04 November 2010

Tokyo Big Six Baseball League

Yesterday was the final game of Tokyo Big Six Baseball League. (Waseda University vs Keio University) Tokyo Big Six Baseball League is an intercollegiate baseball league features six universities in Tokyo. University of Tokyo (東京大学), Hosei University (法政大学), Rikkyo University (立教大学), Meiji University (明治大学), Keio University (慶応大学) and Waseda University (早稲田大学). Well, I'm not student in such universities...

The final game was Waseda University vs Keio University and that was the first time in 50 years. They are rival and attract the most attention, we call it Sokei-sen (早慶戦). In Waseda University, there is the famous pitcher Yuki Saito (斎藤佑樹) aka the Handkerchief Prince (ハンカチ王子). So, the game attract more attention than just the Sokei-sen(早慶戦). A sell crowd of some 36,000 packed in Tokyo's Jingu Stadium(神宮球場) to watch the game. I felt the game attract more attention than the game of Nippon series that now holding in Chiba.

Well, the Waseda University won the game and became the champion of this season's Tokyo Big Six Baseball League. Anyway, Yuki Saito will play in Nippon Ham Fighters from next season.

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Posted by Masaya at 17:11

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