Following the first league victory in 25 years for professional baseball and Orix, the victory sale began on the 28th at a department store in Osaka.
ORIX merged with Kintetsu Buffaloes in 2004, and the sale began on the 28th at the Kintetsu Department Store "Abeno Harukas Kintetsu Main Store" in Abeno Ward, Osaka, to celebrate the ORIX league championship.
At each sales floor, products are usually sold at a discount of 30% to 50%, and pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who won 18 wins in both leagues, has a uniform number of "18", and home run and league leader Yutaro Sugimoto has a uniform number of "99". Umbrellas for 1800 yen and 990 yen were popular.
Also, at the grocery store in the basement, 100 grams of Wagyu beef steak was sold for 1800 yen, and visitors decided on the items and bought them.
A housewife in her 40s who visited from Osaka city said, "I don't see much baseball, but I'm very happy to win Orix. I thought I'd buy food, but I bought an umbrella because it's cheap." I did.
Tetsuji Kawabata, Chief of the Kintetsu Department Store Product Policy Promotion Department, said, "While the new corona is being settled, we have more customers than we expected, and it is a double joy to win the championship."
Kintetsu Department Store will also sell at other stores in Kansai until the 3rd of next month.
In Kobe, the home of the last victory
In Kobe, where the home game is still held at the base of the time when the championship was won in 1996, a victory commemorative sale was held at a goods shop officially recognized by the team, and it was crowded with fans.
Orix won the championship last time in 1996, when the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake struck, and Ichiro and his team fought together under the slogan "Ganbaro KOBE".
At the club-approved goods shop in Kobe, a victory commemorative sale was held from the 28th, and about 50 fans lined up before the store opened.
When the store opened at 11:00 am, visitors were buying "fun bags" containing team goods and uniforms.
A woman in her 50s in Kobe, who was at the top of the line, said, "I'm glad I won the championship. I think everyone's thoughts made the players do their best."
In addition, a parent and child in Kakogawa City, Hyogo Prefecture, said, "It's the best. I was delighted with" Yossha "when the championship was decided because the bottom ranks continued."
The store manager, Yoji Yamaguchi, said, "The last victory was when everyone was in trouble due to the earthquake, and the players and fans united and worked hard. I think it is. "