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WHAT IS JAPANESE STYLE NANSHIKI BASEBALL??

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NANSHIKI baseball is a sport born in Japan

that uses hollow hard rubber balls( M ball )

instead of baseball's original leather hard balls ( MLB ball ).

The method and resilience of hitting the ball is

completely different from that of a MLB ball. 

 

So why do most Japanese recreational baseball players play with this kind of ball?

 

" It is to avoid injury ! "

 

​However, the caliber of the league is not compromised because of this.

WHAT IS JAPANESE STYLE NANSHIKI BASEBALL??

NANSHIKI Ball  (M Ball)

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"Fun baseball without getting injury!"

Have you ever touched a tennis ball?

Baseball came from the United States to Japan about 100 years ago. Japanese children at the time enjoyed playing baseball with tennis balls because it was safe. However, tennis balls were difficult to use due to durability and speed issues. This resulted in a gradual decline in the competition population. In 1919, a rubber-ball baseball was developed so that players could enjoy easy and safe baseball.​

NANSHIKI Ball (M Ball)

"To fly farther more!"

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Several kinds bats for NANSHIKI ball

​​WE have several kind bat for NANSHIKI ball

Most of Bats for NANSHIKI 

"To fly farther more!"

Plastic Cleats

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"Just in case. Playing safer baseball"

​The baseball league LASBL,

which UNION is a member of,

is prohibited from wearing metal cleats.

The reason, of course, is to prevent 

Plastic Cleats
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