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http://www.sponichi.co.jp/baseball/special/calender/calender_june/KFullNormal20080626153.html

Dead links:
 * http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sp20040630mk.html --- June 30, 2004 --- Japanese baseball causing a lot of sucking and sighing
 * http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20040708a2.html --- July 8, 2004 --- Baseball merger crisis deepens
 * http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20040711a2.html --- July 11, 2004 --- Players to fight merger
 * http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/rc20040718a6.html --- July 18, 2004 --- Baseball fans left in the dark
 * http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20040808a2.html --- August 8, 2004
 * http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20040829a1.html --- August 29, 2004

Naming rights:
 * http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/sp20040211mk.html

Strike: ---
 * http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/sb20001206a1.html
 * http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/sb20001210wg.html
 * June 15, 2004 --- Buffaloes, BlueWave owners reach basic merger agreement
 * June 16, 2004 --- Does proposed Buffaloes-BlueWave merger talk signal doom or reform?
 * June 20, 2004 --- Japanese baseball at a crossroads
 * June 22, 2004 --- Buffaloes-BlueWave merger gets green light
 * June 23, 2004 --- Many questions remain over merger of Buffaloes, BlueWave
 * June 30, 2004 --- Wave of protest
 * July 1, 2004 --- Livedoor tries for debt-laden Buffaloes; offer turned down
 * July 2, 2004 --- Orix to own 80 percent
 * July 5, 2004 --- Kintetsu players protest against planned merger
 * July 6, 2004 --- Kintetsu again says no to Livedoor
 * July 9, 2004 --- Merger plans
 * July 9, 2004 --- Ochiai’s Dragons the biggest surprise in season’s first half
 * July 10, 2004 --- Giants owner eyes new competition to replace Japan Series
 * July 12, 2004 --- PL’s merger crisis leaves CL schedule up in the air
 * July 15, 2004 --- Swallows, BayStars state opposition to contraction
 * July 16, 2004 --- Tigers boss calls for CL clubs to resist contraction plans
 * July 16, 2004 --- Kobe, Osaka vie to be home where Buffaloes, Orix may jointly roam
 * July 21, 2004 --- Reversal by owners likely to keep two-league system in place (STRIKE)
 * July 22, 2004 --- PL clubs to unite to fend off CL clubs’ move
 * July 23, 2004 --- PL boss set for Nozaki meeting
 * July 24, 2004 --- Yomiuri, Hanshin disagree over realignment
 * July 27, 2004 --- Officials fail to bridge gap over realignment
 * July 29, 2004 --- Nozaki proposes interleague play
 * July 30, 2004 --- Giants join protest (STRIKE)
 * August 5, 2004 --- PL wants one league
 * August 6, 2004 --- Livedoor boss may create new team if Buffaloes bid fails
 * August 11, 2004 --- Orix, Kintetsu sign merger agreement
 * August 12, 2004 --- Fans slam merger
 * August 13, 2004 --- 98% of pro baseball ranks vote for right to strike
 * August 18, 2004 --- Jury still out on baseball realignment
 * August 20, 2004 --- Livedoor eyes new club
 * August 25, 2004 --- Merger talks continue
 * August 27, 2004 --- Players to take court action over merger
 * August 28, 2004 --- Japanese baseball commissioner wants to keep two-league system / Deal formally signed
 * August 28, 2004 --- Japan pro ballplayers seek injunction against planned merger
 * August 30, 2004 --- Majority in favor of two-league system
 * August 31, 2004 --- Proposed vote on merger postponed
 * Sept. 3, 2004 --- Furuta: Players ready to strike if merger happens
 * Sept. 4, 2004 --- Baseball chief denies Giants will move to PL / Injunction denied
 * Sept. 6, 2004 --- Isobe: Strong chance of indefinite strike
 * Sept. 7, 2004 --- Japanese ball players set to strike
 * Sept. 8, 2004 --- Lions owner Tsutsumi denies merger reports
 * Sept. 8, 2004 --- Cabinet ministers worried as baseball strike looms
 * Sept. 9, 2004 --- Owners OK merger; baseball strike looms / Court rejects request
 * Sept. 10, 2004 --- Baseball deal proposed; strike talks set to continue
 * Sept. 11, 2004 --- Players’ concessions avert baseball strike
 * Sept. 15, 2004 --- Furuta deserves standing ovation
 * Sept. 17, 2004 --- Chance of player strike increases
 * Sept 17, 2004 --- Livedoor establishes pro baseball club
 * Sept. 18, 2004 --- Players strike
 * Sept. 19, 2004 --- Baseball strike could cost 1.9 billion yen
 * Sept. 24, 2004 --- Baseball players reach deal with management
 * Sept. 25 2004 --- Rakuten applies to create new club
 * Sept. 29, 2004 --- Fan power prevails as crisis in Japanese baseball subsides / Send me to Sendai
 * Sept. 30, 2004 --- Japanese baseball owners approve interleague plan
 * Oct. 3, 2004 --- Livedoor emerges as early fan favorite to own new team / Economic benefits
 * Oct. 6, 2004 --- Kuehnert to head Rakuten team
 * Oct. 7, 2004 --- NPB begins hearings on Rakuten, Livedoor bids / Merger ax falls
 * Oct. 14, 2004 --- Livedoor names GM
 * Oct. 15, 2004 --- Livedoor appoints O’Malley as manager / Second hearing ---
 * Oct. 27, 2004 --- No decision yet from NPB panel on new baseball team / Protected players / Livedoor Phoenix
 * Nov. 3,2004 --- Rakuten awarded pro baseball team
 * Nov. 5, 2004 --- BlueWave GM presents list of 25 protected players / Results encouraging
 * March 25, 2005 --- Agreeing to disagree
 * May 1, 2005 --- History set to be made with first interleague games in Japan
 * June 12, 2005 --- Thanks to the efforts of many, baseball remains intact despite merger
 * May 31, 2014 --- Events of 10 years ago still reverberate today

