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Another New Team?

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Another New Team?
According to asahi.com, there are plans for another team in the Osaka area, with a novel ownership structure involving shares being offered to the public. [Link - in English]

Think it'll get off the ground?
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Re: Another New Team?
[ Author: torakichi | Posted: Feb 4, 2005 10:29 PM | HT Fan ]

There was something on this on TV this evening. Apparently the head of MK Taxi feels that the loss of the [Nankai] Hawks and the Buffaloes from Osaka is a travesty, that Osaka is inherently a strong baseball city, and that having an Osaka team will benefit the city and baseball itself; and he has decided to do something about it.

His proposed system of a company "owning" a player and "renting" him to the team is interesting, but at this early stage I wonder if it is not an admission that no team in Kansai can truly compete with the Tigers on normal terms.
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