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It’s Round 3 for the battle between one of Japan’s original franchises the (Hankyu to Orix to Orix-Kintetsu) Buffaloes and one of the 1950 young ones, the (Kokutetsu to Sankei to Yakult) Swallows.
In 1978, Yakult ended its franchise’s 27-year pennant drought and beat the Hankyu Braves in seven games for its first Japan Series championship, and in 1995, under Hall of Fame manager Katsuya Nomura, beat the Orix BlueWave in five.
Continue reading Series Odds 2021The Hiroshima Carp launched an unusual pre-emptive posting strike on Friday when they revealed they have begun the process of posting star right fielder Seiya Suzuki after the season.
In response, I’ve updated Suzuki’s profile page, and while you can read a lot of comments and reports about his short swing, speed, and arm, so I’m going to take a different tack and talk about Suzuki the individual and the way things are in Japan.
Continue reading Big fish
