ORIX Blue Wave 2002

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Taguchi left for St. Louis. Good luck! but I miss you.

Fujii announces that he carries out his great baseball life on 25th September at Green Stadium KOBE.

Kaneda and Koo D.S. finished first-second in ERA ranking.

tabel.Stats of Blue Wave 2002
GamesPctWin/Loss/TieAveERAGBPlace
140/1400.36550/87/30.2353.5839.06th/6

SCHEDULE

tabel_1.Schedule of Blue Wave 2002
No.Date/venuesScoresTeamsPitchersHome-runs
1.30 Mar.,
Osaka Dome		3:6BuffaloesYarnall
2.31 Mar.,
Osaka Dome		2:4BuffaloesKawagoeShiozaki
3.2 Apr.,
Tokyo Dome		2:4FightersKoo
4.3 Apr.,
Tokyo Dome		3:12FightersTokanoSeguignol, Hidaka
5.4 Apr.,
Tokyo Dome		4:5FightersOhkuboSeguignol
6.6 Apr.,
Green Stadium		3:10HawksYarnallSeguignol
7.7 Apr.,
Green Stadium		5:2HawksKawagoe
8.8 Apr.,
Seibu Dome		2:0LionsKoo
9.9 Apr.,
Seibu Dome		0:6LionsTokano
10.10 Apr.,
Seibu Dome		0:2LionsKaneda
11.12 Apr.,
Green Stadium		4:0MarinesYarnallSeguignol
12.13 Apr.,
Green Stadium		4:1MarinesKoo
13.14 Apr.,
Green Stadium		1:4MarinesKawagoe
14.15 Apr.,
Green Stadium		11:0BuffaloesTokanoGotoh, Seguignol
15.16 Apr.,
Green Stadium		6:5BuffaloesKanedaMiwa
.17 Apr., rained out
Green Stadium		-BuffaloesYarnall
16.19 Apr.,
Kagoshima		2:4LionsKooSeguignol, Takamizawa
.20 Apr., rained out
Kagoshima		-LionsKawagoe
17.21 Apr.,
Kagoshima		4:2LionsYarnallGotoh, Sheldon
18.22 Apr.,
Marine Stadium		6:2MarinesKawagoeShindoh
19.23 Apr.,
Marine Stadium		7:2MarinesTokanoAikawa
20.24 Apr.,
Marine Stadium		1:2MarinesImamuraSeguignol
21.26 Apr.,
Kita-kyushu		5:2HawksYamaguchiFujii, Hidaka, Aikawa
22.27 Apr.,
Fukuoka Dome		10:0HawksYarnallSeguignol
23.28 Apr.,
Fukuoka Dome		1:3HawksKawagoe
24.29 Apr.,
Green Stadium		3:5FightersEbisuSeguignol
25.30 Apr.,
Green Stadium		1:2FightersYamaguchi
26.1 May.,
Green Stadium		5:4FightersImamuraTani
27.3 May.,
Green Stadium		0:3BuffaloesKoo
28.4 May.,
Green Stadium		4:7BuffaloesImamura
29.5 May.,
Green Stadium		8:4BuffaloesKawagoeSeguignol 2
30.6 May.,
Green Stadium		7:6MarinesEbisuSeguignol 2
.7 May., rained out
Green Stadium		-MarinesTokano
31.10 May.,
Seibu Dome		1:2LionsHagiwara
32.11 May.,
Seibu Dome		2:4LionsImamura
33.12 May.,
Seibu Dome		0:9LionsKawagoe
34.14 May.,
Taipei (Taiwan)		4:5HawksKaseSeguignol 2
35.15 May.,
Taipei (Taiwan)		8:7HawksImamuraShiotani
.17 May., rained out
Green Stadium		-FightersKoo
36.18 May.,
Green Stadium		3:4FightersYarnallSheldon
37.19 May.,
Green Stadium		1:0FightersOhkubo
38.21 May.,
Yonago		0:5LionsKaneda
39.22 May.,
Yonago		2:9LionsKawagoe
40.24 May.,
