The were a semi-professional
baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding t ...
team in the
Shikoku-Kyūshū Island League of
Japan that played out of
Nagasaki Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Nagasaki Prefecture has a population of 1,314,078 (1 June 2020) and has a geographic area of 4,130 km2 (1,594 sq mi). Nagasaki Prefecture borders Saga Prefecture to the northeast.
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. The team was established as part of an expansion of the league in 2008 (along with the
Fukuoka Red Warblers).
In 2009 the team won a half-season championship. Following the 2010 season, the team announced that it would not be participating in the league's 2011 season; the Saints were officially dissolved in September 2010.
[Gen]
"Island League: Nagasaki Saints to be dissolved,"
Yakyubaka.com (September 30, 2010).
References
External links
IBLJ press releaseNagasaki Shimbun article
Baseball teams in Japan
Baseball teams established in 2008
Sports teams in Nagasaki Prefecture
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