When Orix Buffaloes manager Satoshi Nakajima was asked to recap his team’s victory in its postseason opener on Wednesday, there was only one thing on his mind.
“Yamamoto, Yamamoto, Yamamoto — right?” Nakajima said.
The Chiba Lotte Marines were probably muttering the same thing in the visiting clubhouse, only more out of frustration and bewilderment than admiration.
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