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History

The Chiba Lotte Marines began their franchise in 1950, with the birth of the Pacific League. The Marines were then known as the Mainichi Orions and won the inaugural Japan Series in 1950. In 1958, they became the Daimai Orions, then the Tokyo Orions in 1964. In 1969, they became the Lotte Orions. Since 1992, they have been the Chiba Lotte Marines. They have not duplicated their initial success - they made the Japan Series in 1960 and 1970, only to lose both years. In '74, they beat the Chunichi Dragons; they were the first Pacific League team in 10 years to win the Series as the Yomiuri Giants had claimed the prior nine titles behind the Oh-Nagashima attack. The Pacific League (パシフィック・リーグ Pashifikku Riigu) is one of Japans two major professional baseball leagues (the other is the Central League). ... The Chiba Lotte Marines ) are a professional baseball team in Japans Pacific League. ... The Yomiuri Giants have won twenty Japan Series, more than any other team. ... The Chiba Lotte Marines (Japanese: ) is a professional baseball team in Japans Pacific League. ... The Chunichi Dragons have won the Central League pennant seven times (including 2006), and won the Japan Series in 1954. ... The Yomiuri Giants ) are one of the popular Central League baseball teams based at the Tokyo Dome in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. ... Sadaharu Oh or officially Wang Chenchih (Chinese: ; Pinyin: , Hepburn: Ō Sadaharu, born May 20, 1940), is a former baseball player and manager of the Yomiuri Giants in Nippon Professional Baseball and is the current manager of the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks. ... Shigeo Nagashima (長嶋茂雄 Nagashima Shigeo, born February 20, 1936) is a famous Japanese baseball player in Japan. ...

After that the team failed to go to the Japan Series again till 2005. They had started the '05 season in first, fell behind the Softbank Hawks as the year progressed but then beat Softbank 3 games to 2 in the Pacific League championship. In the final game, they trailed 2-1 entering the 8th but Hatsushiba singled and Fukuura singled. Saburo Omura popped up but Tomoya Satozaki doubled off of closer Takahiro Mahara, scoring both runs to take the lead for good. Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (福岡ソフトバンクホークス) is a Japanese baseball team based in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture. ... Tomoya Satozaki (born May 20, 1976 in Tokushima) is a professional baseball player for the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japans Nippon Professional Baseball. ... Takahiro Mahara (馬原 孝浩, born December 8, 1981 in Kumamoto) is a right handed pitcher for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in Japans Nippon Professional Baseball. ...

After a 31-year absence, the team returned to the Japan Series, the first time as the Chiba Lotte Marines in 14 seasons with that name. In a one-sided series the Marines beat the more popular Hanshin Tigers in a four game sweep, becoming the 2005 Japan Series Champions and scoring ten runs in the first three games. In 2005 the same Chiba Lotte Marines team also succeeded in winning the Asia Series Championships, defeating South Korea's Samsung Lions in the finals. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Yomiuri Giants have won twenty Japan Series, more than any other team. ... The Asia Series is the championship tournament of Baseball in Asia. ...

The apparent ease with which the Marines defeated the Tigers has added fuel to the ongoing debate concerning the need for a playoff system in the Central League.^{[citation needed]} A playoff in sports (North American professional sports in particular) is a game or series of games played after the regular season is over with the goal of determining a league champion, or a similar accolade. ... See also: Central League (football) The Central League (セントラル・リーグ Sentoraru Riigu) is one of Japans two major professional baseball leagues (the other is the Pacific League). ...

Players of note

Current stars

• Benny Agbayani (Benny)
• Kazuya Fukuura
• Shane Spencer
• Jay Buhner
• Jeremy Giambi
• Toshiaki Imae
• Hiroyuki Kobayashi
• Masahide Kobayashi
• Ryan Leaf
• Tsuyoshi Nishioka (TSUYOSHI)
• Tomoya Satozaki
• Naoyuki Shimizu
• Shunsuke Watanabe
• Matt Watson
• Julio Zuleta
• Wu Szu-Yu

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Former players

• Kevin Beirne
• Mike Diaz
• Julio Franco
• Matt Franco
• Mel Hall
• Isao Harimoto
• Pete Incaviglia
• Hideki Irabu
• Leron Lee - uncle of Derrek Lee
• Lee Seung-Yeop
• Jim Lefebvre
• Darryl Motley
• Hiromitsu Ochiai (Present manager of Chunichi Dragons)
• Dan Serafini
• Jose Fernandez

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Retired numbers

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Honored number

• 26 - This number is considered the number of the fan, the 'twentysixth player' on the bench.

The team is currently managed by Bobby Valentine. Look up bench in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Robert John Valentine (born May 13, 1950 in Stamford, Connecticut) is a former player and manager in Major League Baseball. ...

See also

• Lotte Group

Lotte Group is a large international chaebol (conglomerate) founded in June 1948 in Tokyo, Japan by a South Korean businessman, Shin Kyuk-Ho (, ). Shin Kyuk-Ho is also known by his Japanese name Takeo Shigemitsu ). Originally called , the company grew from selling chewing gum to children in post-war Japan...

External links

• (Japanese) Chiba Lotte Marines official web site