(5)Owners keep 2 leagues, OK Orix-Kintetsu merger

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's professional baseball players association head Atsushi Furuta is surrounded by reporters Sept. 8 at Koshien Stadium after the owners of the 12 professional ball clubs approved the merger between the Orix BlueWave and Kintetsu Buffaloes and decided to keep the two-league system.

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