Everything about Chiba Lotte Marines totally explained
The are a professional
baseball team in
Japan's Pacific League, based in
Chiba City,
Chiba Prefecture, in the
Kantō region.
History
The
Chiba Lotte Marines franchise began in 1950 with the birth of the
Pacific League. The Marines were founded as the
Mainichi Orions, and they won the inaugural
Japan Series in
1950. In 1958, they were renamed the
Daimai Orions; the
Tokyo Orions in 1964; the
Lotte Orions in 1969; and finally, since 1992, they've been the
Chiba Lotte Marines. The franchise was slow to duplicate its initial success: the Orions made the Japan Series in
1960 and
1970, only to lose both years. In
1974, they beat the
Chunichi Dragons, becoming the first Pacific League team to win the Series in 10 years as the
Yomiuri Giants had claimed the prior nine titles behind the
Oh-
Nagashima attack. After that the team failed to reach the Japan Series again until
2005. They had started the 2005 season in first place, then fell behind the
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks as the year progressed, but came back to beat SoftBank 3 games to 2 in the Pacific League championship. In the final game, they trailed 2-1 entering the 8th inning. After a thirty-one year absence, the team returned to the Japan Series for the first time as the Chiba Lotte Marines, after 14 seasons with that name. In a one-sided series the Marines swept the more popular
Hanshin Tigers in four games, including scoring ten runs in each of the first three games. The apparent ease with which the Marines defeated the Tigers added fuel to the ongoing debate concerning the need for a
playoff system in the
Central League, which was finally added in 2007. The Marines went on to defeat South Korea's
Samsung Lions in the finals of the
Konami Cup Championships.
Players of note
Current players
Former players
Kevin Beirne
Mike Diaz
Julio Franco
Matt Franco
Mel Hall
Isao Harimoto
Pete Incaviglia
Hideki Irabu
Masahide Kobayashi
Leron Lee - uncle of Derrek Lee
Lee Seung-Yeop
Jim Lefebvre
Darryl Motley
Hiromitsu Ochiai (Present manager of Chunichi Dragons)
Hiroshi Ogawa
Dan Serafini
Jose Fernandez
Yasuhiko Yabuta
Retired numbers
none
Honored number
26 - This number is considered the number of the fan, the 'twentysixth player' on the bench. (NPB teams were having 25 players on their active roster)
The team is currently managed by Bobby Valentine.
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