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	Orix Blue Wave
		Another reason was its former form, Hankyu Braves (阪急ブレーブス) had franchized in Nishinomiya, a neibhbor town of Kobe in Prefecture Hyogo.
		Orix BlueWave was founded in 1936 as Ōsaka Hankyu Baseball Club (大阪阪急野球協会) under the ownership of a Japanese railway company Hankyu Dentetsu (Hankyu Electric Railway), which was one of the oldest Japanese professional baseball team.
		Hankyu Braves was known as one of the strongest teams not only in the Pacific League but also in the entire professional baseball league in Japan.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Orix_Blue_Wave (560 words)

	Japan File: Hankyu
		Hankyu has not only been an essential part of daily life in Kansai for almost a century, but it has contributed to the commercial growth of Osaka and the surrounding area.
		Hankyu's founder was the colourful impresario, Kobayashi Ichizo.
		The railway which is now Hankyu's Takarazuka Line (including the Minoo branch line) was completed in 1910, the same year Kobayashi began selling modern housing in Ikeda, which was linked to central Osaka by the new railway.
	www.japanfile.com /business/features/Hankyu-1.shtml (306 words)

	ORIX BLUE WAVE FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Another reason was its former form, Hankyu Braves (阪急ブレーブス) had franchized in Nishinomiya, a neighbour town of Kobe in Prefecture_Hyogo.
		Orix BlueWave was founded in 1936 as Ōsaka Hankyu Baseball Club (大阪阪急野球協会) under the ownership of a Japanese railway company Hankyu_Dentetsu (Hankyu Electric Railway), which was one of the oldest Japanese professional baseball team.
		In 1970s Hankyu Braves won won the Pacific League three times continuously but lost the Japan Series against Tokyo_Giants.
	www.witwib.com /Orix_Blue_Wave (518 words)

	Orix Blue Wave -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Another reason was its former form, Hankyu Braves (阪急ブレーブス) had franchized in (Click link for more info and facts about Nishinomiya) Nishinomiya, a neibhbor town of Kobe in Prefecture Hyogo.
		In 1970s Hankyu Braves won won the Pafific League three times continously but lost the Japan Series against (Click link for more info and facts about Tokyo Giants) Tokyo Giants.
		In (Click link for more info and facts about Kansai) Kansai region there were two popular teams in those days and Hankyu Braves was known as a good team but less popular.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/O/Or/Orix_Blue_Wave.htm (522 words)

	JBall -- Japanese baseball history: The Orix BlueWave (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Owned by Hankyu railways and based in Osaka for their first fifty-two years, the team was simply known as "Hankyu" until 1947.
		In 1969, Hankyu earned the PL pennant with a 76-50 record, but were again defeated by the Giants in the Japan Series.
		Hankyu manager Ueda quickly ran onto the field and began arguing the call, claiming the ball landed in foul territory.
	ww1.baywell.ne.jp /fpweb/drlatham/history/blue.htm (1696 words)

	Bobby Marcano (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Born in Caracas, Marcano played minor league baseball in the United States from 1969 to 1974.
		In 1975, Marcano went to Japan where he joined the Hankyu Braves as second baseman (the team has since become the Orix Blue Wave, and then the Orix Buffaloes).
		Marcano played for Hankyu for eight years, then joined the Yakult Swallows for another three.
	www.olive-oil-facts.info /en/wikipedia/b/bo/bobby_marcano.html (163 words)

	Orix Blue Wave - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The team is owned by the Orix Group, a leading diversified financial services company based in Tokyo.
		Orix Blue Wave was founded in 1936 as Osaka Hankyu Baseball Club (大阪阪急野球協会) and later nicknamed Hankyu Braves(阪急ブレーブス) under the ownership of a Japanese railway company Hankyu Dentetsu (Hankyu Electric Railway).
		In October 11,1988 Hankyu Dentetsu sold the ownership to a lease company Orient Lease(since 1989 Orix Group) with two assurances to keep the team name Braves and its franchaise in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Orix_Blue_Wave (281 words)

	Japan Series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		1975: Hankyu Braves PL defeats Hiroshima Toyo Carp CL, 4 games to 0, 1 tie.
		1976: Hankyu Braves PL defeats Yomiuri Giants CL, 4 games to 3.
		1977: Hankyu Braves PL defeats Yomiuri Giants CL, 4 games to 1.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Japan_Series (738 words)

	Transactions in 1981 - Baseball-Reference.com
		The Atlanta Braves traded Doyle Alexander to the San Francisco Giants for John Montefusco and Craig Landis (minors).
		The Hankyu Braves (Japan Pacific) purchased Wayne Cage from the Seattle Mariners.
		Butch Edge sent from the Atlanta Braves to the Chicago White Sox in an unknown transaction.
	www.baseball-reference.com /leagues/ML_1981_trans.shtml (9773 words)

	asahi.com : English
		Hankyu Corp. founder Ichizo Kobayashi created the model, which calls for comprehensive construction of buildings, including houses, department stores and amusement parks, along the railway lines to boost passenger numbers.
		Ownership of a professional baseball club, the former Hankyu Braves, was part of Kobayashi's strategy for the Hankyu lines.
		It is almost identical to those that led Hankyu and Nankai Electric Railway Co. to cut their ties with professional baseball in 1988.
	www.asahi.com /english/business/TKY200410190214.html (659 words)