Marine Stadium		0:5MarinesYarnall
41.25 May.,
Marine Stadium		4:2MarinesTokanoSheldon, Seguignol
42.26 May.,
Marine Stadium		4:0MarinesKoo
43.27 May.,
Tokyo Dome		2:7FightersKaneda
44.28 May.,
Tokyo Dome		3:2FightersOguraSheldon
45.29 May.,
Tokyo Dome		2:3FightersYarnall
46.31 May.,
Osaka Dome		4:5BuffaloesOhkuboHidaka
47.1 Jun.,
Osaka Dome		0:1BuffaloesKoo
48.2 Jun.,
Osaka Dome		1:4BuffaloesKaneda
49.6 Jun.,
Nagoya Dome		6:2HawksYarnall
50.7 Jun.,
Nagoya Dome		1:4HawksKawagoe
51.8 Jun.,
Nagoya Dome		7:3HawksKooSheldon
52.10 Jun.,
Green Stadium		2:3LionsKase
.11 Jun., rained out
Green Stadium		-LionsOgura
53.12 Jun.,
Green Stadium		3:6LionsYarnallMiwa, Hidaka
54.15 Jun.,
Tokyo Dome		1:0FightersYamaguchi
55.16 Jun.,
Tokyo Dome		5:1FightersKanedaSheldon, Shiotani
56.19 Jun.,
Green Stadium		3:5BuffaloesYarnallSheldon
57.20 Jun.,
Green Stadium		5:6BuffaloesKawagoe
58.22 Jun.,
Seibu Dome		1:2LionsOhkuboGoshima
59.23 Jun.,
Seibu Dome		4:1LionsKanedaGoshima, Takamizawa
60.24 Jun.,
Seibu Dome		4:6LionsTokano
.27 Jun., rained out
Marine Stadium		-MarinesYarnall
61.28 Jun.,
Marine Stadium		0:2MarinesYarnall
62.29 Jun.,
Marine Stadium		3:7MarinesKooTakamizawa, Shiotani
.2 Jul., rained out
Morioka		-HawksKaneda
63.3 Jul.,
Sendai		0:7HawksKaneda
64.6 Jul.,
Green Stadium		10:5FightersKooSeguignol
65.7 Jul.,
Green Stadium		2:2FightersYarnallSheldon
66.8 Jul.,
Green Stadium		4:1MarinesOgura
.9 Jul., no game by rain
Green Stadium		3:5MarinesTokano
67.10 Jul.,
Green Stadium		2:5MarinesKanedaSheldon
68.16 Jul.,
Osaka Dome		2:2BuffaloesKooSoejima, Sheldon
69.17 Jul.,
Osaka Dome		7:8BuffaloesOhkuboSheldon, Ohshima, Takamizawa
70.18 Jul.,
Osaka Dome		2:4BuffaloesYarnallSheldon 2
71.19 Jul.,
Fukuoka Dome		17:0HawksKanedaSheldon, Hidaka, Seguignol
72.20 Jul.,
Fukuoka Dome		1:6HawksKawagoe
73.21 Jul.,
Fukuoka Dome		3:2HawksHagiwaraSheldon
74.22 Jul.,
Marine Stadium		2:7MarinesKooSheldon
75.23 Jul.,
Marine Stadium		2:5MarinesOhkuboHidaka
76.24 Jul.,
Marine Stadium		1:0MarinesYarnall
77.26 Jul.,
Osaka Dome		7:2BuffaloesKobayashiSeguignol 2
78.27 Jul.,
Osaka Dome		4:3BuffaloesHagiwara
79.28 Jul.,
Osaka Dome		9:0BuffaloesAikiSeguignol
80.29 Jul.,
Green Stadium		2:1HawksOguraTani
81.30 Jul.,
Green Stadium		3:6HawksYarnallShindoh, Shiozaki
82.31 Jul.,
Green Stadium		3:6HawksYuhki
83.2 Aug.,
Green Stadium		0:8MarinesKawagoe
84.3 Aug.,
Green Stadium		2:10MarinesKooSheldon
85.4 Aug.,
Green Stadium		5:0MarinesAiki
86.5 Aug.,
Tokyo Dome		2:6FightersOgura
87.6 Aug.,
Tokyo Dome		2:0FightersYarnallSeguignol
88.7 Aug.,
Tokyo Dome		6:3FightersKobayashi
