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2007 NPB PLAYOFFS

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Nov 2, 2007
Dragons clinch Japan Series
NAGOYA — It was almost the perfect ending to 53 years of heartbreak.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 30, 2007
Nakata's stellar Game 2 outing gives Dragons a big boost
NAGOYA — The Chunichi Dragons are three wins away from their first Japan Series title since 1954 and surprisingly it's their pitching staff, not their offense, that's leading the way.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 30, 2007
Fighters coach Shirai stays focused on next game, not Game 2 loss
SAPPORO — The series is only tied at 1-1. But the Fighters have seriously got to find a way to play their trademark brand of ball.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 29, 2007
Dragons even series in runaway victory
SAPPORO — The Chunichi Dragons got another huge performance out of one of their starting pitchers — and this time they didn't waste it.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 28, 2007
Tanishige's hot bat, steady leadership spark Dragons during postseason
SAPPORO — More than a century of postseason baseball has taught us many things, including this somewhat conspicuous lesson: A guy who struggles in the regular season suddenly can delivered a bigger, better effort during the playoffs.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 28, 2007
Darvish, Seguignol key Hammies' win
SAPPORO — Yu Darvish is beginning to become a playoff legend.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 27, 2007
Fighters yearn to repeat; Dragons want different outcome
SAPPORO — A lot of the faces may be the same, but this year's Japan Series is showing just how quickly things can change.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 27, 2007
Ochiai still defies conventional wisdom
SAPPORO — After the Chunichi Dragons won the Central League Climax Series title, there were no wild celebrations, no beer fights and certainly no managers being tossed into the air. Hardly traditional, which is exactly what you would've expected from Hiromitsu Ochiai.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 27, 2007
Inaba embraces playoff pressure
SAPPORO — Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters outfielder Atsunori Inaba wrapped up his workout and came back to the dugout with a crisp smile on his face, just like he's done all year.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 21, 2007
Dragons earn return trip to Japan Series
The Yomiuri Giants won the Central League title but the Chunichi Dragons are going to the Japan Series.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 20, 2007
Dragons top Giants; take 2-0 series lead
The introduction of the Climax Series in the Central League this year gave the Chunichi Dragons a new lease on life and they're making sure they make the most of it.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 19, 2007
Fighters move to Japan Series
SAPPORO — Trey Hillman said that hitting home runs was not the Fighters' style. He may be right, but Fernando Seguignol sure did look stylish doing it.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 19, 2007
Dragons draw first blood against Giants
The Colorado Rockies have reminded everyone in North America the best time of year to be a hot team is during the postseason.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 18, 2007
Darvish, Naruse square off in marquee Game 5 matchup
SAPPORO — Yu Darvish and Yoshihisa Naruse were arguably the two best pitchers in Japanese baseball this season.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 18, 2007
Fighters, Marines stay relaxed
SAPPORO — One day before the Pacific League title and a place in the Japan Series will be on the line, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters and Chiba Lotte Marines were a relaxed bunch.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 17, 2007
Satozaki sizzler powers Marines
SAPPORO — Masaru Takeda has probably seen enough of Tomoya Satozaki to last him a lifetime.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 17, 2007
Glynn comes up with goods
SAPPORO — With the Chiba Lotte Marines threatening to take control of the series, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters were looking for a good game out of starting pitcher Ryan Glynn. He responded with the game of his life.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 16, 2007
Marines level series
SAPPORO — The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters posed for their Pacific League Championship picture after Game 2, but all the in-game glamour shots belonged to Tomoya Satozaki.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 16, 2007
Nishioka, Morimoto spark ballclubs as leadoff hitters
SAPPORO — Chiba Lotte's Tsuyoshi Nishioka and Nippon Ham's Hichori Morimoto are two of the biggest stars in Japanese baseball, despite neither really hitting for a lot of power or driving in a lot of runs.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 16, 2007
Woods: Dragons fire at perfect time
Kenichi Nakata and Kenshin Kawakami were the losing pitchers in the Chunichi Dragons' final games of 2006, dropping Games 4 and 5 of the Japan Series, respectively, against the champion Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters.

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