December 25, 2023: Toyama—Two weeks ago, the Toyama Wind Dancer front office held a press party to announce additional modifications to the team’s stadium, better known as the Castle. That was to be a relatively modest 3,000 seat addition, and would include some comfort upgrades to make it more fun to come out to the […]
December 15, 2023 – With all the turmoil happening around the Toyama franchise, it’s interesting to note that the heartbeat of the club, captain Shiro Adachi, made a deal to extend his stay with what has become his trademark stoicism. The Wind Dancers and Adachi agreed today on a two-season extension for $1.5M each, the […]
December 26, 2023: Toyama — After a season of relative calm, we suppose it was only to be expected that something weird would happen in Toyama. A couple years ago, owner Paul Walker went on a financial rampage and decried his GM, then there was Cliffi-Leaks wherein internal documents were stolen from the team’s front […]
December 10, 2023: Last season saw the historic rebranding of the franchise previously known under their corporate umbrella as the Lupin Cliff Hangers convert to the more traditional Toyama Wind Dancers. They combined this with a 2,000 seat addition to their ballpark, that included a few extra amenities. The team then went out and made […]
December 26, 2022 As the Christmas season descended upon the PEBAverse, fans of the newly minted Toyama Wind Dancers were going casually insane pretty much day-by-day. “We told everyone that this was going to be the year,” said General Manager Ron Collins. “We’ve been working under pretty tight budgets for a couple seasons, and we’ve […]
November 13, 2022 With all the fanfare about the Toyama Wind Dancer brand mod, and player shuffling, and managerial who-ha, it was almost an afterthought when the club announced the latest in its efforts to modernize the ballpark it plays in. “We plan to add a ring of 2,000 seats,” said owner Paul ‘Cheezits’ Walker. […]
Toyama Reveals Logo and Uniforms Fresh Togs Capture Past While Moving Into the Future October 29, 2022: Toyama, Japan — Today fans of the Toyama Wind Dancers were given an early Christmas present in the form of a new logo and insight into the uniforms their team will be wearing as 2024 rolls into […]
October 19, 2022, Toyama City, Japan—while the elite of the PEBAverse is off celebrating or bemoaning their post-season runs, fans of the organization formerly known as the Lupin Cliff Hangers are having a celebration of their own. The team recently announced a top-down re-tooling of their brand that started with replacing “Lupin” with “Toyama.” “We […]
Let’s not beat around the bush, shall we? It was a painful year for the Lupin Cliff Hangers, equal parts bitter and difficult. After an atrocious 2021 that saw them go 59-103, the team entered the season with both pundits and fans expecting great things. And, to be fair, the team opened April in 14-9 […]
October 3 2022, Toyama—The day after a rugged season drew to a close, Ron Collins took to the podium this morning to announce that this would be that last time that he would address the media as General Manager of the Lupin Cliff Hangers. He is not, however, standing down. “Yes, we had a very […]