While it's too early to proclaim the winds of change have swept over the suddenly surging Yokohama BayStars, for the first time in a long while, there's something in the air.
Showing more life recently than over the past two seasons, the BayStars entered Monday's contest against the Hiroshima Carp having won six of their last eight games.
Four of those wins were in games decided by two runs or less, opportunities the BayStars would've let slip away just a season ago.