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	Orix Blue Wave - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Orix Blue Wave (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Kobe is the hometown of the owner of the group and club, and it was a reason that Orix Blue Wave franchized in Kobe.
		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.
		After the 2004 NPB season, the Ōsaka Kintetsu Buffaloes were acquired by the Orix Group and merged with the BlueWave to form the Orix Buffaloes.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Orix-Blue-Wave.html (614 words)

	ORIX BLUE WAVE FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Orix BlueWave (ja: オリックスブルーウェーブ) was a Nippon_Professional_Baseball team based in Kobe, Japan, which played in the Pacific_League.
		Orix BlueWave was founded in 1936 as Osaka Hankyu Baseball Club (大阪阪急野球協会) under the ownership of a Japanese railway company Hankyu_Electric_Railways (''Hankyu Dentetsu''), which was one of the oldest Japanese professional baseball team.
		After the 2004 NPB season, the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes were acquired by the Orix Group and merged with the BlueWave to form the Orix_Buffaloes.
	www.witwib.com /Orix_Blue_Wave (531 words)

	JockBio: Ichiro Suzuki Biography
		Orix officials agreed, and sent him to Hawaii in the winter of 1993 along with some other Blue Wave prospects to participate in a new league that brought together young players from both American and Japanese baseball.
		Kobe was transformed during the pennant race; the wave of civic pride that helped ease the after-effects of the earthquake crested as the team made it to the championship series.
		When the Blue Wave failed to reach the postseason for the second year in a row, Ichiro started thinking more seriously about playing on the other side of the Pacific.
	www.jockbio.com /Bios/Suzuki_Ichiro/Suzuki_bio.html (5529 words)

	The Baseball Guru - Analysis ggarland08
		While Turman was putting Orix batters to bed, Blue Wave starter Ed Yarnell, an ex-Red, saw an otherwise fine performance marred by former Marlins prospect Mike Gulan insideouting one of his fastballs into the right field grass with nobody on to put the Bay Stars ahead 1-0.
		Orix tacked on a run in the fifth, when normally light hitting catcher Takeshi Hidaka went yard off of righthander Eiji Yano, making it 2-1.
		In the bottom of the ninth, the Blue Wave got a pinch hit double from Tomotaka Tamaki, but couldn't get anything else going and that was the ballgame.
	baseballguru.com /ggarland/analysisggarland08.html (898 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search View - Ichiro Suzuki
		His offensive and defensive abilities attracted enough attention that the Orix Blue Wave, a professional team based in Kōbe, Japan, drafted him out of high school in 1991.
		The young player surpassed expectations, leading the league with a.385 batting average, breaking the league record for hits with 210 (the old record was 191), and being named the Pacific League MVP.
		The Blue Wave finally granted his release after the 2000 season, and Seattle won a bidding war among major league teams just to negotiate with the Japanese star.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /text_701509019__1/Ichiro_Suzuki.html (742 words)

	Ichiro Suzuki \| The BASEBALL Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		He began his career with the minor league Blue Wave in 1992, hitting.366 in 58 games before he was called up to the majors where he batted.253 in 40 games.
		In 1997, Akira Ogi became the manager of the Blue Wave and changed the name on the back of Ichiro's uniform to "Ichiro" from "Suzuki", which was unique.
		November 30, 2000: Purchased by the Seattle Mariners from the Orix Blue Wave of the Japanese Pacific League.
	www.thebaseballpage.com /past/pp/suzukiichiro (1481 words)

	May 23, 2003 - Yahoo! BB Stadium - Buffaloes vs. Blue Wave (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Blue Wave had two runners caught stealing, one thrown out trying to stretch a single into a double and grounded into two double plays.
		The Blue Wave have a big poster of their mascots, Neppie and Ripsea, eating a hot dog and ice cream.
		The Blue Wave also employ a male PA announcer, the first one I've ever encountered in Japan.
	home.earthlink.net /~japanbbtrip2003/id21.html (392 words)