89.9 Aug.,
Seibu Dome		3:4LionsYamaguchi
90.10 Aug.,
Seibu Dome		7:5LionsKobayashiAikawa, Hidaka
91.11 Aug.,
Seibu Dome		0:5LionsAiki
92.12 Aug.,
Green Stadium		3:8BuffaloesKobayashi
93.13 Aug.,
Green Stadium		3:2BuffaloesTokumotoSeguignol
94.14 Aug.,
Green Stadium		0:2BuffaloesKaneda
95.16 Aug.,
Fukuoka Dome		3:0HawksYuhkiHidaka
96.17 Aug.,
Fukuoka Dome		1:3HawksYamamoto
97.18 Aug.,
Fukuoka Dome		1:7HawksAikiGoshima
98.19 Aug.,
Green Stadium		2:4FightersOguraSheldon
99.20 Aug.,
Green Stadium		0:3FightersYarnall
100.21 Aug.,
Green Stadium		3:4FightersKaneda
101.23 Aug.,
Green Stadium		2:3LionsHagiwaraTani
102.24 Aug.,
Green Stadium		1:7LionsKooShiotani
103.25 Aug.,
Green Stadium		7:8LionsTokumotoSheldon, Shindoh, Aikawa
104.26 Aug.,
Osaka Dome		6:8BuffaloesKawagoeHidaka
105.27 Aug.,
Osaka Dome		1:2BuffaloesHagiwara
106.31 Aug.,
Sapporo Dome		2:0FightersYuhki
107.1 Sep.,
Sapporo Dome		2:2FightersKoo
108.2 Sep.,
Green Stadium		4:1HawksOguraHidaka 2, Goshima
109.3 Sep.,
Green Stadium		1:7HawksYarnall
110.4 Sep.,
Green Stadium		2:6HawksKaneda
111.7 Sep.,
Seibu Dome		3:2LionsYuhkiGoshima
112.8 Sep.,
Seibu Dome		4:6LionsKawagoeAikawa
113.9 Sep.,
Green Stadium		2:0MarinesOguraGoshima
114.10 Sep.,
Green Stadium		2:5MarinesYarnallTani
115.11 Sep.,
Green Stadium		3:8MarinesAikiSheldon
116.13 Sep.,
Green Stadium		2:3FightersHagiwara
117.14 Sep.,
Green Stadium		4:1FightersYuhki
118.15 Sep.,
Green Stadium		2:3FightersKawagoeSheldon
119.16 Sep.,
Fukuoka Dome		4:0HawksOgura
120.17 Sep.,
Fukuoka Dome		2:3HawksKawagoeGoshima
121.18 Sep.,
Fukuoka Dome		0:7HawksAiki
122.20 Sep.,
Green Stadium		1:6BuffaloesKitagawa
123.21 Sep.,
Green Stadium		6:2BuffaloesYuhkiSheldon
124.22 Sep.,
Green Stadium		5:7BuffaloesKawagoe
125.23 Sep.,
Green Stadium		6:4LionsOguraHidaka, Sheldon
126.24 Sep.,
Green Stadium		2:11LionsMotoyanagiShiotani
127.25 Sep.,
Green Stadium		4:5LionsKitagawaSheldon, Tani
128.27 Sep.,
Marine Stadium		2:7MarinesKawaguchi
129.28 Sep.,
Marine Stadium		3:0MarinesYuhkiSheldon
130.29 Sep.,
Marine Stadium		0:2MarinesTokumoto
131.30 Sep.,
Tokyo Dome		5:3FightersOgura
132.2 Oct.,
Green Stadium		5:7HawksKitagawaKatsuragi
133.3 Oct.,
Green Stadium		3:2HawksHagiwaraShindoh
134.4 Oct.,
Green Stadium		5:6MarinesYamamoto
135.5 Oct.,
Green Stadium		1:0MarinesYuhkiSheldon
136.6 Oct.,
Osaka Dome		4:6BuffaloesTokumoto
.8 Oct., rained out
Green Stadium		-LionsOgura
137.9 Oct.,
Green Stadium		1:4LionsKawagoe
138.10 Oct.,
Green Stadium		2:6LionsOgura
139.13 Oct.,
Green Stadium		2:4BuffaloesMakino
140.14 Oct.,
Green Stadium		0:5FightersTokumoto

