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Yomiuri 4 Hokkaido 3 Series: Hokkaido 0-1 Yomiuri (Sapporo Dome) The 2009 Japan Series kicked off tonight in Sapporo with the Pacific League Champions, Hokkaido, hosting their Central League counterparts, the Yomiuri Giants.
Posted by Christopher Pellegrini on Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 9:52 pm
Filed under 2009 Season, Playoffs 2009, Results Archive · Tagged ??, Central League, Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, Japan Series, Japanese Professional Baseball, NPB, Pacific League, Pro Yakyu, Yomiuri Giants
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
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, [...]
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
First of all, our congratulations to the Saitama Seibu Lions for winning their thirteenth Japan Series title and, even more so, for winning that title by beating Yomiuri.
Posted by Garrett DeOrio on Monday, November 10, 2008 at 8:54 am
Filed under Tsubamegun · Tagged Asia Series, CPBL, Japan Series, Japanese Professional Baseball, KBO, Korean Professional Baseball, NPB, Saitama Seibu Lions, SK Wyverns, Taiwanese Professional Baseball
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 [...]
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 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 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 [...]
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
Now that the Swallows’ season is over, it seems as good a time as any to let all of you, dear readers, know what’s going on with the site and what’s in store for the future. First, what has been: Since starting the blog on the evening of June 5th, we have published a post [...]
Posted by Garrett DeOrio on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 2:43 am
Filed under Tsubamegun · Tagged Baseball Season, blog traffic, Future Plans, Japan Series, Japanese baseball, Playoffs, Postseason, Thanks, Tokyo Yakult Swallows