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	JapanBall.com - Seibu Lions Team Information
		The big question mark for the Seibu Lions, of course, will be how well they deal with the absence of ace right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka, who has gone off to pursue a career in the major leagues with the Boston Red Sox.
		As the post-Matsuzaka era begins, the Lions are determined not to miss a beat.
		Add to that the fact that Seibu ace and World Baseball Classic MVP Daisuke Matsuzaka (17 wins last season) is now plying his trade in Boston, and this was shaping up to be a tough year for the Tokorozawa Nine.
	www.japanball.com /lions_preview.htm (1057 words)

	Cannes Lions 2008
		The organisers of the 55th Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival are pleased to announce the launch of Design Lions in 2008.
		The winners of the first ever Design Lions and Grand Prix will be honoured in Cannes on Wednesday 18 June 2008 alongside the Press and Cyber Lions winners.
		The International Advertising Festival - Cannes Lions - is the largest gathering of worldwide advertising professionals and advertisers as well as the most prestigious annual advertising awards.
	www.canneslions.com /press (676 words)

	YSHP: Japanese Ballparks -- Seibu Lions Stadium
		Befitting the Lions excellence on field, no Japanese ballpark exceeds the beauty and simple elegance of their home stadium.
		Yoshiaki Tsutsumi, the owner of the Lions and the man who created Seibu Stadium, has decided to boost attendance by putting a roof on the ballpark.
		The Seibu Lions are the most successful Japanese team of all-time.
	www.baywell.ne.jp /users/drlatham/baseball/yakyu/stadium/lions.htm (626 words)

	Seibu Lions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Seibu (西武), Lions (ライオンズ), Leo (レオ), Shishi (獅子, which means lion)
		The first Japanese infielder to play in Major League Baseball, Kazuo Matsui of the Colorado Rockies, used to play for the Seibu Lions.
		The Lions' top stars of the 2004 season are players like Alex Cabrera, Daisuke Matsuzaka and Chang Chih-Chia who helped them reach the Japan Series once more.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Seibu_Lions (226 words)

	Seibu Lions
		The Seibu Lions was founded in 1950 when two-league system started, and joined the Pacific League.
		Seibu Lions became League Champions 19 times, including 8 League titles in 9 years when Akimasa Mori was directing the team(1986-1994) and won the Japan Series 11 times.
		Seibu Lions in the 2004 season consists of players such as Alex Cabrera and Daisuke Matsuzaka.
	www.starrepublic.org /encyclopedia/wikipedia/s/se/seibu_lions.html (173 words)

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		Seibu scored three runs in the sixth and Lions ace Daisuke Matsunaka held the Hawks until Tadahito Iguchi hit a solo homer in the eight inning.
		Lion catcher, Kosuke Noda, faked a tag on Tanishige, who was out of reach, then fired the ball to second for the force on Linares, the relay to first was in time for what should have retired the side.
		Seibu Lions' owner, Yoshiaki Tsutsumi, who had bought the team in 1979 from Crown Lighter and created one of the best teams of the 1980s and '90s, stated that he was stepping down due to a stock scandal involving the Seibu Group and its parent company Kokudo Corporation.
	www.robsjapanesecards.com /npb2004.doc (2884 words)

	seibu :: , eibu, , seibu information (Site not responding. Last check: )
		"seibu keisatsu has attained its status thanks to support from the fans.
		seibu keisatsu was broadcast on tv asahi from 1979 to 1984.
		all fall, speculation in new york has centered on the yankees signing the japanese free agent, who spent his career with the seibu lions and is no relation to the yanks' hideki matsui.
	www.thebuzzreport.org /seibu (478 words)

	Seibu - Memory Alpha - A Wikia wiki
		Seibu is a location in the Sol system, home of an Earth baseball team in the Planetary Baseball League, in the 21st century.
		While not known to currently be a real place "Seibu" is the name of a Japanese department store chain, but the card was presumably listing the teams by city, not by sponsorship.
		Seibu, the department store chain named above, IS, however, the primary sponsor of the Japanese league Seibu Lions, this may be the team that the card speaks of.
	www.memory-alpha.org /en/wiki/Seibu (231 words)

