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team in the Shikoku Island League plus of

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. Established in 2005, the Indigo Socks mainly play their home games at Tokushima prefecture Kuramoto stadium in

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, Tokushima Prefecture. They won the 2011, 2013, 2014 2017 and 2019 season titles by beating other teams in the Island League playoff. They also won 2020 season title(Playoff was not held, because Covid19). Former MLB pitcher Kazuhito Tadano temporarily played for them in September and October 2006. Their mascot's name is Spider, スパイダー in Japanese.

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Tokushima Indigo Socks (in Japanese) *https://japanesemascots.wordpress.com/2008/06/28/spider/ Baseball teams in Japan Baseball teams established in 2005 Sports clubs and teams in Tokushima Prefecture 2005 establishments in Japan Shikoku Island League Plus teams {{Japan-baseball-team-stub