ORIX Blue Wave 2000

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Ichiro, I miss you.
Ichiro and ORIX Baseball Club (Blue Wave) will make use of "posting system" to go to Major League Baseball.

EBISU gets title of ERA. ICHIRO is his seventh Leading Hitter.

We coongratulate KASE on your first win!

Blue Wave is the winner of the 2nd SUNTRY Cup!

tabel.Stats of Blue Wave 2000
GamesPctWin/Loss/TieAveERAGBPlace
135/1350.48964/67/40.2604.648.04th/6

RESULTS

tabel_1.Results of Blue Wave 2000
No.Date/venuesScoresTeamsPitchersHome-runs
1.1 Apr.,
Green Stadium		4:0BuffaloesKobayashiTani
2.2 Apr.,
Green Stadium		9:2BuffaloesKanedaNeel 2, Tani
3.4 Apr.,
Tokyo Dome		9:3FightersKawagoeIchiro, Hidaka
4.5 Apr.,
Tokyo Dome		4:5FightersKuriyama
5.6 Apr.,
Tokyo Dome		7:2FightersSugimoto Y.Tani, Neel, Fujii
6.7 Apr.,
Seibu Dome		2:6LionsMakinoFujii
7.8 Apr.,
Seibu Dome		7:3LionsKobayashiFujii, Neel
8.9 Apr.,
Seibu Dome		5:15LionsKanedaArias
9.11 Apr.,
Green Stadium		3:5MarinesKawagoe
10.12 Apr.,
Green Stadium		9:8MarinesTakahashi K.Arias
11.13 Apr.,
Green Stadium		2:1MarinesSugimoto Y.
12.14 Apr.,
Green Stadium		2:4HawksKaneda
.15 Apr.,
Green Stadium		-HawksKobayashi
13.16 Apr.,
Green Stadium		6:5HawksKobayashiFujii 2
14.18 Apr.,
Kagoshima		4:2LionsKawagoe
.19 Apr.,
Kagoshima		-LionsSugimoto Y.
15.22 Apr.,
Sendai		9:2MarinesSugimoto Y.Igarashi
16.23 Apr.,
Sendai		6:10MarinesKobayashiIchiro
17.25 Apr.,
Fukuoka Dome		1:6HawksKawagoeIchiro
.26 Apr.,
Kita-kyushu		-HawksYamaguchi
18.27 Apr.,
Fukuoka Dome		1:0HawksKaneda
19.28 Apr.,
Osaka Dome		4:7BuffaloesSugimoto Y.Arias
20.29 Apr.,
Osaka Dome		2:4BuffaloesKobayashi
21.30 Apr.,
Osaka Dome		4:0BuffaloesBurrowsArias
22.2 May.,
Green Stadium		6:0FightersKawagoe
23.3 May.,
Green Stadium		7:6FightersMakinoNeel
24.4 May.,
Green Stadium		4:3FightersCarlosFujii
25.5 May.,
Marine Stadium		6:3MarinesIwashita
26.6 May.,
Marine Stadium		4:1MarinesBurrowsFujii
27.7 May.,
Marine Stadium		0:9MarinesKobayashi
28.9 May., called game by a dense fog
Yonago		10:8BuffaloesKawagoeIchiro
29.10 May.,
Yonago		4:1BuffaloesKanedaFujii
30.12 May.,
Green Stadium		4:6MarinesSugimoto Y.
31.13 May.,
Green Stadium		3:9MarinesBurrows
32.14 May.,
Green Stadium		2:3MarinesOgura
.15 May.,
Green Stadium		-Marines
33.16 May.,
Green Stadium		5:1FightersKanedaIchiro, Arias
34.17 May.,
Green Stadium		9:5FightersKawagoeHidaka, Fujii, Miwa, Arias
.18 May.,
Green Stadium		-Fighters
35.20 May.,
Nagano		2:1LionsBurrows
36.21 May.,
Nagano		8:2LionsCarlos
37.23 May.,
Tokyo Dome		2:16FightersKanedaShiozaki
38.24 May.,
Tokyo Dome		7:6FightersOguraNeel
39.27 May.,
Fukuoka Dome		9:10HawksSugimoto Y.Fujii
