This year's Japan championship was not the DeNA BayStars' only dramatic turnaround, as the franchise, taken over by IT venture capital business DeNA Co. in 2011, now sees blue skies and big crowds at Yokohama Stadium, where attendance was once sparse."There was a time when the stands were largely empty," said manager Daisuke Miura, who pitched during the BayStars' lean years before DeNA took over the club.In 2011, the club's average home attendance of 15,308 was the worst among Nippon Professional Baseball's 12 teams, a poor showing for such a major city."Yokohama has a sophisticated image,…READ FULL ARTICLE
