Saitama Seibu Lions

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Saitama Seibu Lions vs Chiba Lotte Marines

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League Position

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Established
1950 (76 years old)

Sport
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Baseball

Venue

Belluna Dome
(31,552 Capacity)

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Location
Tokorozawa City,Japan

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Competitions
Nippon Baseball League

Last Edit
smudgie: 16/Jul/25

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		Upcoming
14 Jul 26	Saitama SSaitama Seibu Lions	9:00am	Chiba LotChiba Lotte Marines
15 Jul 26	Saitama SSaitama Seibu Lions	9:00am	Chiba LotChiba Lotte Marines
16 Jul 26	Saitama SSaitama Seibu Lions	9:00am	Chiba LotChiba Lotte Marines
18 Jul 26	Tohoku RaTohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	9:00am	Saitama SSaitama Seibu Lions
19 Jul 26	Tohoku RaTohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	9:00am	Saitama SSaitama Seibu Lions

		Results
12 Jul 26	Hokkaido Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	1 - 12	Saitama SSaitama Seibu Lions
11 Jul 26	Hokkaido Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	8 - 2	Saitama SSaitama Seibu Lions
10 Jul 26	Hokkaido Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	1 - 2	Saitama SSaitama Seibu Lions
08 Jul 26	Saitama SSaitama Seibu Lions	2 - 5	Tohoku RaTohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
07 Jul 26	Saitama SSaitama Seibu Lions	6 - 1	Tohoku RaTohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

Description

The Saitama Seibu Lions are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based north of Tokyo in Tokorozawa, Saitama. Before 1979, they were based in Fukuoka in Kyushu. The team is owned by a subsidiary of Prince Hotels, which in turn is owned by the Seibu Group. The team experienced a recent period of financial difficulty, but the situation brightened when the team received a record ¥6 billion (about $51.11 million) posting fee from the Boston Red Sox for the right to negotiate a contract with Daisuke Matsuzaka. Between 1978 and 2008, the team logo and mascot were based on the adult version of Kimba the White Lion, a classic Japanese anime series by Osamu Tezuka. In 2004, former Seibu Lions player Kazuo Matsui became the first Japanese infielder to play in Major League Baseball.