Interleague-only:
 * https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2004/03/17/sports/fans-should-decide-if-japan-pro-ball-has-interleague-play/
 * https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2005/05/15/sports/long-overdue-interleague-action-playing-to-good-reviews/
 * https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2005/06/19/sports/interleague-action-rates-a-good-grade-in-first-year-of-play/
 * https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2006/09/10/sports/talented-ushijimas-exodus-comes-too-soon-for-struggling-baystars/
 * https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2006/05/14/baseball/the-interleague-season-japanese-baseballs-wild-card/

Ping Tom Park:
 * http://www.tpl.org/tier3_cd.cfm?content_item_id=9261&folder_id=588

Posting System:
 * https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2012/01/08/baseball/nakajimas-predicament-illustrates-why-posting-system-needs-changes/
 * https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2017/12/01/apnewsbreak-mlb-approves-japan-deal-allowing-ohtani-bids/108195924/
 * https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2019/01/07/baseball/japanese-baseball/kikuchis-move-shows-revised-posting-system-not-great-npb-clubs/
 * https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/12/2/16728636/kazuhisa-makita-posting-mlb-npb-seibu-lions-shohei-ohtani
 * https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1935734-changes-mlb-still-needs-to-make-to-the-new-japanese-posting-system

Climax Series: About ties: *https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2014/11/01/baseball/npbs-quirky-playoff-rules-recipe-confusion/
 * http://mail.japanesebaseball.com/forum/thread.gsp?forum=1&thread=30536
 * https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2014/10/12/baseball/japanese-baseball/playoff-system-selling-japanese-baseball-short/
 * https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2008/10/25/baseball/japanese-baseball/giants-dragons-play-to-stalemate/
 * https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2014/10/12/baseball/japanese-baseball/tigers-advance-central-league-finale-despite-tie/

Local stadiums:
 * https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2008/06/22/baseball/countryside-games-offer-charming-change-of-pace/