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''Chunichi'' (中日), ''Dragons'' (ドラゴンズ), ''Ryu'' (竜, Dragon )
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'''Nagoya Club''' ( 1936 - 1943 ), '''Sangyo''' ( 1944 ), '''Chubu Nihon''' ( 1946 ), '''Chunichi Dragons''' ( 1947 - 1950 ), '''Nagoya Dragons''' ( 1951 - 1953 )
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Japan Series
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1954
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The are a professional baseball team based in
Nagoya , the chief city in the Chubu ("Middle of Japan") region of
Japan . The team is in the
Central League .
The Chunichi Dragons have won the Central League pennant seven times (including 2006), and won the Japan Series in 1954. In 1974, the team won the league title for the first time in 20 years, and this victory stopped the
Yomiuri Giants from winning the league for their tenth consecutive year. Another league title came in 1999, and in that year, Dragons set a record by winning 11 consecutive games at the opening of the season.
It is said that the Dragons are a difficult team to score runs against because of the strong throwing arm of outfielder
Kosuke Fukudome , and an excellent closer
Hitoki Iwase . In the 2004 season they reached the
Japan Series , but lost to the
Seibu Lions , the
Pacific League Champions.
The Dragons won the Central League Pennant for the seventh time in 2006, but after taking the first game of the Japan Series in Nagoya, lost 4 straight games to the champion
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters . That series loss made the Dragons the first team to ever lose in six consecutive trips to the Japan Series, breaking a tie they had held with the
Seibu Lions and the former
Hankyu Braves .
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Matt Stairs
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The Dragons were featured in the
1992 movie ''
Mr. Baseball '' starring
Tom Selleck . Their logo at the time, which they used for many years, was "Dragons" written in
Script which resembled the logo of the
Los Angeles Dodgers .
The oldest pitcher in NPB to throw a no-hitter is Dragons veteran Masahiro Yamamoto. He performed the feat on September 16, 2006, at 41 years of age.
