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	Yomiuri Giants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Yomiuri Giants (in Kanji: 読売巨人; Yomiuri-kyojin) are a popular baseball team in Japan.
		The team is owned by the Yomiuri Group, a media conglomerate which includes two newspapers and a television network.
		The Yomiuri Giants are the oldest professional team in Japan, which was founded in 1936 and joined the new Japanese Professional League.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/y/yo/yomiuri_giants.html (180 words)

	Shigeo Nagashima - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1958 the Yomiuri Giants signed him to a contract and everyone was looking forward to seeing him play.
		After retiring as a player, he became the manager "Kyojin" of the Giants and led the team to several pennants.
		Frequently criticized for failing to win despite the high-salaried players provided to him by the Yomiuri Group, he was fired as Giants manager in 2003 and became the head coach of the Olympic baseball team of Japan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nagashima_Shigeo (408 words)

	JapanBall.com - The Complete Guide to Japanese Baseball
		Yomiuri is the only team that has all of its games televised nationally.
		The Giants also receive far more press coverage than other teams, particularly in the Yomiuri Shimbun, Daily Yomiuri and Sports Hochi, three newspapers that are run by the same company that owns the Giants.
		But the appeal of the Giants goes beyond the fact that they are always in the public eye.
	www.japanball.com /giants.htm (462 words)

	Archived Weblog Entry - 10/25/2002: "YES to Broadcast Yomiuri Giants Game Saturday Morning"
		However, a Yomiuri official insists that this had nothing to do with the ongoing negotiations between the Yankees and the kyojin over a working agreement.
		This will be the first time in 35 years, since the fourth game of the 1967 Japan Series between the Yomiuri Giants and the Hankyu Braves when Giants starter Masaichi Kaneda did it, since a pitcher has batted other than ninth in a lineup in a series contest.
		The Giants went to four in 27 and the Lions in 39.
	baseballguru.com /archives/entries/00000016.htm (785 words)

	JBall -- Japanese baseball history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		But weakened by the departure of Starfin, the death of Sawamura, and the one-year absence of Fujimoto, the Kyojin fell to fifth place in 1947, the same year they were permanently renamed the Yomiuri Giants.
		The Giants' popularity had as much to do with their clever use of the media as their all-star roster and their dominance of other teams.
		Yomiuri also owned Sports Hochi, a tabloid which usually found some reason to put the Giants on their cover.
	ww1.baywell.ne.jp /fpweb/drlatham/history/history.htm (1210 words)

	JBall -- Japanese baseball teams: The Yomiuri Giants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Most of their free agents have cost more than they were worth, and the team has a habit of giving large contracts to foreign players who are don't fit the team's needs.
		While the Giants are the wealthiest Japanese team, they also offer more prestige than other ball clubs.
		The Kyojin have played in Japan's capital city since 1936, and moved into Tokyo Dome in 1988.
	ww1.baywell.ne.jp /fpweb/drlatham/teams/giants.htm (556 words)

	Chapter Excerpt: The Samurai Way of Baseball by Robert Whiting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Kyojin no Hoshi was grounded in the harsh work ethic that Japan embraced as the nation clawed its way up from the ashes of war.
		For years, the Tokyo Giants have held an autumn camp where typically the workday began at 7:00 in the morning and ended at 9:00 at night.
		His on-field strategy was not remarkably different from the dogged step-by-step, base-by-base approach followed by the Giants and most other Japanese teams, who worshipped at the altar of the sacrifice bunt.
	www.twbookmark.com /books/34/0446531928/chapter_excerpt18498.html (8019 words)

	Japanese Baseball History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Yomiuri Shimbun owner Matsutaro Shiriki founded the Great Japan Tokyo Baseball club, later known as the Giants in 1934.
		However, an organized professional league was not established until 1936 when the Giants and six other teams were started.
		The Tokyo Kyojin (Giants) have been the most popular team almost since Japanese Baseball began.
	www.bridgewater.edu /~dhuffman/soc306/S98grp2/index2.html (166 words)

	The Baseball Guru - JAPAN’S TOP PLAYERS by Jim Albright
		He was a durable power pitcher for the Giants, but in 1844, Japanese wartime paranoia led to his being placed in a detention camp.
		He hit 54 HR in one of the Triple Crown seasons, and might well have tied Oh's record had Giant pitchers (Oh managed the Giants at the time) not thrown their pitches so far away from the plate as to make them unhittable in Bass' last game that year.
		When he returned to the Giants in 1943, his shoulder was so sore that he attempted to pitch submarine style with little success.
	www.baseballguru.com /jalbright/analysisjalbright01.html (9958 words)

