SAPPORO -- The Japan Series wrapped up Thursday in Hokkaido, and Japan Times baseball writer Stephen Ellsesser is taking the first train out of here, before hopping a plane for Tokyo.
Only a farewell plate of Genghis Khan stands in the way as Ellsesser flexes his street-cred muscles with a Sapporo Wrap, paying homage to all the little Hamlets in Hoshiwood.
In a sentence: The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters continued doing what they've done pretty much since mid-September, kick butt.