{"id":140682,"date":"2021-05-24T16:45:23","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T07:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=140682&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2021-05-24T16:45:23","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T07:45:23","slug":"horie-plans-independent-professional-baseball-team-in-kitakyushu","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/horie-plans-independent-professional-baseball-team-in-kitakyushu\/","title":{"rendered":"Horie Plans Independent Professional Baseball Team in Kitakyushu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kyushu\u2019s independent pro-baseball league, Kyushu Asia League (KAL), will welcome a new Kitakyushu City-based team from next season. Earlier in April, the famous Japanese entrepreneur, Takafumi Horie, set up an operating company for Fukuoka Kitakyushu Phoenix. The third team of KAL will be officially established after the Kyushu Asia Professional Baseball Organization approves the project. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/mainichi.jp\/articles\/20210522\/k00\/00m\/050\/046000c\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mainichi<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikkansports.com\/baseball\/news\/202105220000280.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nikkan Sports<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-140683\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/kitakyushu-baseball-studium.jpg?resize=1024%2C574&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/kitakyushu-baseball-studium.jpg?resize=1024%2C574&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/kitakyushu-baseball-studium.jpg?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/kitakyushu-baseball-studium.jpg?resize=768%2C431&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/kitakyushu-baseball-studium.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo by Kitakyushu Citizen Baseball Stadium<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcbs.jp\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0official web\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Disclaimer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Fukuoka Now posts summaries of Kyushu area news for those who cannot read Japanese. 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