Southeast Asian pro baseball club finds field of dreams -- in Japan

Indonesians, Filipinos, Sri Lankans compete in Kyushu independent league

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The Saga Indonesia Dreams, led by team captain Rizki Ramadhan, second from the right, line up before their pro baseball league debut on April 13 at a ballpark in Saga prefecture, in southwest Japan. (Photo by Koga Hashizume)

KOGA HASHIZUME, Nikkei staff writer

SAGA, Japan -- A professional baseball club stocked with Southeast Asian players, who make up around 70% of the team, has taken the field, competing in an independent league on the southwestern Japanese island of Kyushu.

The Saga Indonesia Dreams, based in Saga prefecture in northern Kyushu, is a unique team consisting mainly of top players from Southeast and South Asia, including members of the Indonesian national baseball team. The club has 23 players from five countries -- 12 from Indonesia, four from Sri Lanka, four from the Philippines, one from Singapore and three from Japan.

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