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  2. Experiencing Yakyū: Edgewood grad Joe Kido joins pro baseball ...

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    Indiana State second baseman Joe Kido fields a ground ball in practice during the 2024 season. The Edgewood grad is continuing his baseball career in Japan.

  3. Nippon Professional Baseball - Wikipedia

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    Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB, 日本野球機構, Nippon Yakyū Kikō) is a professional baseball league and the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called Puro Yakyū (プロ野球, Puroyagu), meaning simply Professional Baseball; outside of Japan, NPB is often referred to as "Japanese baseball".

  4. Category:Professional baseball teams in Indiana - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Professional baseball teams in Indiana" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.

  5. Professional baseball in Japan - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese Baseball League disbanded in 1949, reorganizing itself in 1950 as Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). (It is called Puro Yakyū (プロ野球), which simply is a translation of professional baseball.) The Central League included the established teams, and the Pacific League was made up of new teams and

  6. List of professional sports teams in Japan - Wikipedia

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    1.1 Nippon Professional Baseball. 2 Basketball (2023–24 B. League Season) ... Japan Rugby League One Division 3. Chugoku Red Regulions; Kurita Water Gush Akishima;

  7. American expatriate baseball players in Japan - Wikipedia

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    (Bonner was African-American, thus beating Jackie Robinson to professional baseball 11 years before Robinson broke in with the Brooklyn Dodgers.) [14] "Bucky Harris" was the fall 1937 Japanese Baseball League Most Valuable Player, with a .310 batting average.

  8. Baseball in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Baseball was introduced to Japan in 1872 and is Japan's most popular participatory and spectator sport. [1] [2] The first professional competitions emerged in the 1920s.The highest level of baseball in Japan is Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), which consists of two leagues, the Central League and the Pacific League, with six teams in each league. [3]

  9. List of current Nippon Professional Baseball team rosters

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    First team: Second team: Pitchers. 00 Javy Guerra; 13 Suguru Iwazaki; 14 Yuta Iwasada; 15 Junya Nishi; 16 Yuki Nishi; 20 Jon Duplantier; 27 Masashi Itoh; 35 Hiroto Saiki; 36 Seishu Hatake; 37 Masaki Oyokawa