Trans-Pacific Radio just published a
podcast which reviews the 2008 baseball
season all the way through the Japan Series which was eventually won by the Saitama Seibu Lions.
Click here to listen to the podcast.
Posted by Christopher Pellegrini on Thursday, February 26, 2009 at 2:43 pm
Filed under 2008 Season, Media · Tagged 2008 Season, baseball, Central League, Chiba Lotte Marines, chunichi dragons, Climax Series, Hanshin Tigers, Hiroshima Carp, Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, Japan Series, Japanese baseball, Japanese Professional Baseball, NPB, orix buffaloes, Pacific League, Pro Yakyu, Saitama Seibu Lions, Tokyo Swallows, Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Yokohama Baystars, Yomiuri Giants, 野球
Know what’s a heartbreaker? Seeing the Central League MVP and Best Nine announcements and seeing that a third of the Best Nine, the MVP, and the best pitcher in the CL are all Giants, then realizing that that would be true of the Swallows had Tokyo been willing to pay a bit and offer multi-year [...]
Posted by Garrett DeOrio on Friday, November 21, 2008 at 9:49 am
Filed under 2008 Season, Tsubamegun · Tagged Alex Ramirez, Best Nine, Central League, Hisashi Iwakuma, Japanese Baseball MVP, MVP, Norichika Aoki, Pacific League, Seth Greisinger
The baseball season will draw to a close this weekend with the 2008 Asia Series, pitting the champions of NPB’s Japan Series, KBO’s Korea Series, CPBL’s Taiwan Series, and the CBL champions against one another in a three-day round robin single-game tournament, followed by a one-game championship between the top two teams on Sunday.
Sadly, the [...]
Posted by Garrett DeOrio on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at 10:05 pm
Filed under 2008 Season, Tsubamegun · Tagged Asia Series, Asian Baseball Championship, CBL, Chinese Baseball Championship, Chinese Professional Baseball, CPBL, Japan Series, Japanese Professional Baseball, KBO, Korea Series, Korean Professional Baseball, November Baseball, NPB, Saitama Seibu Lions, SK Wyverns, Taiwan Series, Taiwanese Professional Baseball, Tianjin Lions, Tokyo Dome, Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions
November 9th, 2008
Saitama Seibu Lions 3
Yomiuri Giants 2
(Tokyo Dome)
The Saitama Seibu Lions came back from an 0-2 deficit to defeat the Yomiuri Giants in the deciding game seven of the 2008 Japan Series Championship.
It was Saitama’s first Japan Series championship since 2004 when it beat the Chunichi Dragons in seven games. Saitama is the winningest [...]
Posted by Christopher Pellegrini on Sunday, November 9, 2008 at 11:16 pm
Filed under 2008 Season, Results Archive · Tagged 2008, Alex Graman, Alex Ramirez, Craig Brazell, Daisuke Ochi, Fumiya Nishiguchi, G. G. Satou, Game 7, Hayato Sakamoto, Hideaki Wakui, Hiram Bocachica, Hiroshi Hirao, Hiroyuki Nakajima, Hisanobu Watanabe, Japan Series, Japan Series Champions, Japanese Professional Baseball, Kazuhisa Ishii, Kimura Takuya, Kiyoshi Toyoda, Michihiro Ogasawara, NPB, Saitama Seibu Lions, Shougo Akada, Takayuki Kishi, Takumi Kuriyama, Tetsuya Utsumi, Tomoki Hoshino, Toru Hosokawa, yakyu, Yasuyuki Kataoka, Yomiuri Giants
November 8th, 2008
Saitama Seibu Lions 4
Yomiuri Giants 1
(Tokyo Dome)
Well, folks, there’s going to be a game seven.
Posted by Christopher Pellegrini on Saturday, November 8, 2008 at 11:58 pm
Filed under 2008 Season, Results Archive · Tagged 2008, Game 6, Hiroshi Hirao, Japan Series, Japanese Professional Baseball, NPB, Saitama Seibu Lions, Takahashi Hisanori, Takayuki Kishi, yakyu, Yomiuri Giants
November 6th, 2008
Yomiuri Giants 7
Saitama Seibu Lions 3
(Seibu Dome)
A seventh inning Wakui meltdown was the story of this game.
One out into the inning, riding a decent six frames of two-hit, one-run baseball (with six K’s against one walk), the wheels came completely off the Wakui express.
Posted by Christopher Pellegrini on Thursday, November 6, 2008 at 11:17 pm
Filed under 2008 Season, Results Archive · Tagged 2008, Daisuke Ochi, Game 5, game results, Hideaki Wakui, Japan, Japanese Professional Baseball, Kiyoshi Toyoda, Kouji Uehara, NPB, Saitama Seibu Lions, Yomiuri Giants
November 5th, 2008
Yomiuri Giants 0
Saitama Seibu Lions 5
(Seibu Dome)
Takayuki Kishi, Saitama’s 23-year-old starter that finished the regular season with a 3.42 ERA, had the game of his career tonight.
Posted by Christopher Pellegrini on Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at 11:31 pm
Filed under 2008 Season, Results Archive · Tagged 2008, Game 4, Japan Series, Japanese Professional Baseball, NPB, Saitama Seibu Lions, Seth Greisinger, Takayuki Kishi, Takeya Nakamura, yakyu, Yomiuri Giants
November 4th, 2008
Yomiuri Giants 6
Saitama Seibu Lions 4
(Seibu Dome)
Saitama starter (and former Tokyo ace), Kazuhisa Ishii (7.50 ERA), took the mound for his first appearance in the Japan Series since 2001 and hoped to continue the good form he displayed during the Climax Series.
Posted by Christopher Pellegrini on Tuesday, November 4, 2008 at 11:59 pm
Filed under 2008 Season, Results Archive · Tagged 2008, Alex Ramirez, Daisuke Ochi, Game 3, Hiroyuki Nakajima, Japan Series, Japanese Professional Baseball, Kazuhisa Ishii, Marc Kroon, Michihiro Ogasawara, NPB, Saitama Seibu Lions, Seibu Dome, Takeya Nakamura, Tetsuya Utsumi, yakyu, Yasuyuki Kataoka, Yomiuri Giants
November 2nd, 2008
Saitama Seibu Lions 2
Yomiuri Giants 3
(Tokyo Dome)
A 9th inning sayonara homer from Alex Ramerez was the difference as Yomiuri evened the 2008 Japan Series at one game a piece.
November 1st, 2008
Saitama Seibu Lions 2
Yomiuri Giants 1
(Tokyo Dome)
Saitama drew first blood in this series on the back of an eight-inning, one-hit performance by starter Hideaki Wakui. Providing the run support were left fielder, Taketoshi Gotou, who slugged a solo home run over the wall in center in the fifth, and shortstop, Hiroyuki Nakajima, who [...]
Posted by Christopher Pellegrini on Saturday, November 1, 2008 at 9:38 pm
Filed under 2008 Season, Results Archive · Tagged 2008, Alex Graman, Alex Ramirez, Central League, Hideaki Wakui, Hiroyuki Nakajima, Japan Series, Japanese Professional Baseball, Kimura Takuya, Kouji Uehara, NPB, Pacific League, Saitama Seibu Lions, Taketoshi Gotou, yakyu, Yasuyuki Kataoka, Yomiuri Giants
