Hey all, throughout December, and into January, I'll be putting out brief history videos on all 12 NPB teams. The next video will be on the Saitama Seibu Lions. My Patreon: / gaijinbaseball My Twitter: / gaijinbaseball
11:41 DeNA bought the BayStars from Tokyo Broadcasting System, not Maruha. Maruha sold the team to TBS in January 2002 while requiring them not to change the name, which is why it goes unnoticed.
I played in Yokohama in 2002 and we were terrible. The pitching was hurting and so were the Gaigin brought in. I was the only one to stay in the big club all year, Also first Latino player to hit for the cycle. The Fans and the city are out of this world. Great fans and great city. Also the office was great. Great memories. Saito, Takahuru Ishi, Suzuki and Saeki were a big part of that team. Unfortunately Saeki (calve) and Susuki (back) were down all year with injuries. Great memories.
MY CENTRAL LEAGUE TEAM!! Also their stadium was the host of the 2021 Olympics baseball events where Tyler Austin, a current Baystar, won silver for Team USA. Both where the reasons I became hooked to the NPB every since. Also, DB Starman is my primary NPB mascot. VAMOS HASTA LA VICTORIA #Baystars (Plays Passionate Star)
Osamu Mihara is the person most respected by Akira Ohgi, who develop Ichiro, and Hideki Kuyriyama , who develop Shohei Ohtani. Foreigners may not know him, but he's an important figure in Japanese baseball. If you can read Japanese, I recommend reading the book 魔術師 三原脩と西鉄ライオンズ(English title Magician Osamu Mihara and Nishitetsu Lions). You will understand not only Osamu Mihara also the history of baseball in Japan.
I hope Gaijin Baseball will cover the infamous Kawasaki Stadium (not to be confused with Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium) as it's still around surprisingly enough... as an American football stadium.
Shame that the name Whales got such an unfortunate association, because it is a great name for a baseball team especially for one based out of Yokohama. Regardless, the BayStars truly are the odd team of the bunch in Central League that almost seems like it doesn't fit due to how young they are as a team in comparison with the rest of the historical titans in their league like the Tigers and Giants. I guess it means they have more time to build their own dynasty similar to the Hawks, if you want to look at it glass half full. Another cool video as always Gaijin. Can't wait to watch Invincible Seibu next. :)
The Baystars have my favourite unis in NPB, especially after the Carp announced their new look. But NPB on the whole is weaker than most leagues for their uniforms.
i can't find any Phillies connection, yet Phillies have been around for 100 years and it seems like maybe there could be one, even if it's the Phanatic palling around in Japan.
It's the Kintetsu Pearls They used the Phillies P under that name, they became the Buffaloes in 1959 I probably should've labelled that looking back on it now
@@GaijinBaseball Thank you! Interesting I thought that P font was a Phillies creation. Great site! It was a sign that Charlie Manuel would win a WS with Philly.
how ugly their home uniform is, unironically it's one of my favorite uniform in NPB.. Quoting Shannon Skane, The Hockey Guy, It's falls into "It's so ugly, it's great" category.
I must say it's a bit ironic that you name your team Whales because your company's main business is killing whales. It's like calling a bunch of fishermen "the team fish".. Not saying anything about whaling being now banned, which is neither here nor there..
I played in Yokohama in 2002 and we were terrible. The pitching was hurting and so were the Gaigin brought in. I was the only one to stay in the big club all year, Also first Latino player to hit for the cycle. The Fans and the city are out of this world. Great fans and great city. Also the office was great. Great memories. Saito, Takahuru Ishi, Suzuki and Saeki were a big part of that team. Unfortunately Saeki (calve) and Susuki (back) were down all year with injuries. Great memories.
