This is a site about Pro Yakyu (Japanese Baseball), not about who the next player to go over to MLB is. It's a community of Pro Yakyu fans who have come together to share their knowledge and opinions with the world. It's a place to follow teams and individuals playing baseball in Japan (and Asia), and to learn about Japanese (and Asian) culture through baseball.
It is my sincere hope that once you learn a bit about what we're about here that you will join the community of contributors.
Michael Westbay
(aka westbaystars)
Founder
I'm new to this site and checking out Japanese baseball. I'm confused about one thing. It appears the Central League played 146 games and Hanshin won the season and therefore is in the Nippon Series. While in the Pacific League it appears they only played 136 games and 3/4 teams made the playoffs and have to play 3 games series to advance to the Nippon Series. Is that correct? The winner of the CL makes the Nippon Series without any playoffs?
Brynolf