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baseball in Japan

a popular sport in Japan for over a century since its introduction in 1872. Baseball is played at all age levels but most widely in junior high schools and senior high schools; Japanese professional baseball consists of two leagues, the Central League and the Pacific League.

Wikipedia and Wikis

Japanese baseball - Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_baseball

Other

MLB history of Puro Yakyū page
http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/news/mlb_news.js ...
List of players at ''Japanese Baseball''
http://japanesebaseball.com/players/index.jsp
Japan Baseball Daily
http://www.japanbaseballdaily.com
Official Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Site (.jp)
http://www.npb.or.jp/
Japan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
http://english.baseball-museum.or.jp/index.html
Official NPB Statistics (.jp)
http://www.npb-bis.com/
Japanese Baseball Data Archive at ''The Baseball Guru''
http://baseballguru.com/jalbright/stats.html

Keywords and Synonyms

baseball in Japan, Baseball - Japan, Japan Professional Baseball, Japanese baseball, Japanese Professional Baseball, Nippon Professional Baseball, Nippon Pro Baseball, Yakyu