Osaka Tigers Wool Hat - GreyJapans second largest city is home to one of its oldest professional baseball franchises, the Osaka Tigers. First taking to the field in 1936, their park Koshein Field is the oldest in Japan and considered sacred ground by both fans and players alike. A statue of Babe Ruth sits outside the ballpark (which is now the Yagiyama zoo) to commemorate the Great Bambinos 1934 visit to Osaka where he, along with Lou Gehrig, Lefty Grove, and Jimmie Foxx went on