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.
October 17th, 2009
Fukuoka Softbank Hawks 1
Tohoku Rakuten Eagles 4
Best of 3 Series: Fukoka 0 – 2 Tohoku
(Kleenex Stadium)
The Eagles rode a solid performance from starting pitcher, Masahiro Tanaka, to sweep the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks and earn a trip to Hokkaido to face the Pacific League champions.
October 16th, 2009
Fukuoka Softbank Hawks 4
Tohoku Rakuten Eagles 11
Best of 3 Series: Fukoka 0 – 1 Tohoku
(Kleenex Stadium)
The Eagles absolutely destroyed the visiting Hawks in the first game of what could be an abbreviated series up in Sendai.
June 20th, 2009
Saitama Seibu Lions 4
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5
Streak: Won 6 Last 5: WWWWW
(Jingu Stadium)
Tonight was a good-ole’, extra-innings game, and you need to know only two words in order to understand all the fun that it entailed:
Jamie D’Antona.
June 13th, 2009
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3
Orix Buffaloes 1
Streak: Won 2 Last 5: LWLWW
(Kyocera Dome)
After finally getting a win against one of NPB’s surprise stories of the year, the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks, Tokyo made it halfway home before having to stop off in Osaka to finish up their four-game, mid-season flirtation with the Pacific league’s [...]
May 22nd, 2009
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 2
Streak: Won 1 Last 5: WWWLW
(Sapporo Dome)
In what was initially thought to be a Darvish-Tateyama faceoff, Swallows fans were a bit relieved to hear that former Tokyo southpaw, Shugo Fujii, would be taking the mound instead.
Not that Fujii (3-2; 4.50) isn’t a decent pitcher. Not at [...]
We just put up two new status reports at Trans-Pacific Radio where we’ve published other podcasts related to professional baseball in Japan.
The review of how things went in April in the Central League can be listened to here (the audio player is located near the bottom of the post.
And you can click here to listen [...]
Offensive league leaders after games played on May 1, 2009.
Home Runs
Central League
Pacific League
Player
#
Kanemoto (Hanshin)
8
Wada (Chunichi)
8
Ogasawara (Yomiuri)
6
D’Antona (Tokyo)
5
Guiel (Tokyo)
5
Morino (Chunichi)
5
Fujii (Chunichi)
4
Kawashima (Tokyo)
4
Arai (Hanshin)
4
Blanco (Chunichi)
4
Lee (Yomiuri)
4
Player
#
Rhodes (Orix)
10
Nakamura (Saitama)
9
Matsunaka (Fukuoka)
8
Bocachica (Saitama)
7
Larocca (Orix)
6
Sledge (Hokkaido)
6
Yamazaki (Rakuten)
5
Iguchi (Chiba)
4
Koyano (Hokkaido)
4
Cabrera (Orix)
4
Saburo (Chiba)
4
League leaders (pitching) after games played April 14th, 2009.
Appearances
Central League
Pacific League
Player
#
Oshimoto (Tokyo)
6
Payano (Chunichi)
6
Toyoda (Yomiuri)
6
Yamaguchi (Yomiuri)
6
Egusa (Hanshin)
6
Lim (Tokyo)
5
Watanabe (Hanshin)
5
Ochi (Yomiuri)
5
Kroon (Yomiuri)
5
Matsuoka (Tokyo)
5
Igarashi (Tokyo)
5
Shimizu (Chunichi)
5
Williams (Hanshin)
5
Umetsu (Hiroshima)
5
Player
#
Itou (Chiba)
6
Sunaga (Hokkaido)
5
Falkenborg (Fukuoka)
5
Sakamoto (Hokkaido)
5
Nakagou (Chiba)
5
Katou (Orix)
5
Kikuchihara (Orix)
4
Ohnuma (Saitama)
4
Koyama (Tohoku)
4
Gwyn (Tohoku)
4
Miyanishi (Hokkaido)
4
Kume (Fukuoka)
4
Satake (Tohoku)
4
Vogelsong (Orix)
4
Offensive league leaders after games played on April 12, 2009.
Home Runs
Central League
Pacific League
Player
#
Kanemoto (Hanshin)
7
Guiel (Tokyo)
4
Fujii (Chunichi)
4
Tsuruoka (Yomiuri)
3
Morino (Chunichi)
3
Wada (Chunichi)
3
Ogasawara (Yomiuri)
3
Kawashima (Tokyo)
2
Kurihara (Hiroshima)
2
Arai (Hanshin)
2
Abe (Yomiuri)
2
Lee (Yomiuri)
2
Blanco (Chunichi)
2
Seabol (Hiroshima)
2
Player
#
Nakamura (Saitama)
4
Rhodes (Orix)
3
Saburo (Chiba)
3
Inaba (Hokkaido)
3
Sledge (Hokkaido)
3
Larocca (Orix)
3
Ohmatsu (Chiba)
3
Kaneko (Hokkaido)
2
Bocachica (Saitama)
2
Cabrera (Orix)
2
Hidaka (Orix)
2
Koyano (Hokkaido)
2
Seguignol (Tohoku)
2
Gotou (Orix)
2
