The Hawks Advance to Second Stage!
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Re: The Hawks Advance to Second Stage!
[ Author: Deanna | Posted: Oct 9, 2006 7:10 PM
| NIP Fan
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By the way, when I said "Tuesday," err, I actually meant Tuesday on the west coast of the U.S. The game's actually on Wednesday at 6pm in Japan. 
Fighters have announced that Yu Darvish will start the first game of Second Stage, too. [Nikkan Sports via Yahoo! Japan]
Fighters have announced that Yu Darvish will start the first game of Second Stage, too. [Nikkan Sports via Yahoo! Japan]
Re: The Hawks Advance to Second Stage!
[ Author: himself | Posted: Oct 9, 2006 10:53 PM
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Wow, we actually won a playoff series! Amazing! I thought we would be dead and buried after the first game, not to mention that we dropped six straight going into the playoffs - but thankfully, I was proven wrong.
I feel confident about our chances of advancing to the Japan Series, but the Fighters are a formidable bunch. I picked them to be one of the three playoff teams, and they delivered, even finishing first in the process. It's going to be an exciting series.
I feel confident about our chances of advancing to the Japan Series, but the Fighters are a formidable bunch. I picked them to be one of the three playoff teams, and they delivered, even finishing first in the process. It's going to be an exciting series.
Re: The Hawks Advance to Second Stage!
[ Author: Guest: bmab | Posted: Oct 11, 2006 11:00 AM
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Wasn't it Oh who said the first place team should get a one game advantage? I wonder what he will say if his team gets up 2 games to none and then loses it in 2 games. That would be interesting to see.
Re: The Hawks Advance to Second Stage!
[ Author: mijow | Posted: Oct 12, 2006 11:35 PM
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Well Oh's words came back to haunt him after tonight's loss against the Fighters. That's the problem with trying to tinker with the playoff system to obtain a particular result. If they had left the rules alone, the Hawks would still be in it.
Re: The Hawks Advance to Second Stage!
[ Author: Something Lions | Posted: Oct 13, 2006 3:10 AM
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Would've been more interesting had the Hawks lost the series 2-2, but it's still interesting to see Oh and the Hawks front office reaction after having modified the playoff system to suit their imagined needs.
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It did come down to the bullpen, though, and with the score 1-1 in the top of the 8th inning, Tomoki Hoshino walked Tadaashi Nakazawa and Nobuhiko Matsunaka. They brought in Minoru Yamagishi to pitch, and Julio Zuleta pounded his fifth pitch into the left-field stands, bringing the score to 4-1. A few batters later, Naoki Matoba batted in a run as well, and they added another run in the 9th; Nobuhiko Matsunaka drove in Naoyuki Ohmura, who had been hit by a pitch to lead off the inning.
The game ended at 6-1 Hawks.
I have to admit, when I saw the starting lineups for this game, I thought it was a sure thing for the Lions. Guess I was wrong.
Keep in mind, I was only rooting for the Hawks this weekend because the Fighters were 12-8 against them this year and 7-13 against the Lions, but it was still a pretty exciting series to listen to.
Tuesday, Sapporo Dome, here we come!