Nippon Professional Baseball is ready to take a swing at esports.

This fall, the league will join forces with Konami to launch the Pawapuro Pro League, an esports league that will bring together pro baseball and pro gamers. Players in the league will compete using the 2018 edition of Konami's "Jikkyo Powerful Pro Yakyu" series.

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