Orix Buffaloes
The ORIX Buffaloes (オリックス・バファローズ, Orikkusu Bafarōzu) are a Nippon Professional Baseball team that was formed following the 2004 NPB season by the merger of the Orix BlueWave of Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan and the Kintetsu Buffaloes of Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The team plays in the Pacific League and is owned by the Orix Group, a leading diversified financial services company based in Tokyo.
The combined team began play in 2005 and splits their home games between Kobe Sports Park Baseball Stadium, the former home of the BlueWave, and the Osaka Dome, which was the home of the original Buffaloes franchise.
Franchise history
Hankyu/Orix (1936-2004)
Hankyu Braves
The Orix BlueWave was founded in 1936 under the ownership of a Japanese railway company Hanshin Kyuko Railway Company (阪神急行電鉄, Hanshin Kyuko Dentetsu, present: Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc.), as Osaka Hankyu Baseball Club (大阪阪急野球協会, Ōsaka hankyū yakyū kyōkai). Later nicknamed the Hankyu Braves, it was one of the first Japanese professional baseball teams.
Podcasts:
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by West Indian Girl
Blue Wave
by: West Indian GirlSurfing on the bluest wave, I'm ready to go
Reaching for the shiny eye that swims below
Try to catch one, only the best one
I'm looking for the bluest wave
Try to catch one
Try to catch one, only the best one
Little tiny eyeballs see the places I've gone
They keep pictures of my old friends, they'll always live on
Every summer we come together
Looking for the bluest wave
Try to catch one
Try to catch one, only the best one
Try to catch one
Try to catch one, you're the best one
And it's coming down, raining like a pulse of light
And we're riding on the longest wave tonight
And if we ever get there, we'll all get laid tonight
Surfing on the bluest wave
Try to catch one, only the best one
Try to catch one, you're the best one
Try to catch one, only the best one
Try to catch one, you're the best one
I'm finally going to make it my way