	Tigers,Tigers Burning Bright - Japan - Article - J@pan Inc Magazine
		Hankyu shed its baseball team (The Hankyu Braves) some years ago when they morphed into the Orix Blue Wave, who now call Kobe home.
		That year saw wild scenes of celebration that established a tradition of jumping into the Dotonbori Canal from the Ebisubashi Bridge in central Osaka, much to the chagrin of the police.
		So the legend goes, fans who bore a resemblance to the Tigers players were encouraged to leap from the bridge and take the plunge.
	www.japaninc.net /article.php?articleID=1163 (694 words)

	Encyclopedia: List of Japanese baseball players (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Cecil Grant Fielder (born September 21, 1963 in Los Angeles, California) is a former Major League Baseball player who was a popular slugger with the Toronto Blue Jays (1985-88), Detroit Tigers (1990-96), New York Yankees (1996_97), Anaheim Angels and Cleveland Indians (both in 1998).
		Julio CÃ©sar Robles Franco (born August 23, 1958 in Hato Mayor, Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball player with the Atlanta Braves.
		James Robert Bob Horner (born August 6, 1957) is a former Major League Baseball third baseman/first baseman and right-handed batter who played for the Atlanta Braves (1978-1986) and St....
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-Japanese-baseball-players (1380 words)

	gambling911.com Forums - Today In Baseball History:
		The Braves scored nine runs in the ninth inning to put the game into extra innings.
		1982 With a 4-2 win over the Reds, the Braves record their 12th consecutive victory to establish a major-league record for the most victories from the beginning of the season.
		Breitenstein no-hit the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-0 and Hughes no-hit the Boston Braves 8-0.
	www.gambling911.com /vb/showthread.php?t=2106&page=3 (9908 words)

	Archived Weblog Entry - 11/28/2002: "Godzilla Hires Agent; Original Hankyu Brave Dies" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Braves, SF Giants and Dodgers are also said to still be interested in the Osaka native, who has a standing offer from Hanshin.
		He then slid over to Hankyu, which was in its first year of operation, as a rightfielder.
		He returned to Hankyu to helm their minor league affiliate beginning in 1974 until he was promoted to an executive slot with the big club in 1980.
	baseballguru.com /archives/entries/00000051.htm (899 words)

	The Baseball Guru - Fans Speak to Gary Garland 5 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		After a long search, My best guess as to who the first Venezuelan may have been was the great Roberto "Bobby" Marcano, who played second base with the Hankyu Braves (now the Orix Blue Wave) during that club's mid-70's golden period when they won three Japan Series in a row.
		Hankyu won the Japan Series that year as well as the next two.
		He is rated as one of the finer foreign players to ever put on a unifrom in Japan, batting.287 with 232 homers and 817 RBIs in 1313 games between 1975-1986.
	baseballguru.com /ggarland/bbread5.html (399 words)

	JBall -- Japanese Baseball (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The stadium hosted the Hankyu Braves from 1937 until 1990, when Orix, which had bought the team two years earlier, moved the club to Green Stadium Kobe.
		In the last ten years, the ballpark had been used to host cycling races, American football games and music concerts, but Hankyu said that the costs of maintaining the 40,000-seat ballpark were too high to justify keeping it open.
		Hankyu is considering plans to destroy the stadium and redevelop the land on which it now sits.
	ww1.baywell.ne.jp /fpweb/drlatham/index.htm (4606 words)

	JapanBall.com - The Complete Guide to Japanese Baseball
		Long before Ichiro joined Orix, the BlueWave (originally the Hankyu Braves) had their share of stars.
		Founded in 1936 by the Hankyu railway company and named the Braves a decade later, the Osaka-area franchise joined the Pacific League in 1950.
		One of the strongest teams in the league, the Braves were purchased by the Oriental Leasing company (Orix) in 1988 and renamed the BlueWave two years later.
	www.japanball.com /buffaloes.htm (523 words)

	The Seattle Times: Sports: Ichiro's amazing catch lands among M's best
		The acrobatic catch, in which the right fielder jumped and hung near the top of the wall before twisting back for the ball, was one of the most memorable plays in Mariners history.
		The play has been compared to one by Masafumi Yamamori of the Hankyu Braves in the early 1980s.
		They were teammates in Japan's Pacific League after Hankyu merged with Ichiro's Orix Blue Wave in 1999.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/sports/2002262088_ichiro04.html (728 words)

	apba1967 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Braves, with pitching greats Mitshiro Adachi, Takao Kajimoto, and Tetsuya Yoneda as well as Americans Daryl Spencer and Gordon Windhorn, won the Pacific League by a comfortable nine games.
		The Giants stunned the Braves by winning the first three games, highlighted by a great 1-0 pitching duel between Tsuneo Horiuchi and Adachi in Game 2.
		The Braves came back to win the next two at the Giants' home Korakuen Stadium.
	www.robsjapanesecards.com /apba1967.htm (216 words)

