Orix will once more wear the strip "Ganbaro Kobe" (Let's do our best, Kobe) on the team's uniforms when the Buffaloes take on the Yakult Swallows in May at Kobe's Skymark Stadium in May.
Fifteen years ago, after an earthquake devastated the city, the Orix BlueWave won the Pacific League before losing to the Swallows in the Japan Series.