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NPB Playoffs: Climax Series 1st Stage Highlights

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Tom Langston

While the Major League playoffs are well underway in the US, the Japanese majors recently began their postseason play. The first stage had the Chunichi Dragons beating the Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2 games to 1 in the Central League and … Continue reading →

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NPB Update: The Japan Series Begins Saturday

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Tom Langston

The two regular-season champions in each league – the Yomiuri Giants (Central) and the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (Pacific) – will face each other in this year’s Japan Series (aka Nippon Series, 日本シリーズ). The first two games of this 7-game series … Continue reading →

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NPB Update: On To The Second Stage!

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Tom Langston

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cups/ / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Both the Central and Pacific Leagues have finished stage 1 of their Climax Series. The Chunichi Dragons and the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles now move on to stage 2 to face their leagues’ regular season … Continue reading →

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NPB Tuesday: October 6, 2009

Posted on October 6, 2009 by Tom Langston

Over the past week in the Pacific League, Softbank clinched a playoff spot on Wednesday, Rakuten clinched their playoff berth on Saturday (its first ever!), and leader Nippon Ham finally seized the league title today after 2nd place Rakuten lost … Continue reading →

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NPB Monday: September 21, 2009

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Tom Langston

I skipped this feature last week but it’s back. (Not that anyone really missed it.) Playoff Run Standings (after 9/21 games) – * = clinched playoff spot Central League 1st – *Yomiuri (—; 13 games left) 2nd – *Chunichi (9 … Continue reading →

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