	CNN.com - Orix to buy lease company from Nippon Steel - May 23, 2002
		Orix, a high-flying equipment leasing and financial services company, gets some 75 percent of its sales in Japan.
		But Orix stock is down 0.82 percent to 10,900 yen, with Nippon Steel Corp. off 0.47 percent to 212 yen.
		In a separate announcement last Friday, Orix said it would hire 1,000 workers aged between 50 and 70 over the next three years, to work for its outplacement service for middle-aged employees.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/BUSINESS/asia/05/23/japan.orix (436 words)

	Asiaweek.com
		Orix is angling to take advantage of a new world in Japan, one in which financial services markets that have traditionally been carved into hundreds of neat pieces are thrown open.
		In 1996, the Blue Wave won the Japan Series behind a stable of unorthodox players and a legendary manager, Ohgi Akira, who encouraged individualism.
		Wood is especially wary of a big competitor for Orix, GE Capital, which earlier this year bought the most desirable bits of Japan Leasing for $6.5 billion.
	www.timeinc.net /asiaweek/99/0625/biz1.html (1266 words)

	The Hit King Stays Guarded
		Kawamura was the minor league batting coach for the Orix Blue Wave in 1992 when Ichiro arrived fresh out of high school.
		The Blue Wave had used a middle-round draft pick on the young player mostly because he threw hard and had shown promise as a pitcher.
		Ichiro was brilliant in the minors and soon he found himself on the Orix club, where he was quickly overwhelmed.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/23/AR2005052301637_4.html (622 words)

	ICHIRO SUZUKI
		The Blue Wave won the pennant that year and went on to defeat the Yomiuri Giants in the championship series.
		In 1997 Akira Ogi became the manager of the Blue Waves and changed the name on the back of Ichiro's uniform to "Ichiro" from "Suzuki", which was unique.
		In 1998 the Blue Waves won the Pacific League pennant as Ichiro garnered his fifth straight batting title.
	www.englishrobin.org /lesson/ichirosuzuki.htm (2103 words)

	Ice Ice Ichiro
		The 20-year-old rookie for the Orix Blue Wave, who play in Kobe, Ichiro became the first player in the Japanese leagues to get 200 hits in a season.
		Last year, the Orix manager tried to alter his swing towards something more orthodox, which Ichiro refused to do, and so he was sent to the minors.
		In 1997, Akira Ogi became the manager of Orix Blue Waves and changed the name on the back of Ichiro's uniform to "Ichiro," from "Suzuki", which was unique.
	www.geocities.com /Philidae/Bio2.html (448 words)

	U.S.S. Mariner » How posting works
		The Japanese officials were to pass on the bid to the Orix Blue Wave, Suzuki’s team, which has four business days to accept or reject the offer.
		According to several Japanese reporters, the Blue Wave announced that the winning bid was $13.125 million.
		Led by Shigeyoshi Ino, general manager of the Pacific League Kobe-based Orix Blue Wave (owned by Orix Corp., a major leasing company), they came up with a plan designed to close the Nomo loophole and enable management to profit from the growing rash of defections.
	ussmariner.com /?p=3063 (2910 words)

	Japan's Leading Man
		As a member of the Pacific League's Orix Blue Wave, he rose from obscurity in 1994 (at age 20), to break Japan's all-time single season hit record with 210.
		Drafted by the Orix Blue Wave in 1991, he made his Japan League debut in 1992, batting an inconspicuous.253 as a part time player.
		The 1993 Orix Blue Wave Takara set and all others from that year were sold at both toy stores and card shops.
	www.psacard.com /articles/article3128.chtml (2839 words)