40.28 May.,
Fukuoka Dome		1:3HawksOgura
41.30 May.,
Green Stadium		3:4LionsTakahashi K.Fujitate
.31 May., rained out
Green Stadium		-LionsCarlos
42.1 Jun.,
Green Stadium		7:11LionsBurrowsArias
43.2 Jun.,
Osaka Dome		5:4BuffaloesOguraTaguchi, Arias
44.3 Jun.,
Osaka Dome		3:17BuffaloesKobayashiIchiro
45.4 Jun.,
Osaka Dome		2:4BuffaloesKawagoe
46.6 Jun.,
Morioka		11:1HawksKanedaMerced
47.7 Jun.,
Sendai		6:3HawksSugimoto Y.Ohshima, Arias
48.9 Jun.,
Green Stadium		11:10FightersTakahashi K.Arias
49.10 Jun.,
Green Stadium		4:13FightersKobayashi
50.11 Jun.,
Green Stadium		3:7FightersKawagoeMerced
.12 Jun.,
Green Stadium		-Fighters
.13 Jun.,
Marine Stadium		-MarinesKaneda
.14 Jun.,
Marine Stadium		-MarinesKaneda
51.15 Jun.,
Marine Stadium		5:6MarinesMakinoTani
52.17 Jun.,
Nagoya Dome		3:4LionsOgura
53.18 Jun.,
Nagoya Dome		0:0LionsKawagoe
54.20 Jun.,
Green Stadium		3:13HawksKobayashiIchiro
55.21 Jun.,
Green Stadium		2:9HawksSugimoto Y.
.22 Jun., no game by rain
Green Stadium		0:0HawksCarlos
56.23 Jun.,
Seibu Dome		1:2LionsKaneda
57.24 Jun.,
Seibu Dome		6:1LionsKawagoeArias
58.25 Jun.,
Seibu Dome		10:1LionsCarlos
.26 Jun.,
Seibu Dome		-Lions
59.27 Jun.,
Osaka Dome		3:4BuffaloesMakinoFujii
60.28 Jun.,
Osaka Dome		3:1BuffaloesKatohNunnally
61.29 Jun.,
Osaka Dome		3:5BuffaloesKanedaIgarashi
62.1 Jul.,
Chishirodai park/Hakodate		11:4MarinesKawagoeOgawa
63.2 Jul.,
Chishirodai park/Hakodate		4:5MarinesKidaArias
64.4 Jul.,
Tokyo Dome		6:2FightersEbisuTaguchi, Fujii, Arias, Tani
65.5 Jul.,
Tokyo Dome		9:6FightersMakinoArias, Tani, Taguchi
66.6 Jul.,
Tokyo Dome		6:1FightersOguraIgarashi
67.7 Jul.,
Green Stadium		8:1BuffaloesKawagoeHidaka, Fujii, Nunnally, Arias
68.8 Jul.,
Green Stadium		4:3BuffaloesKidaTani, Ichiro
69.9 Jul.,
Green Stadium		10:3BuffaloesEbisu
.10 Jul.,
Green Stadium		-Buffaloes
70.11 Jul.,
Fukuoka Dome		2:3HawksSugimoto Y.Ichiro
71.12 Jul.,
Fukuoka Dome		3:4HawksKatoh
72.13 Jul.,
Fukuoka Dome		2:7HawksKawagoe
73.15 Jul.,
Osaka Dome		1:5BuffaloesCarlos
74.16 Jul.,
Osaka Dome		10:5BuffaloesEbisu
.18 Jul.,
Seibu Dome		-Lions
75.19 Jul.,
Seibu Dome		7:4LionsOguraFujii
76.20 Jul.,
Seibu Dome		4:6LionsKatoh
77.28 Jul.,
Green Stadium		3:5HawksKida
78.29 Jul.,
Green Stadium		3:1HawksCarlosIchiro
79.30 Jul.,
Green Stadium		6:8HawksSugimoto Y.Satake, Ogawa
80.31 Jul.,
Green Stadium		0:6HawksKawagoe
81.1 Aug.,
Marine Stadium		10:3MarinesKobayashiOgawa, Satake
82.2 Aug.,
Marine Stadium		9:1MarinesKatoh
83.3 Aug.,
Marine Stadium		5:0MarinesEbisu
84.4 Aug.,
Green Stadium		2:7LionsOgura
85.5 Aug.,
Green Stadium		5:4LionsOguraIchiro
86.6 Aug.,
Green Stadium		1:4LionsKishikawa
87.7 Aug.,
