this ain't no football game!
The baseball season had begun this weekend, but since I'm a big fan of the Central League, I didn't pay so much attention to the opening games of the Pacific League. (The Central League opener is set for this Friday)
But today's papers were filled with news of a historical defeat. The Rakuten Golden Eagles were routed 26 to zip on Sunday after winning its first ever game on Saturday.
The team is a new face in the league. It was born after the merger of two teams which almost led to a critical situation of merging the two leagues into one, because without the Eagles, there would only be five teams in the Pacific League and it was expected that wouldn't pay up.
The merging of the leagues didn't happen, and instead we will still have the Japan Series at the end of the season and the exciting battle between the two champions of the leagues will still decide who's number one. We even have interleague games which for years we've longed for!
The crushing defeat of the new team had an impact strong enough to attract many to a new page of history in the sport. Just a little pitiful for the Eagles as they lost another one tonight, but just like me, I think many are lured in already out of sympathy!
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