Orix Buffaloes - Definition and Overview

The Orix Buffaloes (オリックスバファローズ) is a baseball team in Ōsaka and Kōbe, Japan, that plays in the Pacific League of Nippon Professional Baseball. The team is owned by the Orix Group, a leading diversified financial services company based in Tokyo.

The team was formed after the 2004 NPB season by the merger of the Orix BlueWave and the Ōsaka Kintetsu Buffaloes. The merged team is slated to begin play in the 2005 NPB season, splitting its home games between the Yahoo! BB Stadium in Kōbe (the former home of the BlueWave) and the Ōsaka Dome in Ōsaka (the former home of the Kintetsu Buffaloes).

External links

Orix Buffaloes (http://www.buffaloes.co.jp/)

Central League
Japanese Professional Baseball
Yomiuri Giants \| Chunichi Dragons \| Yakult Swallows \| Hiroshima Carp \| Hanshin Tigers \| Yokohama BayStars
Pacific League
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters\| Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles \| Chiba Lotte Marines \| Seibu Lions \| Orix Buffaloes \| Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Japan Series \| Japanese Baseball League (former)

This baseball-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it (http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Orix_Buffaloes).

Example Usage of Buffaloes
	buffaloesff: CU lands a gem with Alec Burks http://bit.ly/6oF8Nx #colorado #Buffaloes
	yen_town: スーパー後藤に超期待。でも何よりケガしないで RT @Orix_Buffaloes: 後藤選手が契約書にサイン！！『オフはどこかにこもります。行方不明になります（笑）』
	yen_town: @Orix_Buffaloes 適当すぎるお菓子ですみませんでした

Copyright 2009 WordIQ.com - Privacy Policy :: Terms of Use :: Contact Us :: About Us
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the this Wikipedia article.

Orix Buffaloes - Definition and Overview

External links

Example Usage of Buffaloes