Chiba Lotte Marines

The Chiba Lotte Marines (Japanese千葉 ロッテ マリーンズ, Chiba Rotte Marīnzu ) are a professional Japanese baseball team in the Pacific League and last won the Japan Series in 2010 the championship.

The team was established in 1949, sponsored by the Mainichi Shimbun daily newspaper, founded under the name Mainichi Orions. Since 1969, this is Korean / Japanese companies owner of the Lotte Marines. In 1992 the team was renamed shortly after the completion of their home stadium, the Chiba Marine Stadium (千葉 マリンスタジアム, Chiba Marin Sutajiamu ), Chiba Lotte Marines in.

Achievements

The team has to have relatively few successes in comparison to the largest and most successful clubs. The championship of the Pacific League could be 1950, 1960, 1970, 1974 and 2005 won. 1950, 1974 and 2005, we then each still winning the Japan Series. The success of 1950 highlighted this also the first year in which the Japan Series was ever held.

Opponent in the Japan Series 2005 were the Hanshin Tigers. The series was characterized by a predominance, as she had no team before in the history of Japanese baseball championship. ( 10-0, 10-1 10-1) Thus, the first three games were at double-digit scores obtained, which was previously not managed any team in the finals series in more than one game at a time; only fourth game (3-2 ) was a bit scarce. It also for the first time, a team of falling into any single game of the final series in residue. With Bobby Valentine, it also succeeded for the first time a foreign coach to coach a team to the Japanese championship. A little later the Chiba Lotte Marines could also decide the inaugural Asia Series against the masters of Korea, China and Taiwan for itself. Again, all four matches of the tournament were won.

2010 was the Marines on the Climax Series as third-placed to reach the Japan Series and won against the Chunichi Dragons their fourth championship. Then they also won the Korean-Japanese club championship, the successor of the Asia Series.

Stadium

The Chiba Marine Stadium is located on the Bay of Tōkyō in Makuhari, Chiba and holds up to 32,000 spectators. It is - unlike many other baseball stadiums in Japan - not covered, which often leads especially in the rainy season to play linings. In the Japan Series in 2005 for the first time also had to be stopped in the history of Japanese baseball championship game due to fog, were pushed as low-lying clouds by the wind over the stadium roof in the interior. The area of the stadium is larger than other stadiums in Japan, so there are relatively few home runs and foul balls can be relatively easily caught. Due to its location next to the sea and the open stadium roof, it is also relatively susceptible to wind.