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Michael Westbay
(aka westbaystars)
Founder
One of the commercials really struck me as a great production. It's the commercial for the Hawks season opening. The YouTube version appears to be cut short from what JSports is showing. It's got Saitoh and Matsunaka in a boxing ring with the rest of the team surrounding it. Saitoh is throwing the ball to Matsunaka, and Matsunaka is hitting one bounders and line drives back to Saitoh. At one point Matsunaka's bat shatters on a hit out of the ring. Finally, Kokubo challenges Saitoh (the exchange is much longer than the YouTube version). It's a commercial with impact.
Too bad we don't get to see what Seibu put together with the Matsuzaka money. But it'd be hard to beat Softbank's.