Green Stadium		3:8LionsKida
88.8 Aug.,
Kurashiki		5:10MarinesKatohArias
89.9 Aug.,
Green Stadium		8:5MarinesEbisuMiwa
90.10 Aug.,
Green Stadium		6:0MarinesKobayashiArias
91.11 Aug.,
Tokyo Dome		1:12FightersSugimoto Y.Fujii
92.12 Aug.,
Tokyo Dome		1:7FightersCarlos
93.13 Aug.,
Tokyo Dome		10:2FightersKidaTaguchi 2
94.15 Aug.,
Fukuoka Dome		5:3HawksOguraIchiro
95.16 Aug.,
Fukuoka Dome		4:7HawksTakahashi K.
96.17 Aug.,
Fukuoka Dome		12:8HawksCarlosTaguchi
97.18 Aug.,
Green Stadium		13:3BuffaloesKatohNeel
98.19 Aug.,
Green Stadium		0:5BuffaloesMizuo
99.20 Aug.,
Green Stadium		1:3BuffaloesSugimoto Y.Fujii
100.22 Aug., called game by a rain
Toyama		1:7FightersEbisu
101.23 Aug.,
Kanazawa		2:4FightersKobayashiTani
102.24 Aug.,
Fukui		3:10FightersCarlos
103.26 Aug.,
Green Stadium		0:1MarinesKatoh
104.27 Aug.,
Green Stadium		2:2MarinesEbisu
.28 Aug.,
Green Stadium		-Marines
105.29 Aug.,
Seibu Dome		9:9LionsCarlos
106.30 Aug.,
Seibu Dome		0:8LionsKobayashi
107.31 Aug.,
Seibu Dome		12:5LionsKida
108.1 Sep.,
Fukuoka Dome		2:3HawksKaseTaguchi
109.2 Sep.,
Fukuoka Dome		4:5xHawksHirai
110.3 Sep.,
Fukuoka Dome		5:11HawksCarlosFujii, Hidaka
111.5 Sep.,
Green Stadium		3:21BuffaloesKaseArias
112.6 Sep.,
Green Stadium		1:3BuffaloesBurrows
113.7 Sep.,
Green Stadium		6:10BuffaloesKatohArias
.8 Sep.,
Green Stadium		-Fighters
114.9 Sep.,
Green Stadium		2:1FightersEbisuArias
115.10 Sep.,
Green Stadium		6:17FightersKimura
.11 Sep.,
Green Stadium		-Fighters
116.12 Sep.,
Osaka Dome		0:6BuffaloesKobayashi
117.13 Sep.,
Osaka Dome		7:8BuffaloesOguraFujitate, Ogawa, Nunnally
118.15 Sep.,
Green Stadium		6:5BuffaloesEbisuTani
.16 Sep., no game by rain
Green Stadium		1:xBuffaloesCarlos
119.17 Sep.,
Green Stadium		8:5BuffaloesKaseGoshima, Arias 2, Fujii
120.23 Sep., called game by a rain
Marine Stadium		4:4MarinesEbisuNunnally 2
121.24 Sep.,
Marine Stadium		6:8MarinesKatohArias
122.26 Sep.,
Tokyo Dome		3:2FightersOgyra
123.27 Sep.,
Tokyo Dome		10:0FightersBurrowsGoshima, Katsuragi
124.30 Sep.,
Green Stadium		10:8MarinesEbisuTaguchi
125.1 Oct.,
Tokyo Dome		7:0FightersKanedaOgawa
126.3 Oct.,
Osaka Dome		5:2BuffaloesOgura
127.5 Oct.,
Green Stadium		1:3LionsKaseArias
128.6 Oct.,
Green Stadium		1:5LionsEbisuArias
129.7 Oct.,
Fukuoka Dome		0:1HawksKaneda
130.8 Oct.,
Green Stadium		8:3HawksBurrowsHidaka 2
.9 Oct., no game by rain
Green Stadium		0:0HawksOgura
131.10 Oct.,
Green Stadium		4:3HawksCarlos
132.11 Oct.,
Green Stadium		10:6HawksOguraIgarashi, Kawano
133.13 Oct.,
Green Stadium		2:1LionsCarlos
134.15 Oct.,
Marine Stadium		1:4MarinesBurrows
.16 Oct.,
Marine Stadium		-Marines
135.16 Oct.,
Marine Stadium		1:7MarinesKase