	Sporting News, The: When good professional sports leagues go bad - baseball finance and baseball player's salaries - ...
		The Braves paid the nucleus of their great rotation--Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and John Smoltz--a total of $11 million.
		The Braves and Orioles, with their high-revenue ballparks, didn't hesitate to run up the tab to stay in contention year after year, though the O's proved in '98 that money doesn't always buy happiness.
		He was drafted in the first round by the Hankyu Braves in 1970 and played professional baseball in Japan until 1973.
	www.looksmartjrhigh.com /p/articles/mi_m1208/is_49_222/ai_53408934 (1502 words)

	Orix Blue Wave (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Orix Blue Wave was founded 1936 as Osaka Hankyu Baseball Club (大阪阪急野球協会) and later nicknamed Hankyu Braves (阪急ブレーブス) under the ownership of a Japanese company Hankyu Dentetsu (Hankyu Electric Railway).
		In October 11 1988 Hankyu Dentetsu sold the ownership to lease company Orient Lease(since 1989 Orix Group) with two assurances to the team name Braves and its franchaise Nishinomiya Hyogo Prefecture.
		And new home ground of the team are than the former most of fans are to moving but there are some who nostalgia for the name of Braves.
	www.freeglossary.com /Orix_Blue_Wave (416 words)

	Metropolis - Big in Japan: Shigeo Nagashima
		A disastrous 74-46 record (the Giants first-ever last-place finish) led to a public apology for his mismanagement of the team.
		The Giants bounced back and won the Central League the following year, only to lose the Japan Series to the Hankyu Braves (now the Orix Blue Waves).
		With subsequent lackluster seasons, culminating with the 1980 finish of 60-61, Nagashima was forced to resign.
	metropolis.japantoday.com /biginjapanarchive299/263/biginjapaninc.htm (531 words)

	The Baseball Guru - TRIVIA TIME ANSWERS, by Gary Garland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		March 30, 2002 - The sole batter to leadoff an opening day game with a first pitch dinger was the late outfielder Sukehiro Moroki of the Hankyu Braves (now the Orix Blue Wave) on April 7, 1962 against the Nankai (now Daiei) Hawks.
		Joe Stanka, whose MLB career with the Chicago White Sox consisted of two games, 5.1 innings total in 1958 before he shipped out to Japan in 1960 and became a pretty effective pitcher there, eventually becoming a 26 game winner in 1964.
		He joined the Mainichi Orions in 1957 and then moved over to Hankyu in 1960.
	www.baseballguru.com /ggarland/tmarch302002.html (182 words)

	Hankyu Kyoto Line Definition / Hankyu Kyoto Line Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Hankyu Kyoto Line Definition / Hankyu Kyoto Line Research
		The Hankyū Kyōto Line (阪急京都線; Hankyū Kyōto sen) is run by Hankyu Railway and links OsakaOsaka City (大阪市; Ōsaka-shi) is the third-largest city in Japan, with a population of 2.7 million.
		It is located on the main island of Honshu, at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay.
	www.elresearch.com /Hankyu_Kyoto_Line (179 words)

	JapanBall.com - The Complete Guide to Japanese Baseball
		Organized in 1936, the Japan Professional League was formed, including the Giants and six new teams: Osaka Tigers, Hankyu, Dai Tokyo, Nagoya Kinko, Nagoya and the Tokyo Senators.
		Most of these ball clubs were sponsored by either newspapers (Yomiuri) hoping to boost their circulation or train lines (the Tigers and Hankyu) seeking to increase travel on their lines to their team's home ballpark.
		The six other founding members of the PL included the Lions, Hankyu Braves, Tokyu Flyers, Nankai Hawks, Kintetsu Pearls and the Daiei Stars.
	www.japanball.com /leagues.htm (1200 words)

	Jim Allen's Japanese Baseball Page
		He desired badly to play for the Giants, but was drafted by the Hankyu Braves.
		In 1980, things got very wierd when one manufacturer's balls, which were particularly lively, were adopted widely by four Pacific League teams: the Hawks, Buffaloes, Braves and the Lions.
		This particular lively ball had been used for a few years, but when it went into wide spread use in 1980, home run totals jumped by 28% and while the total number of hits remained stable, doubles and triples were way down but homers were way up.
	www2.gol.com /users/jallen/proinfo.html (1772 words)

	St. Louis Browns lend 2 black minor leaguers to Hankyu Braves of Japan April 28 in History
		Louis Browns lend 2 fl minor leaguers to Hankyu Braves of Japan April 28 in History
		Louis Browns lend 2 fl minor leaguers to Hankyu Braves of Japan
		He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.
	www.brainyhistory.com /events/1952/april_28_1952_113483.html (59 words)

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