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	Rakuten - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In October 2004 the company announced it was planning to set up a professional baseball team, the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles[1].
		In October 2005 Rakuten surprised the business world by buying a 15.46% stake in Tokyo Broadcasting System, raising their ownership to over 19%, and they also planned to merge with the broadcast company.
		Rakuten's primary line of business is ecommerce hosting and support.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rakuten (301 words)

	Sake-Drenched Postcards - Where Eagles Dare: Rakuten to Play Hard Ball
		Mikitani and his Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles club are set to change the baseball business in Japan and score a few runs in the process.
		After acquiring over twenty companies for Rakuten, which opened for business in 1997, he indicated that he feels he is suited to take on baseball operations next.
		His reason for starting Rakuten had nothing to do with garnering fame; it was more about showing that goals can be achieved through aggressive actions.
	www.bigempire.com /sake/rakuten.html (1290 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Sendai
		The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles was introduced as a new Pacific League baseball franchise after widely publicized turmoil involving the merger of the Kintetsu Buffaloes and the Orix Blue Wave developed into the first strike in Japanese professional baseball.
		Tohoku Fukushi University and Sendai Ikuei Gakuen High School are well known for strong sports programs, the latter for baseball.
		Tohoku University is known in Japan to be the leader in the field of material science.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Sendai (3507 words)

	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles - BR Bullpen
		Rakuten, Japan's largest online shopping center, was denied by the Japanese baseball establishment in their attempt to buy a financially struggling team in 2004.
		When the Orix Blue Wave and Kintetsu Buffaloes merged to form the Orix Buffaloes, the Pacific League was down to 5 teams; Rakuten put in a bid for a new franchise and was approved.
		The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles began play in 2005 and won their opener 3-1, but lost their second game 26-0, tying the worst shutout in Nippon Pro Baseball history as the team got one-hit.
	www.baseball-reference.com /bullpen/Tohoku_Rakuten_Golden_Eagles (221 words)

	RAKUTEN WIN JAPANESE BASEBALL FRANCHISE
		The new team - the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles - will play in the north-eastern city of Sendai from next season.
		Rakuten edged out Internet services firm Livedoor Co. which had also been vying to establish a team in Sendai.
		The entry of Rakuten and Mikitani to Japanese baseball ownership is a watershed for the sport, whose owners have traditionally been from the railroad, food service and media industries.
	www.sportbusiness.com /news/156031/rakuten-win-japanese-baseball-franchise (155 words)

	AsiaMedia :: JAPAN: Rakuten and TBS bury hatchet, agree to start tieup talks
		Despite the truce, there is still a possibility Rakuten may resort to an aggressive takeover bid if it isn't satisfied with the upcoming talks.
		Wednesday's agreement says Rakuten will reduce its stake in TBS to less than 10 percent by putting its shares in the trust of Mizuho Trust and Banking Co. and impose a freeze on its voting rights.
		A merger with Rakuten would also pose a problem to TBS's ownership of the Yokohama BayStars, because Rakuten owns the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles and pro baseball bylaws stipulate that one firm cannot own two teams.
	www.asiamedia.ucla.edu /article.asp?parentid=34745 (711 words)

	Baseball Publicity in Japan
		Now, Rakuten Golden Eagles is taking part in baseball season in Japan, so these days, surely the profit of Rakuten has improved by entering the baseball world.
		Therefore, Rakuten was the second to raise this company’s hand, so this turn is minus factor, because people think that the first is good image, the second’s image is in imitation of the first.
		Rakuten expects that this baseball business will be in fl about five years ago, because Rakuten has big plan of it.
	www.nufs.ac.jp /~michael/Archives/05_ACE_1/masato.htm (1893 words)

	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rakuten (楽天), Eagles (イーグルス), Washi (鷲, meaning eagle), Inuwashi (狗鷲, meaning golden eagle)
		The team is owned by the Internet shopping company Rakuten [1].
		- The Golden Eagles' official cheer song, recorded and released as a single by J-pop idol group Morning Musume.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tohoku_Rakuten_Golden_Eagles (290 words)

	Russia encyclopedia : Cultural Information , Maps, Russia politics and officials, Russian History. Travel to Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sendai is the center of the Tohoku region\'s economy, and is the base of the region\'s logistics and transportation.
		The station is served by eight JR lines and is a major station for the Tohoku and Akita Shinkansen lines.
		Tohoku University is the center of the city\'s higher education.
	www.russiaiworld.com /wiki-Sendai%2C_Miyagi (3542 words)

