For Takeya Nakamura and the Seibu Lions, the past week and half was just like old times, with the Lions' lineup doing damage and the burly slugger's bat roaring the loudest.
"Okawari-kun" went on a vintage, nearly record-setting run of power from Aug. 4-13. He began it with a home run against the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters and went on to go deep in each of the next five games to tie a Pacific League record.
The generally soft-spoken Nakamura was even in vintage form at the mic.