	Is it reasonable to like the Giants and Dodgers? - Yellowworld Forums
		Yomiuri Kyojin can burn in fucking hell! Hanshin rules all! I wear my Tigers hat everywhere I go.
		But don't care for the Mets, because when I'm listening to the play-by-play when the Giants are over there, inevitably a plane rolls by and you missed the play by play.
		I, simultaneously, cringed at his ability to make the Giants chase the off speed pitches, and then marveled at how much he could vary speed and location.
	forums.yellowworld.org /showthread.php?t=7887 (576 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Yomiuri Giants is Japan’s oldest and most popular baseball team, winning more pennants and Japan Series titles than any other team.
		Founded in 1936 as the Tokyo Kyojin, the Giants became Japan’s first professional baseball team, and has since established itself as the most successful.
		Since 1936, the Yomiuri Giants have won 20 championship titles, led by some of the most admired names in Japanese baseball.
	www.oncommand.com /press01/may7_jpbaseball.htm (490 words)

	Search (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Translated as Star of the Giants, Kyojin no Hoshi was an eleven volume manga by Noboru Kawasaki and Ikki Kajiwara that followed the path of a young boy who dreams of joining the Yomiuri Giants baseball team.
		Facing and surmounting self doubt, arduous training, and rivalries, Hoshi Hyuuma eventually reaches his goals and becomes a pitcher with the Giants.
		Once all of the games are conquered and all of the animation unlocked, a complete narrated episode of Kyojin no Hoshi may be viewed.
	hh141.hiphip.com /templates/frmTemplateE.asp?CatalogID=4273&... (197 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The first Japanese team was formed in 1934 thanks to Yomiuri Shimbum and Matsutaro Shoriki and they were first called the Great Japan Tokyo Baseball Club.
		Due to the bad relations with the U.S.A. the Giants, Tigers, and Senators all changed their names to the Kyojin, Hanshin, and Tsubasa respectively.
		The team to beat when the league first started was the Tokyo Kyojin (Giants) who won six league titles between 1936 and 1944.
	www.bridgewater.edu /~dhuffman/soc306/I99grp1/history.htm (312 words)

	Sumo Trivia Answers
		"Along with Kyojin and Tamagoyaki, I was a sign of the times in 1960’s Japan.
		Taiho, arguably the best rikishi to ever grace a dohyo, was so dominant in sumo that he is remembered along with the glory days of baseball's Yomiuri "Kyojin" Giants and Tamagoyaki, a simple meal of egg often over rice, as a symbol of 1960's Japan.
		So dominant was Taiho that he actually achieved Yokozuna status in the same year that he was promoted to Makuuchi (1960) and then went on to win 32 yushos until his retirement in 1971, a record that still stands today.
	www.sumotalk.com /triviaanswers.htm (991 words)

	Jaggy Nettles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		One reason why this movie retains its appeal is the solid performances of Matsuda Yusaku as a sinister yakuza and Takakura as a middle-aged cop who learns to not always do things by the book.
		Baseball depictsTakakura's Chunichi Dragons team, with a bit of western enlightenment from Selleck, beating the almighty Kyojin, the Yomiuri Giants in the climax.
		Though maybe not your cup of tea, films like this helped ease Takakura out of his typecast career and allowed him to show his depth as an actor.
	www.jaggynettles.com /site/inf_takakura.htm (650 words)

	Japanese Baseball caps and jerseys by Ebbets Field Flannels
		In 1995, Daiei hired former Yomiuri Giants home run king Sadaharu Oh to manager the Hawks.
		Starting in 1965 the Giants won nine consecutive Central League pennants and Japan Series titles.Though he joined Yomiuri in 1959, Sadaharu Oh didn't hit many home runs his first four seasons because of a hitch in his swing.
		Founded in 1936, the Tokyo Kyojin (Giants) and Japan's oldest and most popular team, the Giants have won more games, pennants and Japan Series championships than any other team in the Japan Leagues since it's origin.
	www.dugout-memories.com /japan.html (504 words)

	Dr. FangLang 's Pavement
		Thirty years ago, Late Ikki Kajiwara created "Kyojin No Hoshi (Star of Yomiuri Giants)." The hero was Hyuma Hoshi of Yomiuri Giants.
		Parodies on Kyojin No Hoshi sometimes appear in TV commercial films.
		At present, Hideki Matsui, a young slugger of Yomiuri Giants, plays the role of "Mobile No Hoshi (Star of Mobile Computing)" at a CF on Fujitsu portable PC.
	www.geocities.com /Tokyo/4081/colj088.html (622 words)

	BaseballTruth.com Archive Document
		But The Meaning of Ichiro also serves as a primer for new readers on the fundamentals -- the rigorous training methods, the Cult of the Kyojin, or Yomiuri Giants, and the persecution of the gaijin, or foreigners, among other concepts.
		For newcomers to Japanese baseball, the notion that baseball isn't so much a game to be played but an education to be endured or that the ideal game is a 12-inning tie might seem ridiculous.
		In fact, when Whiting reminded us for the fourth time the Yomiuri Giants once won nine straight championships, I audibly replied, "Yeah, I got that the first time." Maybe Whiting needed a better editor and proofreader (this coming from someone trained as such).
	www.baseballtruth.com /leadingoff/leadingoff_050404.htm (1005 words)

