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The 64th Annual National Athletic Tournament for Rubber Baseball will take place between September 27th and the 30th in Niigata.

The following 10 schools will be competing at the tournament:

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Central League Roster Updates

Added to the Active Roster

Yakult Swallows

• Muranaka, Kyohei P

Yokohama Bay Stars

• Mastny, Tom P
• Saito, Toshio C

Removed from the Active Roster

Yakult Swallows

• Kawashima, Ryo P

Yokohama Bay Stars

• Walrond, Les P
• Kurobane, Toshiki C

Pacific League Roster Updates

Added to the Active Roster

Seibu Lions

• Miura, Taka OF

Orix Buffaloes

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Eri Yoshida apparently wants to return to the Kobe 9 Cruise next season, this despite the fact that she left the team at one point after Yoshihiro Nakata was fired by the front office.

Said Yoshida, "I'm thinking about next season. If it's possible... I love Kobe and the players here are great."

Based on nothing but my personal opinion, it would seem likely that the team will ask her back next season. I'm not exactly sure how many extra fans she pulls in, but ...

Here are the results from Day 6:

Game 1 @ 10:59

Game 2 @ 14:59

Game 3 @ 18:30
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Chiba Lotte Marines

...The Marines won a game with 1 hit (a home run) on Wednesday night against the Softbank Hawks for the first time in the Pacific League since April 12, 1991 when the Nippon Ham Fighters beat the Orix Buffaloes with a solo homer by Fujio Tamura. The feat has only been accomplished four other times in league history (10 times if you include games that were won by a non-home run hit).

Incidentally, it was also Toshiaki Imae's birthday (he was the one that hit

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