	2004 Japanese Professional Baseball (Pro Yakyu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Rakuten was selected over Livedoor Co. at an executive committee meeting of Nippon Professional Baseball and the decision was endorsed by the baseball owners later in the day.
		The Sendai-based team is named after golden eagles living in a range of mountainous areas in the Tohoku region, Rakuten said.
		If Rakuten is granted a team for the 2005 season, Kuehnert, who speaks fluent Japanese, would become the first American general manager of a team in Japan's professional leagues.
	www.geocities.com /s_borisov/jb2004/index.html (4242 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Rakuten
		Rakuten, Inc. (楽天株式会社) is one of the biggest operators of online shopping malls in Japan.
		In October, 2004, it announced it was planning to set up a professional baseball team [1].
		The new team is called Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Rakuten (206 words)

	Golden Eagle Stowe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Golden Eagle (''Aquila chrysaetos'') is one of the best known birds of prey in the world.
		The Golden Eagle District is a district of the San Gabriel Valley Council of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA).
		The Mountain View District, the largest in the council, was divided at the San Bernardino Freeway (I-10) in 1984, and the territory south of the freeway became known as the Golden Eagle District.
	www.wwwtln.com /finance/88/golden-eagle-stowe.html (795 words)

	JapanBall.com - Rakuten Golden Eagles (Sendai) Team Information
		The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles team was founded at the conclusion of the 2004 season to begin play in the Pacific League.
		and is named after the golden eagles living in a mountain range in the area.
		Rakuten hired former Birmingham Barons team president Marty Kuehnert as its first general manager, the first American to hold such a post in
	www.japanball.com /eagles.htm (168 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
		The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (東北楽天ゴールデンイーグルス) is a baseball team founded in 2004 to begin play in 2005 in the Japanese Pacific League.
		The team was created to fill the void left by the merger of the Orix Blue Wave and the Kintetsu Buffaloes, who merged at the end of the 2004 season due to financial difficulties, leaving the league with an odd number of teams.
		Logo design: A stylized white 'E' with horizontal stripes to the left in the shape of a wing, all in white with a golden trim.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Tohoku_Rakuten_Golden_Eagles (310 words)

	NEC INFRONTIA \| Company
		Fullcast Stadium Miyagi was renewed to synchronized with the establishment of the Tohoku region’s first professional baseball team, the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
		Rakuten Baseball has entered Japanese professional baseball as a newcomer, and it is working with great enthusiasm towards the top priority of producing early profits, for which it will need to produce maximal results with the minimum necessary staff, facilities, and expenses.
		While Rakuten Baseball plans to develop the Fullcast Stadium Miyagi even further, toward the completion of the concept of “a community based space (ballpark) that everyone can enjoy,” NEC Infrontia will continue to offer improved POS performance and more efficient operation, with ever more user-friendly solutions.
	www.necinfrontia.co.jp /english/company/press/2005/050526.htm (469 words)

	Pacific League - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		After the 2004 season, the Orix BlueWave and the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes merged to form the Orix Buffaloes.
		A franchise was granted to the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles to fill the void caused by the merger.
		The Pacific and Central League champions face off at the end of the year in the Japan Series.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pacific_League (179 words)

	Bloomberg.com: Japan
		Rakuten edged out a bid by Internet service provider Livedoor Co., which was also trying to form a team in the northern Japanese city.
		Rakuten and Livedoor were vying to form a team after the Kintetsu Buffaloes and Orix BlueWave merger in September left the Pacific League with five teams.
		Rakuten last month said the manager for the new team will be former Hanshin Tigers outfielder Yasushi Tao and American sports commentator Marty Kuehnert will be the general manager.
	www.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000101&sid=aDB89wyJVc7Y (326 words)

	Japanese Broadcaster to Use WorldNet Rio Throughout baseball Commentary Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Tohoku Broadcasting Company, one of Japan’s foremost private broadcasters has recently made a major investment in the WorldNet Rio audio codec from APT – Audio Processing Technology, purchasing 8 units for use in their Baseball Commentary System.
		The new stadium will be home to the Rakuten Golden Eagles, a controversial new team who were formed following a two day walkout strike by players in protest at the merger of two league teams.
		The Golden Eagles’ games are sure to attract nationwide interest and will be broadcast live by the Tohoku Broadcasting Company from their new state-of-the-art broadcast facilities.
	www.aptx.com /nw-archive-2005-baseball.asp (343 words)

	DETECT-O-VISION » Real Baseball is Already Here (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Rakuten is perhaps the worst run franchise in the NPB as of now.
		The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles are now 0-5 and 1.6 runs per game, 0 homers, and 0 steals.
		You won’t get much fun out of rooting for the Eagles day in, day out, but it’s good to be able to watch it.
	detectovision.com /?p=566 (987 words)