	Tommy, Star of the Giants - data (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Seems to be about a baseball star, and his relationship with his mentor, & his girlfriend, who (at least in the episodes I've seen) is a successful singer.
		The "Yomiuri Giants" is a real baseball club in Japan.
		This is a very old sports anime series, but still worth a look.
	www.anime-info.co.uk /tvdb/tvdb208.htm (289 words)

	The Baseball Guru - JAPAN’S TOP PLAYERS by Jim Albright
		He is still active, though now with the Giants.
		One of his main claims to fame is that he is tied for the single season homer mark at 55.
		He adds two batting titles and the fact he did all this for Japan's Team, the Giants.
	baseballguru.com /jalbright/analysisjalbright01.html (9958 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Richie Ashburn singled in the top of the sixth for the Phillies, but the hit didn't count because the game was stopped by rain.
		Doug Henry, Pitching Consultant Coach Henry begins his third season on the Warhawk baseball camp staff after having worked this past season as a coach with the Myrtle Beach Pelicans of the Atlanta Braves organization.
		Henry played over ten seasons in the major leagues with the Brewers, Mets, Giants, Astros and Royals.
	www.baseballuniverse.info /Baseball95.aspx (1674 words)

	Gil Asakawa's Nikkei View
		The first pro league, the Japan Professional League, was formed in 1936, with the Giants and six other teams -- Osaka Tigers, Hankyu, Dai Tokyo, Nagoya Kinko, Nagoya and the Tokyo Senators - playing each other.
		Most of the teams were sponsored by newspapers (like the Yomiuri) which hoped to boost their circulation, or train lines (the Tigers and Hankyu) which hoped to increase ridership to the ballpark.
		The Giants ruled the pre-war sport, and then after World War II officially changed its name to its English spelling, causing the other teams to do the same, and kept dominating the sport.
	nikkeiview.com /nv/archives01/050801.htm (1402 words)

	The Brighter Side of History - December 26
		During World War II, Armstrong did important research on long range radar for the War Department and gave his FM patents to the military for no fee, an important gift, once the U.S. commanders realized that the German army traveled on AM, which they could easily jam.
		Yomiuri Shimbun owner Matsutaro Shoriki founded the Great Japan Tokyo Baseball Club, which he renamed the Tokyo Kyojin (Giants) the following year. 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.
		The best known 'blues` in the world was initially turned down by every publisher Handy approached.
	www.amug.org /~jpaul/dec26.html (3472 words)

	centralleague3-2-2006
		Shortstop Tomohiro Nioka, who has been hindered by a leg injury, is tentatively penciled in to start at short.
		He forecasts that the Giants will be 2-3 games up at the all star break and then surge to take it by ten.
		He also predicted that there was no way that either Orix or Rakuten will win the Pacific Legaue title, that their most likely opponents in the Japan Series would be either Softbank or Lotte.
	www.japanbaseballdaily.com /centralleague3-2-2006.html (2124 words)

	uyoku
		Ask some Japanese baseball fans what their favourite team is, and they will proudly proclaim, "I am anti-giants (anchi kyoujin)." Some of these unusual fans even know all the players names and statistics by heart, and watch every game on television.
		Every time you go to the Tokyo Dome, home of the Yomiuri Kyojin (Giants), a certain percentage of the fans there will be people who have come, not because they like either team, but to see the Giants lose.
		rampage in a town north of Tokyo because the Giants' success made him mad.
	www3.tky.3web.ne.jp /~edjacob/fringe.html (1888 words)

	Japanese Baseball
		The Central league has no designated hitter (DH).
		(Note that the Yomiuri Giants, Japan's first professional baseball team, are also called Kyojin, the Japanese word for Giants, because Japanese was purged of all foreign words during WWII.)
		Yomiuri Giants (aka Tokyo Giants or Kyojin) (owner: Yomiuri Newspaper)
	www.japanorama.com /baseball.html (667 words)

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		Giants no longer packing 'em in at the Big Egg (The Japan Ti
		Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 12:53 am Post subject: Giants no longer packing 'em in at the Big Egg (The Japan Ti
		Giants no longer packing 'em in at the Big Egg (The Japan Times) - Perhaps this is a sign of the times indicating the Tokyo Yomiuri Giants, the once-almighty Kyojin team, does not have the overwhelming popularity it once had.
	www.tempdot.com /forum/about14858.html (422 words)

	Hawaii Ventures - May eBUZZ News
		DENVER, May 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Hawaiian travelers in pursuit of a little rest and relaxation can now add the game of baseball to their vacation activities.
		Beginning immediately, "Yomiuri Giants Baseball - Live!" will be available at Honolulu's Hilton Hawaiian Village, Hyatt Regency Waikiki, Sheraton Waikiki, Sheraton Royal Hawaiian, Sheraton Moana Surfrider and Sheraton Princess Kaiulani hotels.
		On Command Corporation (http://www.oncommand.com) is the leading provider of in-room interactive entertainment, Internet services, business information and guest services for the lodging industry and its guests.
	www.hawaiiventures.com /news0504.html (587 words)

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