2007 NPB Awards

Yeah, I thought Yoshinobu Takahashi should have been the MVP, too. The top five vote-getters for MVP were all Giants, of course.

They also released the Best Nine lists yesterday, so here they are:

PL Best Nine:
P Yu Darvish, Fighters
C Tomoya Satozaki, Marines
1B Alex Cabrera, Lions
2B Kensuke Tanaka, Fighters
3B Greg LaRocca, Buffaloes
SS Tsuyoshi Nishioka, Marines
OF Atsunori Inaba, Fighters
OF Hichori Morimoto, Fighters
OF Naoyuki Ohmura, Hawks
DH Takeshi Yamasaki, Eagles

Every team represented! How often does THAT happen?

CL Best Nine:
P Hisanori Takahashi, Giants
C Shinnosuke Abe, Giants
1B Tyrone Woods, Dragons
2B Hiroyasu Tanaka, Swallows
3B Michihiro Ogasawara, Giants
SS Hirokazu Ibata, Dragons
OF Norichika Aoki, Swallows
OF Alex Ramirez, Swallows
OF Yoshinobu Takahashi, Giants

I love how the best nine are comprised of people from the top team, the bottom team, and the Japan Series champions.

From Yomiuri Daily: (Nov. 21, 2007)

Best IX

Pitcher: Hisanori Takahashi, Giants (1)

Catcher: Shinnosuke Abe, Giants (2)

1st Base: Tyrone Woods, Dragons (3)

2nd Base: Hiroyasu Tanaka, Swallows (1)

3rd Base: Michihiro Ogasawara, Giants (1)

Shortstop: Hirokazu Obata, Dragons (5)

Outfield: Norichika Aoki, Swallows (3); Alex Ramirez, Swallows (2); Yoshinobu Takahashi, Giants (2)


Best IX

Pitcher: Yu Darvish, Fighters (1)

Catcher: Tomoya Satozaki, Marines (2)

1st Base: Alex Cabrera, Lions (2)

2nd Base: Kensuke Tanaka, Fighters (2)

3rd Base: Greg LaRocca, Buffaloes (1)

Shortstop: Tsuyoshi Nishioka, Marines (2)

Outfield: Atsunori Inaba, Fighters (2); Hichori Morimoto, Fighters (1); Naoyuki Omura, Hawks (2)

DH: Takeshi Yamasaki, Golden Eagles (1)

Just some quick corrections, as the Daily Yomiuri only broke Best Nine's won by how many they won in the respective leagues only.

Michihiro Ogasawara (6)
Greg LaRocca (2)
Takeshi Yamasaki (2)