	Los Angeles Dodgers News
		At the close of the 2004 Japanese Pro Baseball season, the ORIX Blue Wave and the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes merged to form the ORIX Buffaloes.
		The new ORIX team will be managed by Japan Hall of Fame inductee Akira Ohgi, who previously managed both the Blue Wave and the Buffaloes.
		Prior to the official 2001 signing with the Buffaloes, five ORIX Blue Wave officials visited Dodger Stadium in 2000 and engaged in a seminar led by Dodger executives on such areas as baseball operations, marketing, ticketing and stadium operations.
	losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/la/news/la_press_release.jsp?ymd=20041211&content_id=920664&vkey=pr_la&fext=.jsp (526 words)

	May 26, 2003 - Chiba Marine Stadium - Blue Wave vs Marines
		On a night that was wild for something other than baseball, the Chiba Lotte Marines were victorious at home, shutting out the Orix Blue Wave 3-0 behind a 2-hitter from Nate Minchey.
		After a quizzical look by the players on the field, the umpires looked up, saw that the stadium was in one piece and continued the game.
		Minchey, in his sixth year of playing in Japan, retired 19 of the last 20 Orix batters, including the last 15 in a row.
	home.earthlink.net /~japanbbtrip2003/id24.html (580 words)

	TIMEasia.com: Arts -- How Come No One's Watching? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The point was you had Ichiro, so you always had fans, you were always in the spotlight and some of his luminous star wattage was bound to shine on you.
		For one thing, the Blue Wave is in first place, after a fourth-place finish last year with boy wonder.
		When reporters approach Arias and the rest of the Blue Wave, the only thing they want to talk about is their famous former teammate.
	www.time.com /time/asia/arts/magazine/0,9754,129012,00.html (633 words)

	Ice Ice Ichiro
		Ichiro graduated from high school in 1991 and was drafted by the Orix Blue Wave in the fourth round of the Japan free-agent draft, as an outfielder.
		Ichiro Suzuki began his career with the minor league Blue Wave in 1992, hitting.366 in 58 games before he was called up to the majors where he batted.253 in 40 games.
		In 1993 he split time between the two clubs, hitting.371 with eight home runs in 48 games in the minors and batting.188 with a home run in 64 at-bats with the major league Blue Wave.
	www.geocities.com /Philidae/Bio.html (670 words)

	LA shops for Suzuki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Such a trade would open a spot for Suzuki, 27, who hit.387 last season for the Orix Blue Wave and has won eight Japanese League batting titles in nine years.
		Wednesday was the deadline to submit bids to the commissioner's office, which plans to tell Japanese League officials today the amount of the bid, without identifying the bidder.
		The Blue Wave has until Tuesday to determine if the bid is acceptable.
	www.press-enterprise.com /newsarchive/2000/11/09/973754368.html (517 words)

	NetShrine Discussion Forum - Mark Schramek - Man With A Plan?
		He was so pissed that he went on a tryout with the Orix Blue Wave.
		Barad said the plan was for Schramek to play a month in the Atlantic League (whose season begins in early May) to showcase himself for the 2003 draft.
		Over the summer, Schramek had negotiated with the Orix Blue Wave in Japan but didn't sign despite what Barad termed a lucrative, multiyear offer.
	www.netshrine.com /vbulletin2/printthread.php?t=6948 (1771 words)

	2000 Pre-Olympic Congress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A narrative analysis of newspaper articles of Orix Blue Wave’s victories written in connection with Hanshin-Awaji great earthquake and some considerations of an Orix fan’s real life
		It is assumed that mass media played an important role in forming the collective memory that the victories of Orix Blue Wave encouraged the people who received damage in Hanshin-Awaji Great Earthquake in 1995.
		1) The plot, "affliction in the disaster areas"® "the association with invincible Orix and recoveries in the disaster areas"® "courage and vigor brought to the disaster areas by the victory"® "their sense of gratitude to the team enhanced"® "hope of regeneration" was observed in the editorials.
	www.ausport.gov.au /fulltext/2000/preoly/abs486a.htm (287 words)

