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2. Nippon Professional Baseball - Wikipedia

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   Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB, 日本野球機構, Nippon Yakyū Kikō) is a professional baseball league and the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called Puro Yakyū ( プロ野球 ) , meaning simply Professional Baseball ; outside of Japan, NPB is often referred to as "Japanese baseball".

3. 2023 Japan Series - Wikipedia

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   The 2023 Japan Series (日本シリーズ, Nippon Shiriizu) was the championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball's (NPB) 2023 season. The 74th edition of the Japan Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the winners of the Central League (CL) and Pacific League's (PL) postseason tournament, the Climax Series.

4. Japan Series - Wikipedia

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   The Japan Series uses a 2–3–3-3 format, with the latter four games in theory if additional games are needed following tiebreakers. The home team for games 1, 2 and eventually 6 and 7, alternates between the two leagues with the Pacific League having the advantage on the years ending with an odd number and the Central League on the years ...

5. Baseball in Japan - Wikipedia

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   Baseball was introduced to Japan in 1872 and is Japan's most popular participatory and spectator sport. [1] [2] The first professional competitions emerged in the 1920s.The highest level of baseball in Japan is Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), which consists of two leagues, the Central League and the Pacific League, with six teams in each league. [3]

6. Meet Roki Sasaki, MLB’s next free agent superstar - AOL

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   The ink is barely dry on Juan Soto’s record-breaking contract with the New York Mets, but already MLB franchises are again looking for a shiny new toy. Enter Roki Sasaki, the 23-year-old star ...

7. Experiencing Yakyū: Edgewood grad Joe Kido joins pro baseball ...

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   It was mid-morning in Miyazaki City and another warm, tropical day was ahead as Kido, a 2020 Edgewood grad, talked about his first two weeks as a professional baseball player in Japan and the ...

8. 2024 Nippon Professional Baseball season - Wikipedia

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   The 2024 Nippon Professional Baseball season is the 75th season of professional baseball in Japan since Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) was reorganized in 1950 and the 90th anniversary of the founding of professional baseball in Japan. There are 12 NPB teams, split evenly between the Central League and Pacific League.

9. Japanese ace Roki Sasaki to become available to MLB teams ...

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   Sasaki helped Japan win the 2023 World Baseball Classic. His fastball has been clocked at 102.5 mph, and he has a 29-15 career record with a 2.10 ERA over four injury-shortened seasons with the ...