Kammala wannan magana: A ranar 11 ga Maris, 2011, makonni biyu kafin wasan farko na kakar wasa ta bana, yankin Tōhoku ya sha wahala daga
babbar girgizar kasa a tarihin kasar. Girgizar kasa da tsunami da ta biyo baya sun lalata yankin, gami da garin Sendai na Eagles. An soke wasan da Rakuten ke bugawa da Hanshin Tigers a Akashi, Hyōgo a lokacin taron bayan zagaye na takwas don 'yan wasa da ma'aikata su iya bincika amincin abokansu da danginsu a yankin. Tare da fara kakar wasan da aka dage har zuwa 12 ga Afrilu, Eagles sun ci gaba da horarwa a yankin Kansai saboda lalacewar Sendai da filin wasa na Kleenex. Baya ga Eagles da ke gudanar da taron tara kudi, dukkanin kungiyoyi 12 sun buga wasannin sadaka tsakanin Afrilu 3 zuwa 4 don taimakawa wajen tara kudi don taimakon girgizar kasa. Kulob din ya bude kakar wasa a filin wasa na QVC Marine Field da Marines. Magoya bayan da girgizar kasa ta raba su sun sami damar kallon nasarar Rakuten ta dawowa daga baya a kan manyan fuska da ƙungiyar ta kafa a wurare 20 na mafaka a Tōhoku. Bayan 'yan kwanaki, sun karbi bakuncin wasan "gida" na farko a filin wasa na Koshien yayin da aka ci gaba da gyaran filin wasa na Kleenex. Girgizar kasa ta lalata sassa daban-daban 47 na filin wasa, gami da fitilun sa da ganuwar waje. Baseball ya dawo Sendai a ranar 29 ga Afrilu, lokacin da Eagles suka buga wasansu na farko a filin su. An gudanar da bikin buɗewa wanda gwamnan lardin Miyagi Yoshihiro Murai da Jakadan Amurka John Roos suka halarta kafin wasan kuma Rakuten ya ci nasara. Bugu da ƙari, wasan karshe na 2011 All-Star Series an sauya shi daga Tokyo Dome zuwa Kleenex Stadium, karo na biyu da Eagles suka karbi bakuncin taron a cikin shekaru hudu.