Column: Baseball reorganization.

Last year, The world of baseball was reorganized.

Perhaps the biggest shock was that "Kintetsu Buffaloes" declared that they are in financial difficulties. they decided to MERGE with "Orix Bluewaves", and became "Orix Buffaloes".

The world of baseball was in an uproar.
They had never experienced the merge between two teams.
And a problem came out inevitably, that the number of teams lacks to continue the league.

In this situation, Livedoor and Rakuten, both the newly founded IT companies, had given their name for new entry.
Finally, Rakuten had won, and "Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles" joined the league.

Also, Daiei, the owner of "Fukuoka Daiei Hawks" sold the team to Softbank, an IT company too, and became "Fukuoka Softbank Hawks".

In short, the owners of baseball teams represents the economy of this nation.