MEMBERS

tabel_2.Members of Blue Wave 2002
No.PositionsNamesCareersNotes
-The OwnerMIYAUCHI YoshihikoThe president of ORIX
87.Playing ManagerISHIGE Hiromichi-
1.PitcherEBISU NobuyukiIkuei High schoolleft for Swallows
1.OutfielderSOEJIMA KohtaSwallows
2.CatcherMIWA TakashiKobe steel
3.OutfielderKATSURAGI IkuroRitsumeikan University
4.InfielderFUKUTOME HirokiKyoei High school
7.InfielderSHINDOH TatsuyaBay Stars
8.InfielderFUJII YasuoPrince Hotel
9.InfielderHIRANO KeiichiTokai University
10.OutfielderTANI YoshitomoMitsubishi motors Okazaki
11.PitcherKANEDA MasahikoNissan motor Kyushu
12.InfielderScott SHELDONTexas Rangers
13.PitcherMAKINO RuiYamanashi Gakuin High school
14.PitcherYAMAGUCHI KazuoMitsubishi motors Okazaki
15.PitcherKOO Dae-SungHanwha Eagles
16.PitcherKAWAGUCHI TomoyaHeian High school
17.PitcherTOKANO HisashiBay Stars
19.PitcherOGAWA YusukeRitsumeikan University
20.PitcherKAWAGOE HidetakaNissan motor
21.PitcherYUHKI: Tanaka YukiBuffaloes
22.PitcherKOBAYASHI HiroshiHiroshima Univ. of economics
23.OutfielderHAYAKAWA DaisukeHonda Motor
24.OutfielderHIDA TakashiRitsumeikan University
25.InfielderSATAKE ManabuTokai University
26.PitcherIWASHITA ShuichiMitsubishi motors Okazaki
27.PitcherOGURA HisashiSwallows
28.PitcherKASE ToshihiroHokuyo High school
29.PitcherEdward YARNALLCincinnati Reds
30.OutfielderAIKAWA RyotaTokai University
31.InfielderSHIOZAKI MakotoNippon steel Hirohata
32.CatcherYOSHIHARA KohsukeGiants
33.PitcherHIRAI MasafumiUwajima-Higashi High school
34.PitcherMOTOYANAGI KazuyaNippon-Express
35.PitcherOHKUBO MasanobuMatsushita Electric Industrial
36.PitcherTAMURA OsamuTigers
37.CatcherKUBO MitsuhiroBuffaloes
38.PitcherAIKI TakashiFukuoka University
39.PitcherIMAMURA FumiakiKyushu-gakuin Lutheran High school
40.PitcherYAMASAKI ShintaroCarp
41.InfielderSHIOTANI KazuhikoTigers
42.PitcherHAGIWARA JunTokai Univ. Kofu Senior High School
43.PitcherTOKUMOTO SatoshiTokyo Univ. of Agriculture
Faculty of Bioindustry
44.InfielderARAI KiyoshiBay Stars
45.InfielderGOSHIMA YujiYamanashi Gakuin High school
46.OutfielderMUKAE YuichiroImari commercial High school
47.CatcherHIDAKA TakeshiKyushu International Univ. attached High school
48.OutfielderRYUTARO: Tsuji RyutaroYamaha Motor
49.InfielderGOTOH MitsutakaKawasaki steel Chiba
50.InfielderMAKITA ShogoNippon-Express
52.InfielderOHSHIMA Koh-ichiBuffaloes
53.CatcherUEMURA KazuhiroHokusho High school
54.PitcherKUBOTA AtsushiTigers
55.InfielderFernando SEGUIGNOLMontreal Expos
56.PitcherYAMAMOTO TakujiOsaka Sangyo University
57.CatcherFUKATANI RyojiKawai Musical Instruments Mfg
58.OutfielderTAKAMIZAWA KohjiTokyo Gas
59.PitcherKITAGAWA TomonoriYokohama National University
60.OutfielderITAKURA YasuhiroTokyo Univ. of Agriculture
Faculty of Bioindustry
61.PitcherSHIMAWAKI Shin-yaOmi High school
62.InfielderTAMAKI TomotakaCarp
63.CatcherTAKAHASHI KohjiShido High school
64.OutfielderSHOJI DaisukeKawai Musical Instruments Mfg
65.CatcherFUJIMOTO HiroshiSt. George
66.PitcherHASHIMOTO YasuyoshiMinoshima Kyuyu-kai
68.PitcherYU Wen-PingWenhua University
81.Pitching coachFUJITA Manabu-
83.Batting coachTACHIBANA Yoshiie-
77.Infielders &
Base-running coach		YUMIOKA Keijiro-
86.Outfielders &
Base-running coach		OKA Yoshiaki-
70.Battery coachNAKAZAWA Shinji-
93.Battery assistant coachSUGIMOTO Naofumi-
96.Training coachYASUDA Masaharu-
75.Manager &
Batting coach		ARAI Hiromasa-Surpass KOBE
73.Pitching coachSAKAI Tsutomu-Surpass KOBE
76.Infielders &
Base-running coach		BABA Toshifumi-Surpass KOBE
71.Outfielders &
Base-running coach		YAMAMORI Masafumi-Surpass KOBE
89.Battery coachBEPPU Shusaku-
78.Training coachYONEMURA Osamu-Surpass KOBE
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
CENTRAL LeaguePACIFIC League
Yakult Swallows / TOKYOOsaka Kintetsu Buffaloes / OSAKA
Yomiuri Giants / TOKYOFukuoka Daiei Hawks / FUKUOKA
Yokohama Bay Stars / YOKOHAMA;
Shonan Searex/YOKOSUKA		Seibu Lions / Tokorozawa, SAITAMA
Hiroshima Toyo Carp / HIROSHIMAORIX Blue Wave / KOBE;
Surpass Kobe/KOBE
Chunichi Dragons / NAGOYAChiba Lotte Marines / CHIBA
Hanshin Tigers / Nishinomiya, HYOGONippon-Ham Fighters / TOKYO

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