	2005 Japanese Professional Baseball (Pro Yakyu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Daily Yomiuri -- The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles spring odyssey is nearly at an end as they completed their first preseason with a 5-2 defeat to the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters at Sapporo Dome on Monday.
		By Masato Fujishima, Asahi Shimbun -- Volunteers with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles are using their chance to intermingle with the players during spring training to take that important first step toward realizing their dreams.
		Rakuten set down on the island populated by 9,500 people with some 300 reporters in attendance.
	www.geocities.com /s_borisov/jb2005/index2.html (1928 words)

	wgxtk249.net » Nippon Professional Baseball Pacific League - Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles @ Hokkaido Nippon Ham ...
		I really didn’t see many impressive Eagles players, as most of the order was very weak and impatient.
		The Eagles opened up with a run in the first inning, but Ogasawara tied it in the bottom.
		The Eagles scored a run in each of the following two innings, but the Fighters came charging back with Ogasawara’s second homer for the game in the forth and an 1B Oda Tomoyuki solo home run in the sixth.
	www.wgxtk249.net /?p=88 (1173 words)

	仙台市市勢要覧｜Impression 仙台
		Sendai now has two new professional sports teams, the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (baseball) and the Sendai 89ers (basketball), in addition to Vegalta Sendai (soccer).
		In 2004, the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles became the first expansion team in Japanese professional baseball in 50 years.
		The competition is lauded as an outstanding race and has become a qualification race for the World Half Marathon Championship and the East Asian Games.
	www.city.sendai.jp /kikaku/seisaku/yoran/english/section02.html (635 words)

	Rakuten Baseball to post profit in 1st year :: JapanAddicted! :: Supporting the foreign community in Japan - and all ...
		Rakuten Baseball is now likely to register several tens of millions of yen in profit instead of the earlier-projected loss of 1.5 billion yen, the officials said.
		Internet mall operator Rakuten founded the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in Sendai to fill the void left after the merger between the Orix BlueWave and Kintetsu Buffaloes late last year.
		For next year, Rakuten Baseball expects to post a loss as it plans to spend more than 1 billion yen on enhanced training of players and some 3 billion yen on remodeling of its Fullcast home stadium in Sendai, the officials said.
	www.japanaddicted.com /modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=3034&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 (286 words)

	Japanese Baseball Gets New Look for 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Eagles were formed after a two-day players' strike last season over the merger of the Kintetsu Buffaloes and the Orix BlueWave.
		The Eagles, who will play out of the northeastern city of Sendai, are owned by Harvard graduate Hiroshi Mikitani, who immediately put his stamp on the team by selecting the crimson red of his alma mater for the team colors.
		Both the Hawks and the Eagles will broadcast their games live on the Internet, a welcome addition in a land where baseball television broadcasts are cut off before the final out.
	sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/03/24/sports/s132126S73.DTL (528 words)

	AZ Snakepit :: An Arizona Diamondbacks Community
		This year, D'backs Day fell on April 17th, against the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, and AZ Snake Pit was there, in the shape of Pacific Rim ambassador (and provider of many an entertaining DVD!), Miles Wood.
		The Eagles pulled 2 back (with the game's only HR, which naturally was when we decided to go look for food!) only for the NHF to immediately restore the 3 run gap and later extend it to 7-2 which is how it finished.
		One highlight was some slightly crazy baseball otaku (wearing an Eagles shirt) spotting a besuited 50-ish Westerner in the crowd a few rows behind us and rushing over to have photos taken with him and get his autograph.
	www.azsnakepit.com /story/2005/4/23/162957/612 (757 words)

	Major League Baseball : News : Major League Baseball News
		Starting for second-year club Tohoku Rakuten, Aikyo was a dependable arm for a team that lacks pitching, first and foremost.
		With the Golden Eagles in possession of Japanese baseball's worst record, it seemed to be a death sentence for Aikyo's quest.
		Rakuten is 16 games behind league-leading Chiba Lotte, but the rest of the teams are close to relevancy, and four teams are within three games of the league's top spot.
	mlb.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060601&content_id=1482896&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb&partnered=rss_mlb (1220 words)

	SportingNews.com Fantasy Source - Baseball : Rakuten Eagles show off new uniforms
		Going with a traditional look, Pacific League newcomers the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles revealed their new uniforms on Wednesday.
		The Eagles, who will play out of Miyagi Stadium in the northeastern Japanese city of Sendai, were formed after the merger of the Kintetsu Buffaloes and the Orix BlueWave following the 2004 season.
		Excluding cases of mergers or acquisitions, the Eagles are the first expansion team in Japanese professional baseball since the creation of the now-defunct Takahashi Unions in the Pacific League in 1954.
	fantasy.sportingnews.com /baseball/articles/20050105/591272.html (166 words)

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