	News \| Gainesville.com \| The Gainesville Sun \| Gainesville, Fla. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Seibu's operations are concentrated in northwest Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture; the name "Seibu" is an abbreviation of "west Musashi," referring to the historic name for this area.
		The original Seibu Railway was founded in 1894 and began service on the Kawagoe Railway line between Kokubunji and Kawagoe that December.
		On December 21 2005, Seibu Railway shareholders voted to remove control of the railroad from Kokudo Corporation and Yoshiaki Tsutsumi who received prison sentences in October for insider trading.
	www.gainesville.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Seibu_Railway (389 words)

	Japanese rail tycoon pleads guilty to fraud - Business - International Herald Tribune
		Prosecutors accused the billionaire developer of falsifying official financial reports to hide the extent of his ownership in Seibu Railway and then quickly selling shares in the company before the discrepancies were widely known.
		The maximum penalty for falsifying financial statements is five years in prison and a fine of up to ¥5 million, or $46,000, while the toughest penalty for insider trading is three years in prison and a fine of up to ¥3 million.
		Tsutsumi inherited the foundations of the Seibu group from his father, Yasujiro, a cunning and colorful entrepreneur who spent a lifetime acquiring plots of pristine wilderness and developing them into popular vacation spots.
	www.iht.com /articles/2005/06/16/business/seibu.php (584 words)

	Giants move a step closer (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Kudo, who played for Seibu and the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks before joining the Giants as a free agent, was appearing in his 14th Japan Series, tying the record held by Yomiuri legend Sadaharu Oh.
		Seibu starter Chang Chih-chia's miseries continued in the fourth inning when he walked Shinnosuke Abe and gave up a single to Takayuki Saito.
		Lions manager Haruki Ihara then went to his bullpen, but Koji Mitsui walked Akira Eto to load the bases, setting the stage for Nioka's slam.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-chat/778336/posts (755 words)

	Archived Weblog Entry - 03/13/2006: "Japanese Baseball: Seibu Lions Team Preview 2006"
		The Lions finished 3rd in 2005 and lost their chance to defend their 2004 Japan Series crown after falling in the playoffs.
		Catching is the 3rd key to the Lions season and former Lions catching legend and manager Tsutomu Itoh will not have been happy with last years efforts.
		Graman and Gissell join the Lions for the first time and both have spent limited time in the majors and it will be interesting to see how they adjust.
	www.baseballguru.com /archives/entries/00001681.htm (500 words)

	Red Sox to negotiate with Matsuzaka in record deal
		Seibu Lions baseball club has accepted a bid by the Boston Red Sox to negotiate with star pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka for more than 50 million dollars, a record for a Japanese player.
		The Red Sox will pay the Lions a total of 51.11 million dollars just for the rights to negotiate with Matsuzaka, said the club, which is owned by Japan's Seibu railway and hotel conglomerate.
		The Lions were bought in the late 1970s by Seibu's former boss Yoshiaki Tsutsumi, who was considered the world's richest man at the height of Japan's economic miracle a decade later.
	www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?ID=151282 (627 words)

	info: Seibu_Lions (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Seibu Dome to change name to Goodwill Dome on Jan 1 (Japan Today)TOKYO â” Goodwill Group Inc said Saturday that Seibu Dome, the home ground for the Seibu Lions professional baseball team, will change its name to Goodwill Dome on Jan 1 as the company has purchased the naming rights for it.
		Seibu Lions pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka, center, shares a light moment...
		Seibu Lions pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka, center, shares a light moment with fans during the fans...
	www.napoli-pizza.net /Seibu_Lions.html (610 words)

