Lee Dae-Ho's Japan Series performance shouldn't have been a major shocker to anyone. Lee is one of the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks' big guns and hit 31 home runs during the regular season and fell just two RBIs shy of 100.
Moreover, the Hawks have more than one big star, and there was a good chance at least one would get hot during the Japan Series, which Lee did on his way to being named series MVP.
The real eye-opener, and perhaps the driving force behind the club's romp to a second straight Japan Series title, was the way the "other" guys on the roster played. As much as anything, the Hawks used their overwhelming depth to propel them to a 4-1 series victory over the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in this year's Japanese Fall Classic.