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2007 NPB PLAYOFFS

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 16, 2007
Big seventh inning propels Fighters
SAPPORO — The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters are a tight-knit group known for going that extra mile for one another. Against the Chiba Lotte Marines in Game 3 they went the extra mile and then some.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 14, 2007
Dragons dominate Tigers
NAGOYA — The formula was simple, and it worked.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 14, 2007
Darvish fires Fighters to win
SAPPORO — On a day when the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters came up with all the big hits, the Chiba Lotte Marines still couldn't find an answer for Yu Darvish.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 13, 2007
Marines, Fighters set to square off
Here are five key questions ahead of the second stage of the Pacific League Climax Series between the last two Japan Series Champions, the Chiba Lotte Marines and the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters:
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 13, 2007
Will mercurial Tigers end slump?
Here are five questions heading into the first stage of the Central League Climax Series between the Hanshin Tigers and Chunichi Dragons:
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 12, 2007
Lotte's Naruse becomes dominant force on hill
CHIBA — Chiba Lotte Marines hurler Yoshihisa Naruse may look young off the mound, but over the past eight months the 21-year-old has looked more like an 10-year veteran on it.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 11, 2007
Omura, Naruse lift Marines in series clincher
CHIBA — After the Chiba Lotte Marines' Game 1 Pacific League Climax Series victory Lotte manager Bobby Valentine said that nobody had bigger guts than Saburo Omura. Fittingly in the series clincher, nobody had a bigger hit.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 10, 2007
Hawks level up series
CHIBA — After a while it didn't really seem to matter who was on the mound for the Chiba Lotte Marines.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 9, 2007
Marines draw first blood against Hawks
CHIBA — On a windy day on Tokyo Bay, the Chiba Lotte Marines picked up where they left off in the 2005 playoffs and Fukuoka Softbank Hawks starter Kazumi Saito's playoff woes continued.
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