
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Kiyoshi - Get some manners! There is no need for such sarcasm.
Re: Baseball as a Whole in Japan
[ Author: Something Lions | Posted: Oct 12, 2006 8:32 PM
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I don't have any other data off hand, but it's a famous fact that over 4,000 schools nationwide compete in the qualifier tournaments for the summer high school tournament at Koshien.
Re: Baseball as a Whole in Japan
[ Author: mijow | Posted: Oct 12, 2006 11:07 PM
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I'll second what Sharks410 said. Where in the forums would he find this info, Kiyoshi? That would have been more helpful.
Re: Baseball as a Whole in Japan
[ Author: Kiyoshi | Posted: Oct 13, 2006 11:16 AM
| HAN Fan
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I apologize for the way I responded.
I should have replied that we can try to help to answer the specific questions.
However, for the more general questions of "Baseball as a whole in Japan" that a search of the past forums here can be very helpful.
I should have replied that we can try to help to answer the specific questions.
However, for the more general questions of "Baseball as a whole in Japan" that a search of the past forums here can be very helpful.
Re: Baseball as a Whole in Japan
[ Author: Kiyoshi | Posted: Oct 14, 2006 10:36 AM
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There are twelve minor league or ni-gun teams in the Eastern and Western Leagues - one for each major Nippon Pro Baseball team. There are two major or ichi-gun leagues with six team each - the Central League and Pacific League.
Japan has semi-pro industrial leagues where the players actually "work" for companies such as Toyota and Toshiba. I don't know the number of industrial leagues or teams.
There were plans for at least three independent leagues this year - Shikoku Island League; Okinawan semi-pro league; and Japanese Independent League. These were mentioned in this thread at this site.
I'll try and find out more info.
Japan has semi-pro industrial leagues where the players actually "work" for companies such as Toyota and Toshiba. I don't know the number of industrial leagues or teams.
There were plans for at least three independent leagues this year - Shikoku Island League; Okinawan semi-pro league; and Japanese Independent League. These were mentioned in this thread at this site.
I'll try and find out more info.
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