	StarBulletin.com \| Business \| /2005/11/19/
		The request by the heirs of the late Yasujiro Tsutsumi comes as executives in Tokyo are seeking to restructure Seibu, which recently emerged from an epic corporate scandal that led to the resignation of senior executives.
		The heirs claim that Seibu management is preparing to hold a shareholder meeting next week that will authorize the sale of its assets, including the Hawaii properties.
		Furthermore, they allege, Seibu plans to sell a stake in the company to Cerberus Capital Management LP, a vulture investment fund, diluting the heirs' ownership; it is not clear whether Cerberus would take shares in Seibu or Hawaii properties in exchange for its investment, Hashidate said.
	starbulletin.com /2005/11/19/business/story01.html (892 words)

	asahi.com : English
		Seibu officials said the company revised Kokudo's stake from 43.16 percent at the end of March to 64.83 percent.
		Seibu said that at one point in 2000 its affiliates' stake had reached 91.19 percent.
		Seibu is suspected of having long been in violation of the rule.
	www.asahi.com /english/business/TKY200410140153.html (396 words)

	ESPN Search: boston red sox (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Seibu Lions pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka smiles with a trophy of the Golden Glove Award for the best pitcher in Japan's professional baseball's Pacific League during an awarding ceremony in Tokyo...
		Seibu Lions pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka smiles during his team's baseball clinic for fans in Tokorozawa, north of Tokyo, Thursday, Nov. 23, 2006.The Red Sox have made an offer to Matsuzaka that Boston...
		Seibu Lions pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka, center, shares a light moment with fans during the fans' gathering at their home ground of Invoice Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, west of Tokyo, Thursday, Nov. 23,...
	search.espn.go.com /keyword/photoTeam?league=mlb&team=bos (682 words)

	Seattle Marinerds
		I dunno what I was thinking, but I ended up going back to the Seibu Invoice Dome tonight to see the Orix Buffaloes lose 5-3 to the Seibu Lions.
		The Lions, on the other hand, had it so that almost all of their runs were either home runs or batted in by Jeff Liefer or home runs by Jeff Liefer.
		An amusing part about the home runs in the Seibu field is that the outfield wall is short enough that every time, the outfielders would basically jump on the wall, cling to the fence, and try to catch the ball futilely anyway.
	marinerds.blogspot.com /search/label/Seibu (2536 words)

	asahi.com : EDITORIAL/ Seibu Lions scandal - ENGLISH (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Seibu Lions paid a total of 13 million yen under the table to two promising amateurs--one a university player and the other a pitcher of a corporate team.
		What Seibu has done is all the more inexcusable because the club continued to pay the money after the Yomiuri scandal.
		The Seibu scandal is the result of baseball officials' failure to implement these reforms.
	mfeed.asahi.com /english/Herald-asahi/TKY200703140056.html (729 words)

	ESPN.com - Lions take final two on the road
		NAGOYA, Japan -- Former Arizona Diamondback Alex Cabrera hit a two-run home run Monday to lead the Seibu Lions to a 7-2 victory in Game 7 of the Japan Series, their first title since 1992 and ninth overall.
		Takashi Ishii gave up three hits in six scoreless innings as the Pacific League champion Lions became the first team since 1989 to clinch the championship by winning the final two games of the best-of-seven series on the road.
		Seibu took control of the game with a five-run third inning, highlighted by Cabrera's homer off Chunichi reliever Daisuke Yamai that bounced off the glass-enclosed private boxes above the left-field seats.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=1908987&type=story (262 words)

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		His first two were a solo shot in the 2nd and\, after the Lions had just taken a 2-1 lead\, a 2-run HR in the 4th (his Japan-leading total is now 32).
		Lions lost and Mari nes won leaving the Hawks 5 ahead of Lotte and 17.5 ahead of Orix (who m oved ahead of Seibu).
		The eventual game winning run came on a solo HR b y Lions GG Sato (why GG?).\n\nNote: Johjima missed the game with a sore shoulder\, but did pinch hit in the 8th\, only to be intentionally walke d and lifted for a pinch runner.
	ical.mac.com /WebObjects/iCal.woa/wa/Download/Fukuoka32Softbank32Hawks.ics?u=davidallenjohnson&n=Fukuoka32Softbank32Hawks.ics (3317 words)

