In a country that's fanatic about baseball, Nippon Professional Baseball is the highest league possible in this much-loved sport. Twelve teams from across Japan play in an exciting tournament that sees sporting legends battle it out on the pitch to take home the coveted team trophy. With tickets for Nippon Professional Baseball available to buy or sell on StubHub, you too can be part of a thrilling new season.
Nippon Professional Baseball was formed way back in 1934 when the sport first began gaining popularity in Japan. Since then, it has veritably exploded - not even wars were able to stop professional play of the sport, and the league was reformed in 1950 to now include twelve of the best teams from across the country. Divided into two leagues (Central and Pacific), the game fundamentally follows the same rules as America's league and indeed many of the best players from Nippon Professional Baseball have gone on to have stellar careers in the United States. Hideki Matsui, Kazuo Matsui and Kazuhiro Sasaki are just some of the names that have made it on the international stage, while several foreign players, such as Randy Bass, Tuffy Rhodes and Wladimir Balentien, have achieved great records as members of a Japanese team. With games played in stadiums throughout the country, tickets for Nippon Professional Baseball will give you the chance to see famed venues such as the Tokyo Dome, Hanshin Koshien Stadium or the Sapporo Dome, the most northerly stadium in the league.
Of the twelve Nippon Professional Baseball teams, Tokyo-based Yomiuri Giants have traditionally been by far the most successful. Fellow capital city team Tokyo Yakult Swallows have also been a member of the league since 1950, together with Hiroshima Toyo Carp, Chiba Lotte Marines and Saitama Seibu Lions. In general it might be said that the Central League teams are more popular, yet the Pacific league features an impressive amount of talent and has won a huge number of interleague playoffs. With baseball one of the most popular sports in the country, all the Nippon Professional Baseball teams enjoy an enormous amount of support from all age groups, ensuring that games are well attended by thousands of cheering fans. With each new season the chance to see current stars and future legends, not to mention old rivalries taken to the next level, the atmosphere in any of the stadiums is always electrifying. Buy or sell your Nippon Professional Baseball tickets on StubHub today and enjoy the sporting experience of a lifetime.
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