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The Cubs are due to play two exhibition games in Tokyo prior to facing the Dodgers—the Cubs are scheduled to play the Hanshin Tigers on March 13 and the Yomiuri Giants on March 15. [61] On March 24–25, 2025, the Red Sox are scheduled to conclude their spring training with two games in Monterrey, Mexico, against the Monterrey Sultanes. [62]
The Yomiuri Giants are regarded as "The New York Yankees of Japan" due to their widespread popularity, past dominance of the league, and polarizing effect on fans. (Baseball fans who are indifferent about teams other than their local team often have an intense dislike for the Giants; on the other hand, the Giants have a large fan base even in ...
Baseball fans of the Yomiuri Giants welcome team members coming out of Naha Airport's terminal exit in Naha, south of Okinawa, southern Japan, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, as the team was moving from ...
The final stage was a best-of-six against the Yomiuri Giants, the Central League champion, being awarded a one-win advantage against the BayStars, the eventual winner of the first stage. The BayStars advanced to the 2024 Japan Series to compete against the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks , the winner of the 2024 Pacific League Climax Series .
The team with the most championships is the Yomiuri Giants, who have won the Japan Series twenty-two times. In 2004, the Pacific League instituted a three-team stepladder playoff format to determine the league champion , while the Central League champion had a long wait before the Japan Series.
The Central League was founded in 1949 with eight teams: four holdovers from the previous Japanese Baseball League — the Chunichi Dragons, the Hanshin Tigers, the Yomiuri Giants, and the Shochiku Robins (formerly the Taiyō Robins) — and four new teams — the Hiroshima Carp, the Kokutetsu Swallows, the Nishi Nippon Pirates, and the Taiyō Whales.
Teams in the Eastern League generally play an 80-game schedule every year. ... Yomiuri Junior Giants ... This page was last edited on 6 March 2025, ...
Yomiuri Giants roster. First team: Second team: Pitchers. 15 Taisei; ... Updated January 31, 2025 → All NPB rosters: Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles roster