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The all-Kansai Japan Series between the Hanshin Tigers and the defending champions, the ORIX Buffaloes is now over. And the Hanshin Tigers are the champs! The Hanshin Tigers and the Orix Buffaloes were tied 3 wins apiece and with one game left, the Hanshin Tigers Read More …
Hanshin Tigers fans who hoped their team would finally win a Japan Series for the first time in 38 years, learned that the defending champs, the ORIX Buffaloes were not going to give up without a fight! The ORIX Buffaloes took game 6 with a Read More …
Down 2 games to 1 in the Japan Series, the Hanshin Tigers won their Wednesday and Thursday games to now be 3-2 in the best of seven series. In a thrilling game five, Hanshin Tigers came alive in the eighth inning to score six runs Read More …
The Hanshin Tigers and Orix Buffaloes continue to top the NPB. The Tigers have a 5 game lead ahead of the Hiroshima Carp in the Central League. While last year’s NPB champions, the Orix Buffaloes have a commanding l0.5 game lead ahead of the Chiba Read More …
The Tokyo Yakult Swallows won game 6 at Hotto Motto Field in Kobe 2-1 in the 12 inning. The Tokyo Yakult Swallows has now won their sixth Japan Series Championship, their first since 2001. The Swallows wnning the Japan Series championship also becomes the first Read More …
The Tokyo Yakult Swallows beat the Orix Buffaloes 2-1 at Tokyo Dome, winning game four and putting them in the position of one game away from becoming the 2021 Japan Series Champions (their last Japan Series win was back in 2001). Game 5 will be Read More …
The Orix Buffaloes came from behind in game 1 to win the game 4-3, but for game 2, the Yakult Swallows won 2-0. Because the Pacific League held the advantage (game 1-2 played at Kyocera Dome in Osaka), the final three games will be played Read More …
Both the Orix Buffaloes and the Tokyo Yakult Swallows will meet each other in the Japan Series after both teams tied their competitors (Chiba Lotte Marines in the Pacific League and the Tokyo Yomiuri Giants in the Central League) in the final game of the Read More …
The Tokyo Yakult Swallows and the Orix Buffaloes are one game away from the Japan Series. Both Yakult and Orix won the pennant for the Central and Pacific League last week, and automatically gives them each 1 win. In the Central League, Yakult defeated the Read More …
The first stage of the NPB playoffs is now completed, with the Tokyo Yomiuri Giants sweeping the Hanshin Tigers in the Central League, while the Chiba Lotte Marines swept the Tohoku Rakuten Eagles. This now sets up the Climax Series Final Stage as the Tokyo Read More …
The Orix Buffaloes captured their 13th Pacific League Pennant and their first time since 1996 (when Suzuki Ichiro was on the team and the team was known as the Orix Blue Wave). Note: In 2004, the Orix BlueWave and the Kintetsu Buffaloes merged to become Read More …
The Yomiuri Giants announced on April 4th that outfielder Maru Yoshihiro (31) and infielder Nakajima Hiroyuki (38) have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Infielder Wakabayashi Akihiro (27) and infielder Zelous Wheeler (34) have now tested positive following a team’s examination on April 4th. All Read More …
Vol. 10.35, Beisbol Japones guru Claudio Rodriguez is the guest, we talk about the increasing Latin influence in NPB and the Alex Ramirez rumor before taking a brief look at the coronavirus outbreak among Lotte players, the Pacific League race, hit one note and handle Read More …
With nearly a dozen games baseball games played, the Yomiuri Giants lead the Central League and the Chiba Lotte Marines lead the Pacific League. Currently the games are being played without any attendees in the stands and some on SNS are saying it’s contributing to Read More …
For fans of Japanese baseball, the podcast to listen to is the Japanese Baseball Weekly Podcast hosted by John E. Gibson and Jim Allen. This podcast is in English! Vol. 10.16, Former Nippon Ham and Hanshin outfielder Micah Franklin is the guest, John E. Gibson Read More …