Overview
- The 50th Japan Industrial Baseball Championship is in progress at Kyocera Dome Osaka with 32 corporate teams competing.
- Yamaha (Shizuoka) will play Seibu Gas (Fukuoka) in the tournament’s first game on November 6.
- Yamaha enters on strong form after winning the JABA Tohoku and Hokkaido tournaments and reaching the Urban (都市対抗) semifinals.
- Former pitcher Takuya Kondo now leads Yamaha’s outreach, boosting Instagram content, redesigning the player guide, adding a “Pupple” patch to new uniforms, and distributing replica jerseys to 16 Kansai stores.
- Veteran pitcher Kenta Maeda has signaled plans to resume his career in Japan next season, saying he wants to finish in front of Japanese fans.