	SportingNews.com - Baseball : Teams facing deadline to bid for Japanese star (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. -- Major-league teams have been given until 5 p.m EST Wednesday to submit a bid to the Orix Blue Wave of the Japanese Central League for the services of outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, a seven-time batting champion.
		If the Blue Wave reject the bid, they will get to keep Suzuki for a full year.
		If the Blue Wave accept the bid, Alderson said the major-league team would have 30 days to settle on a contract between Suzuki and his agent.
	fantasy.sportingnews.com /baseball/articles/20001108/271765-p.html (246 words)

	Collecting Other Non-USA Cards
		Reverse side seems to indicate the four are not really intended to be cut, despite the tiny scissors and dotted lines on front.
		Text on this side is esentially advertising for the Orix Club Lending Company, interest rates, and how to apply for their current loan promotions.
		Blue Wave "Ichiro 51 - Lord of Field" 750-piece Puzzle.
	www.collectingichiro.com /others2.htm (2267 words)

	Major League Baseball News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It has been reported that Taguchi turned down a four-year, $10 million deal to return to the Blue Wave.
		The former number one draft pick and captain of the Orix Blue Wave was a teammate of 2001 AL Rookie of the Year and MVP Ichiro Suzuki.
		Taguchi, 32, has spent the last 10 seasons in Japan, all with the Blue Wave.
	www.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/mlb/news/mlb_news_story.jsp?article_id=stl_20020109_taguchi_news&team_id=stl (793 words)

	ESPN.com - ESPN The Magazine: The Rising Son (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Only last year, they were the first seats to fill up, as eager fans gathered to watch the rightfielder for the Orix Blue Wave field fly balls, nail runners with a laser throw to third, or even just stretch between pitches.
		But Ichiro Suzuki is in Seattle now, and the Blue Wave, who averaged 9,335 fans last year when they finished fourth in the Pacific League, are drawing only 5,000 a game this season even though they're at or near the top of the standings.
		All of Seattle's home games, as well as many of the road games, are on TV in Japan.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=1224025&type=story (411 words)

	The Baseball Guru - Analysis ggarland03
		So far, there has been no reaction from either Orix or Ichiro to Watanabe's statement, perhaps choosing to allow the clownish nature of the remark speak for itself.
		Taguchi, who finished second to Brent Abernethy in total hits in the 2000 Sydney Olympics, remarked to the press that he thought that "the Cardinals have the coolest uniform in all of baseball." The Taguchi signing is being greeted very positively by the St. Louis faithful, arguably the greatest fans around.
		To be sure, Anaheim could dearly pay for allowing the ex-Blue Wave to get away, since their middle relief has some big question marks right now.
	baseballguru.com /ggarland/analysisggarland03.html (1594 words)

	Baseball America Online - So Taguchi
		Defense was Taguchi’s calling card when he played with Ichiro for the Orix Blue Wave of Japan’s Pacific League.
		They both joined the Blue Wave in 1992.
		And while Ichiro never hit lower than.342 his last seven seasons in Japan, Taguchi had a career batting average of.277 with the Blue Wave.
	www.baseballamerica.com /today/minors/taguchi050902.html (354 words)

	CNNSI.com - MLB Baseball - Mariners to pay Suzuki $14 million over three years - Sunday January 07, 2001 06:46 PM
		Posted: Friday January 05, 2001 3:50 PM Updated: Sunday January 07, 2001 6:46 PM Ichiro Suzuki is a career.357 hitter while playing for the Orix Blue Wave of Japan's Pacific League.
		But the Mariners will be able to defer about half the money it pays to Suzuki, with interest: $4 million of the signing bonus, $2 million of this year's salary and $1 million of his salary in 2003.
		After Suzuki said he wanted to play in the major leagues, the commissioner's office put his rights up for auction, and the Mariners submitted the high bid, agreeing to pay the Orix Blue Wave of Japan's Pacific League $13,125,000 for his rights.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /baseball/mlb/news/2001/01/05/mariners_suzuki_ap (643 words)

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