MEMBERS

tabel_2.Members of Blue Wave 2000
No.PositionsNamesCareersNotes
-The OwnerMIYAUCHI YoshihikoThe president of ORIX
72.Playing ManagerOHGI Akira-1996 Champion of The Japan Series,
Pacific League Championship 3 times (1989, 95 and 96)
0.OutfielderMATSUMOTO ShuichirohSwallows
1.PitcherKATOH Shin-ichiCarp
2.CatcherMIWA TakashiKobe steel
3.OutfielderKATSURAGI IkuroRitsumeikan University
4.InfielderIMAMURA FumiakiKyushu-gakuin Lutheran High school
5.InfielderGeorge ARIASSan Diego Padres
6.OutfielderTAGUCHI SohKwansei Gakuin University
8.OutfielderFUJII YasuoPrince Hotel
9.OutfielderKASE ToshihiroHokuyo High school
10.OutfielderTANI YoshitomoMitsubishi motors Okazaki
11.PitcherKIDA MasaoDetroit Tigers
12.PitcherMIZUO YoshitakaBay Stars
13.PitcherMAKINO RuiYamanashi Gakuin High school
14.PitcherYAMAGUCHI KazuoMitsubishi motors Okazaki
15.PitcherKANEDA MasahikoNissan motor Kyushu
16.PitcherKAWAGUCHI TomoyaHeian High school
17.PitcherMAEDA KazuyukiNippon-Express Nagoya
18.PitcherSUGIMOTO YuUniversity of Tsukuba
19.PitcherKIMURA MasahiroHitachi seisaku-sho
20.PitcherKAWAGOE HidetakaNissan motor
21.PitcherNODA KohjiTigers
22.PitcherKOBAYASHI HiroshiHiroshima Univ. of economics
23.InfielderOGAWA HirofumiPrince Hotel
24.InfielderKAWANO RyohDragons
25.InfielderSATAKE ManabuTokai University
26.PitcherIWASHITA ShuichiMitsubishi motors Okazaki
27.PitcherOGURA HisashiSwallows
29.InfielderIGARASHI AkihitoMarines
30.InfielderAIKAWA RyotaTokai University
31.InfielderSHIOZAKI MakotoNippon steel Hirohata
32.CatcherYANAGISAWA YuichiGiants
33.PitcherHIRAI MasafumiUwajima-Higashi High school
34.PitcherKAWASAKI YasuoTsuruga High school
35.InfielderMINAMIBUCHI TokitakaDragons
36.PitcherKISHIKAWA TakatoshiDragons
37.OutfielderTAKAHASHI NobuoHonda-giken Wako
39.PitcherWILLIE: Willie Anthony BanksArizona Diamondbacks
40.PitcherTOKUMOTO SatoshiTokyo Univ. of Agriculture
Faculty of Bioindustry
41.PitcherTAKAHASHI Koh-ichiNoshiro High school
42.OutfielderJohn NUNNALLYNew York Mets
43.PitcherTerry BURROWSOakland Athletics/3A Sacramento
44.OutfielderOrland MERCEDMontreal Expos
45.InfielderGOSHIMA YujiYamanashi Gakuin High school
46.OutfielderMUKAE YuichiroImari commercial High school
47.CatcherHIDAKA TakeshiKyushu International Univ. attached High school
48.PitcherOHTA AtsushiSendai High school
49.CatcherSUGIMOTO NaofumiIkeda High school
50.CatcherKUBO MitsuhiroBuffaloes
51.OutfielderICHIRO: Suzuki IchiroAikodai-Meiden High school
52.InfielderOHSHIMA Koh-ichiBuffaloes
54.InfielderSAITO HidemitsuYokohama College of Commerce High school
55.InfielderHAGIWARA JunTokai Univ. Kofu Senior High School
56.InfielderFUKUTOME HirokiKyoei High school
57.PitcherSUGIMOTO KiyohikoNissan motor Kyushu
60.OutfielderTANAKA MasaokiKumamoto technical High school
