NAGOYA — Immediately after the final out of the 2010 Japan Series, Chunichi Dragons manager Hiromitsu Ochiai made a short, brisk walk to the Dragons clubhouse.
For Ochiai, there was no need to watch the other team celebrate. It's a sight that's become all too familiar as it is. Because for the third time in six years, Ochiai's Dragons were on the losing end of the Japanese Fall Classic.
This time it was a gritty Chiba Lotte Marines squad that stopped the Dragons from becoming the NPB's top team.