Nagasaki Saints Explained

Nagasaki Saints
Established:	2008
League:	Shikoku Island League (2009–2010)
Colors:	Dark Blue, Gold
Ballpark:	Nagasaki Baseball Stadium
Manager:	Hiroshi Nagadomi

The were a semi-professional baseball team in the Shikoku-Kyūshū Island League of Japan that played in Nagasaki Prefecture. The team was established as part of the league's expansion in 2008, along with the Fukuoka Red Warblers.

In 2009, the team won a half-season championship.^[1] Following the 2010 season, the team announced that it would not participate in the league's 2011 season;^[2] the Saints were officially dissolved in September 2010.^[3]

External links

• Official web site (in Japanese)
• IBLJ page
• IBLJ press release
• Nagasaki Shimbun article
• Mainichi Shimbun article
• Yomiuri Shimbun article

Notes and References

1. Web site: 長崎S 前期優勝決定！ . June 21, 2009 . January 10, 2017 . Shikoku Kyusyu Island League . Japanese . https://web.archive.org/web/20170112185939/http://bkp.iblj.co.jp/topics_detail/id=1063 . 2017-01-12 . dead .
2. Graczyk, Wayne. "Yokohama farm team will revert to using 'BayStars.'" Japan Times (October 3, 2010)
3. Gen. "Island League: Nagasaki Saints to be dissolved," Yakyubaka.com (September 30, 2010).