(Tokyo Dome)
- Home of The Fighters -
| Stadium Name | Tokyo Dome
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| Location | Suidobashi 1-3, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
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| Opened | March 17, 1988
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| Capacity | 55,000
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| Dimensions | LF:328ft (100m), LC:361ft (110m), CF:400ft (122m), RC:361ft (110m), RF:328ft (100m)
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| Surface | Artificial Turf
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| Club | Yomiuri Giants (Sharing the home with Nippon Ham Fighters untill 2003)
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| League | Central League
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| Getting there | 1 minuite walk from Korakuen Subway Station; 2 minuites walk from JR or Municipal Subways Suidobashi Station
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Sayonara Tokyo
The Fighters has been sharing their home, Korakuen Stadium and Tokyod Dome, with the Yomiuri Giants (Central League) for a long time.
However an atmosphere on each game day is so different. Thousands of people stand at the concourse to see the Giants game. On the contrary, You could easily get the Fighter's game ticket as you like, and almost half of the consession are closed on the Fighter's game day.
So I think it is a good dicision that Nippon Ham Baseball Club left the first domed stadium in Japan, inside of which is rather dark, so you can hardly see fly balls. They headed to north, Sapporo, Hokkaido in 2004.
Like Yankee Stadium, after the fifth inning on the Fighter's game day, all stuff of the Tokyo Dome perform YMCA dance. Will we be able to see same performance at Sapporo Dome?
Nippon Ham Fighters
Nippon Ham Fighters Baseball Club... Actually it's not an amature baseball team. In 1978 Nippon Ham Meat Packers purchased the Flyers, then they renamed their new pro baseball club. It's a stupid team name, isn't it? In 2004 they are expected to be renamed to Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters... I think it's still stupid.
They have had some talented athletes like Kip Gross, 1995-96 pitching leader, Nigel Wilson, 1997-98 Home Run King, and Michihiro Ogasawara, 2002 batting champion.
The Fighters is the first team that hired a foreign manager since Bobby Valentine managed Chiba Lotte Marines in 1995. They invited Trey Hillman, a former manager of Clumbus Clippers (AAA) in Yankees organization.
| Franchise Established | November 6, 1945
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| Club Changes | Senators (1946), Tokyu Flyers (1947), Kyuei Flyers (1948), Tokyu Flyers (1949-1953), Toei Flyers (1954-1972), Nittaku Home Flyers (1973), Nippon Ham Fighters (1974- )
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League Titles
| '62, '81
(Years in bald indecate Japan Series Champions)
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| Parent Company | Nippon Meat Packers (Meat Products)
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Ballpark Rating
1 riceball
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All Photos Copyright (C) 1998-2013 Takeshi Kubota. All rights reserved.
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