A new independent baseball league in Japan is taking shape with four clubs expected to be established ahead of its inauguration scheduled for 2009. The organizers of the new league, located in the Kansai western Japan region, said its inaugural season will have one team each in Wakayama and Osaka prefectures and two in Hyogo with a plan to expand to eight teams in the future. The Wakayama-based Kishu Rangers were founded last December ahead of the establishment of the three others slated for April.