	Tampa Bay Devil Rays : Official Info : Press Release
		Mori, 31, was a five-time All-Star with the Seibu Lions of the Japanese Pacific League.
		In nine seasons with the Lions he compiled a 44-44 record with 50 saves and a 3.39 ERA in 431 appearances, while striking out 755 in 653.0 innings.
		Seibu won four Pacific League championships and the 2004 Japan Series during his tenure with the club.
	tampabay.devilrays.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20060111&content_id=1294354&vkey=pr_tb&fext=.jsp&c_id=tb (355 words)

	2004 Japanese Professional Baseball (Pro Yakyu) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Seems like the Seibu Lions have to beat Shinya Okamoto (41% fastball, 46% sliders/cutters) one more time if they want to claim the Nippon Ichi title for the first time in 12 years.
		The Lions' predominantly right-handed lineup scored 16 runs in Games Two and Three and there was a speculation that Dragons planned to start ace Kenshin Kawakami on short rest to salvage the series.
		Lions' righties, on the other hand, looked for inside stuff in similar situation, going 6-for-16 with three doubles and two home runs.
	www.geocities.com /s_borisov/jb2004/japanseries.html (2415 words)

	Baseball Toaster: The Griddle : Pacific League playoffs preview
		The Lions outhomered the Hawks by a margin of 131-82.
		Seibu has edges in batting average (.275 to.259), slugging (.421 to.373) and OBP (.342 to.324).
		During the regular season, the Lions beat the Hawks 10 times, the Hawks won 9 times and there was one tie.
	griddle.baseballtoaster.com /archives/535981.html (446 words)

	Japan's Seibu: Vultures Are Circling
		While Seibu is being run by a transitional team of company managers, Takashi Goto, an official with top creditor Mizuho Financial Group, is expected to be appointed Seibu president on May 24 at an extraordinary shareholders' meeting.
		Seibu expects to report a $2.8 million net loss on revenue of $3.9 billion for the fiscal year ended Mar. 31.
		The Seibu group was founded in 1912 by Tsutsumi's father, who died in 1964, leaving his rapidly growing businesses to his three sons, each of whom took over part of the company.
	www.businessweek.com /magazine/content/05_21/b3934157_mz035.htm (1374 words)

	The Seattle Times: Larry Stone: Matsuzaka sweepstakes on horizon
		Now Matsuzaka is poised this winter to be the next Japanese star to try the major leagues — provided that his Japanese team, the Seibu Lions, lets him make the move after their season ends.
		"Seibu has regrouped and consolidated its hold on the team, and Matsuzaka is their only drawing card.
		Last year, Seibu cited the absence of a pennant as the reason it didn't post Matsuzaka, saying also that his record (14-13 with a 2.30 earned-run average) wasn't good enough to justify it.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/larrystone/2003178351_stone06.html (1277 words)

	International baseball (Site not responding. Last check: )
		On the Lions' farm team in 1995, he was 4-6 with one save and a 3.04 ERA, striking out 82 and walking 66 in 118 innings.
		Former Seibu pitching coach Masanori Murakami, the first Japanese ever to play in the major leagues when he joined the San Francisco Giants in 1963, said Maeda would likely start out in Single- or Double-A. ''He's got a good fastball, but it doesn't move,'' Murakami said.
		Seibu, which retained the right to choose which team Maeda will go to, is asking $150,000-$200,000 for him.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/baseball/sbbw0718.htm (844 words)

	Red Sox win right to negotiate with Japan's priciest baseball export yet
		But the Lions club, which is owned by railway and hotel conglomerate Seibu, stands to benefit handsomely.
		Japanese journalists in the US said their American counterparts were in disbelief when told of the 51.1 million-dollar amount announced by Seibu.
		The Lions were bought in the late 1970s by Seibu's former boss, Yoshiaki Tsutsumi, who was considered the world's richest man at the height of Japan's economic miracle.
	www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=151307 (712 words)

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