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ADVISORY.S. professional
sports league.m.com, 213.com, 213.489. The 2005 regular season will consist of 90 games per team and
will begin on May 26 and end on August 28. Each team will have a
24-player roster .

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. The Samurai Bears, led by Japanese League
baseball great Warren Cromartie , will play a total of
90 games this season against teams located throughout
California and Arizona as part of the Golden Baseball
League, an independent professional baseball league.

WHEN: Tuesday, May 17, 2005
11:00 to 11:30 a. - Media interviews

WHERE: Cheviot Hills Recreation Center
Diamond 5 (located nearest the Recreation Center office)
2551 Motor Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90064

MEDIA
NOTES: Interpreters will be available for media interviews
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professional baseball league operating under a single-entity ownership
model, with the League owning all the individual teams. Charter Golden
Baseball League teams include the Chico Outlaws; the Fullerton Flyers;
the Long Beach Armada; the San Diego Surf Dawgs; the Mesa Miners; the
Surprise Fightin' Falcons; the Yuma Scorpions; and the Japan Samurai
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WHAT: The Samurai Bears will be the first all Japanese team to
participate as a regular member of a U.m. Plus, a review
of each team's three-year draft strategy.95.

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To commemorate the Samurai Bears' arrival to the United
States, the team will host a special baseball clinic open
to children of all ages; will participate in a scrimmage
to showcase their exciting and unique brand of baseball;
and will meet with fans and media. - Scrimmage
11:30 a.

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ADVISORY/Golden Baseball League Welcomes All-Japanese Team Samurai Bears to United States; Team Kicks off Spring Training with Practice Session in Los Angele

to 12:30 p.m.

CONTACTS: Michelle Mikoljak, mikoljam@fleishman .489.8288

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