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11/1/08 – Japan Series – Saitama vs. Yomiuri – Game 1

November 1, 2008 By Christopher Pellegrini Leave a Comment

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 [...]

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10/23/08 – Central League Climax Series – 2nd Stage – Chunichi vs. Yomiuri (Game 3)

October 23, 2008 By Christopher Pellegrini Leave a Comment

October 23rd, 2008 Chunichi Dragons 2 Yomiuri Giants 11 (Tokyo Dome) That hurt. Yomiuri regained its swagger tonight and walked all over Chunichi’s pitching on way to an 11-2 rout of the defending Japan Series champions.

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2008 Central League Individual Titles

October 15, 2008 By David Watkins Leave a Comment

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With the Central League’s regular program now consigned to the history books, let’s have a look at the individual title winners from this past season, and see how Tokyo’s boys (both new and old) fared: Pitching Wins: Seth Greisinger (Yomiuri) – 17 One of the “ones that got away” from Yakult this last off-season. Despite a slightly [...]

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7/26/08 – Yomiuri (Away)

July 26, 2008 By Christopher Pellegrini Leave a Comment

July 26th, 2008 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Yomiuri Giants 12 Streak: Lost 3. Last 5: LWLLL (Tokyo Dome) Yeah, this game wasn’t a whole lot of fun. Much like last night, things started out OK. It was three nothing after the first and four nothing after the fifth. But that was the end of the [...]

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