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Tomorrow, weather permitting, the 6 Central League teams will play host to the 6 Pacific League teams, kicking off 5 weeks of Interleague play. This post will hopefully give you some information you will find useful.

6/03/09 – Saitama (Away)

June 3rd, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 Saitama Seibu Lions 8 Streak: Lost 2       Last 5: WLWLL (Seibu Dome) This game blew. I’ve been really considerate over the last month with the TAKADA COUNT that was introduced in April. There were several games when he would have added to his tally, but [...]

11/9/08 – Japan Series – Saitama vs. Yomiuri – Game 7

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 [...]

11/6/08 – Japan Series – Saitama vs. Yomiuri – Game 5

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.

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

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 [...]

10/22/08 – Pacific League Climax Series – 2nd Stage – Hokkaido vs. Saitama (Game 6)

October 22nd, 2008 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 0 Saitama Seibu Lions 9 (Seibu Dome) The Saitama Seibu Lions employed an old-fashioned ass-whuppin’ tonight en route to advancing to the Japan Series versus the winner of the Chunichi-Yomiuri series that is currently locked at 1-1. The name of the night was Hideaki Wakui (2-0, 0.60) who [...]

10/17/08 – Pacific League Climax Series – 2nd Stage – Hokkaido vs. Saitama (Game 2)

October 17th, 2008 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 3 Saitama Seibu Lions 10 (Oomiya Prefectural Stadium) Half of Hokkaido’s hits were delivered by only two guys, and starter Ryan Glynn got roughed up early by an all-out Lions assault, as the home team stomped all over the visitors to make this series 2-0.*