Saitama Seibu Lions
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The Saitama Seibu Lions are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based north of Tokyo in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture. Before 1979, they were based in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture,
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Kazuo Matsui
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Kazuo Matsui
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Kazuo Matsui is a Japanese former professional baseball player who played as a shortstop and is a former manager of the Saitama Seibu Lions. He is a switch-hitter.
Saitama Seibu Lions
…were based on the adult version of Kimba the White Lion, a classic Japanese anime and manga series by Osamu Tezuka. In 2004, former Seibu Lions player Kazuo Matsui became the first Japanese infielder to play in Major League Baseball. In 1950, the team became a founding member of the Pacific League. It was then…
Matsui with the Saitama Seibu Lions in 2018
Kazuo Matsui batting for the Colorado Rockies against the Cincinnati Reds in 2007
Matsui with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in 2013