Shiba Taguchi, Ryukyu Sports News Naha, Okinawa – August 30, 2023: Populous, an American global architectural firm also known for its design of Wembley Stadium in the United Kingdom, and Stadium Australia in Sydney, has taken first place in a competition to design the new home stadium of the Okinawa Shisa. The visually striking submission […]
Shiba Taguchi, Ryukyu Sports News Naha, Okinawa – July 10, 2023: Going into the all-star break, no team in the PEBA has tallied more hits than the 836 posted by the Shisa. With second most in the alliance after Okinawa are the Knights (who have played 2 fewer games than the Shisa) with 825. Evas […]
Shiba Taguchi, Ryukyu Sports News Naha, Okinawa – June 26, 2023: The Shisa announced today that they have made a deal with the Reno Zephyrs that will send right handed starting pitcher Félix ‘Cyclone’ Maese to Okinawa in exchange for cash and the Shisa’s round one draft pick in 2024. Maese (pronounced mah-AY-say) had been […]
Are you a prospective general manager kicking the tires on a new online league, wondering what team you might like to take over? Consider the mighty Lions of Amsterdam. Why should you take over Amsterdam? How about this. You Love a Winner Heck, everybody loves a winner and the Lions are built to win now […]
Shiba Taguchi, Ryukyu Sports News Naha, Okinawa – June 3, 2023: On Friday Naha mayor Yogi Keiji and Shisa club president Hatsuo Ko announced at a press conference that the city and the team had reached an agreement regarding the sale of a large parcel of land within Naha’s Onoyama Park. The sale, described by […]
Shiba Taguchi, Ryukyu Sports News Tuba City, Arizona – March 27, 2023: The Shisa prepare for 2023, again hoping for an improved record and their first winning season since joining the PEBA, and once again the experts don’t foresee much success for Okinawa in the coming year. As in 2022, Shisa executives have brought in […]
Shiba Taguchi, Ryukyu Sports News Naha, Okinawa – March 20, 2023: Today the public got to see for itself the interior of the newly renovated Shisa Stadium during opening ceremonies for a Ryukyu regional high school baseball tournament. Shisa executives and Okinawan sports officials were on hand to welcome the young athletes who would be […]
13: July, 2020 I’m working in my office when there is a knock at the door. The door isn’t usually closed during the day. I leave it half open. My attempt to create a more inviting work atmosphere. I see the door swinging in slowly. A man is standing on the threshold of my office. […]
Shiba Taguchi, Ryukyu Sports News Naha, Okinawa – December 26, 2022: Last season, rain fell on fifty-six of the eighty-one Shisa home games played (or sixty-three of the eighty-eight home games that would eventually be scheduled). Not all of this precipitation resulted in rain-outs (there were seven), delays (there were thirty-three), or games being called […]
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