61.PitcherKURIYAMA SatoshiTokyo Univ. of Agriculture
Faculty of Bioindustry
65.PitcherEBISU NobuyukiIkuei High school
66.CatcherHIGASHI MasatoshiNissho-gakuen High school
91.PitcherCARLOS: Carlos PulidoSomerset
99.InfielderTroy NEELOakland Athletics/3A Vancouver
00.OutfielderFUJITATE JirohBuffaloes
69.Batting coachARAI Hiromasa-Manager of Surpass KOBE
70.Battery coachNAKAZAWA Shinji-
74.Defense & Base-running coachMATSUYAMA Hideaki-
75.Pitching coachSATOH Yoshinori-Surpass KOBE
77.Defense & Base-running coachYUMIOKA Keijiro-
78.Developing training coachYONEMURA Osamu-Surpass KOBE
81.Pitching coachKANBE Toshio-
82.Catching round coachRoger HANSEN-ORIX Blue Wave & Surpass KOBE
85.Defense & Base-running coachFUKURA Jun-ichi-Surpass KOBE
87.Batting coachTAKABATAKE Yasumasa-
88.Pitching coachKAWAMURA Hidefumi-
89.Battery Assistant coachBEPPU Shusaku-Surpass KOBE
96.Training coachYASUDA Masaharu-
-Chief of Management StaffKANEDA Yoshinori
-Management StaffKOBAYASHI Shin-ya
-ManagerYASUI Hideki
-TrainerMATSUMOTO Takashi
-TrainerNOMA Takuya
-TrainerIZUTSU Akihiro
-TrainerMAKUTA Eiji
-TrainerMORIMOTO Takayoshi
-TrainerMATSUSHITA Takashi
-Chief of baseball goods Management staffNOROSE Yoshiaki
-Baseball goods management staffMATSUMOTO Shoji
-Chief of assessorMIYATA Norikazu
-Chief scorerNAGAMURA Hiroyuki
-ScorerOKADA Kohki
-ScorerSHIMABUKURO Osamu
-ScorerYAMAMOTO Eiji
-Vice-Manager of Developing training staffHOUYA Toshio
-Developing training staffNAKAMURA Jun
-ManagerKOHAMA Yuichi
-Baseball goods management staffKUMAGAI Yasumitsu
-Public Relations staff of Research departmentNAKANISHI Go
-InterpreterTANIYAMA Yutaka
-Manager of Public RelationsYASA Yasushi
-Chief of Public RelationsYOKOTA Shosaku
-Public Relations staffFUJII Shigeru
-Public Relations staffOHNISHI Eiji
-Public Relations staffYOSHIDA Naoki
-Assistant StaffMAEDA Kohji
-Assistant StaffMORI Kohji
-Assistant StaffTOYODA Jiro
-Assistant StaffYAMAUCHI Yoshihiro
-Assistant StaffKAWABATA Yasuhiro
-Assistant StaffTANI Ryoji
-Assistant StaffFURUMIZO Katsuyuki
-Assistant StaffUENO Tadashi
111.MascotNeppieHe is the Little Neptune.
222.MascotRipseaShe is a Neppie's Girl Friend?

Leagues and Teams

The Nippon professional baseball has 2 Leagues, 6 teams each.

tabel_3.Leagues and Teams
PACIFIC LeagueCENTRAL League
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks / FUKUOKAChunichi Dragons / NAGOYA
Seibu Lions / Tokorozawa, SAITAMAYomiuri Giants / TOKYO
ORIX Blue Wave / KOBE;
Surpass Kobe/KOBE		Yokohama Bay Stars / YOKOHAMA;
Shonan Searex/YOKOSUKA
Chiba Lotte Marines / CHIBAYakult Swallows / TOKYO
Nippon-Ham Fighters / TOKYOHiroshima Toyo Carp / HIROSHIMA
Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes / OSAKAHanshin Tigers / Nishinomiya, HYOGO

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