Japanese College Baseball: Tokyo Big 6 Spring Schedule
ByThe Japanese college baseball Tokyo Big 6 League released their Spring 2010 schedule as follows.
The main players to watch are:
Waseda University pitcher Tatsuya Oishi
Saito - P - Waseda University
Oishi - P - Waseda University
Kagami - P - Hosei University
There are a bevy of other players one rank below these three as well. The Tokyo Big 6 is the premiere college baseball league in Japan.
| Week | Date | Start Time | Game One | Game Two |
| 1 | 4/10 (Sat) | 11:00 | Tokyo - Meiji | Rikkio - Waseda |
| 4/11 (Sun) | 11:00 | Waseda - Rikkio | Meiji - Tokyo | |
| 2 | 4/17 (Sat) | 11:00 | Tokyo - Keio | Hosei - Rikkio |
| 4/18 (Sun) | 11:00 | Rikkio - Hosei | Keio - Tokyo | |
| 3 | 4/24 (Sat) | 11:00 | Meiji - Waseda | Hosei - Keio |
| 4/25 (Sun) | 11:00 | Keio - Hosei | Waseda - Meiji | |
| 4 | 5/1 (Sat)* | 10:30 | Meiji - Rikkio | Tokyo - Waseda |
| 5/2 (Sun)* | 10:30 | Waseda - Tokyo | Rikkio - Meji | |
| 5 | 5/8 (Sat) | 11:00 | Rikkio - Keio | Tokyo - Hosei |
| 5/9 (Sun) | 11:00 | Hosei - Tokyo | Keio - Rikkio | |
| 6 | 5/15 (Sat)* | 10:30 | Keio - Meiji | Waseda - Hosei |
| 5/16 (Sun)* | 10:30 | Hosei - Waseda | Meiji - Keio | |
| 7 | 5/22 (Sat) | 11:00 | Meiji - Hosei | Rikkio - Tokyo |
| 5/23 (Sun)* | 10:30 | Tokyo - Rikkio | Hosei - Meji | |
| 8 | 5/29 (Sat) | 13:00 | Keio - Waseda | |
| 5/30 (Sun) | 13:00 | Waseda - Keio |
Admission is as follows:
| Seat | Cost |
| Special | 1,300 yen |
| Infield | 1,100 yen |
| Infield Student | 800 yen |
| Outfield | 700 yen |
| Cheering | 500 yen |
All games played at Meiji Jingu Kyujo. I plan to be attending on the 24th of April among several other dates.
Brandon Siefken has covered Japanese pro and amateur baseball since 1991. He is currently provides services to a Major League Baseball team and has been quoted in The New York Times, Bloomberg, the Japan Pro Baseball Fan Handbook and Media Guide and other publications regarding Japanese baseball. Brandon has appeared on Will Carroll’s Baseball Prospectus radio show and is a regular writer for Bob Bavasi’s JapanBall.com site. Brandon has also authored several articles including “The Kuroda Index” and “Yu Darvish: A 315 Pitch Scouting Report.”
Each year Brandon publishes the “Japan Baseball News Weekly”( http://www.japanbaseballnews.com/?page_id=1543 ) newsletter with updated weekly stats for every player from April to October. Brandon can be contacted at brandon@japanball.com.
