The Chunichi Dragons advanced to the Japan Series after completing a 3-0 sweep of the Tokyo Giants Saturday night, defeating the Giants 4-2 in the Tokyo Dome. The Dragons once again benefitted from strong pitching, as relief pitchers Nakata Kenichi and Hitoki Iwase locked down the game by preventing the Giants from driving in runners [...]

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Eight minutes of American stars makin’ the big bread hawking Japanese products in ways they never would in the U.S.
My favorite is Bruce Willis as a psychotic gas station attendant with an electrically charged nozzle breaking into a football team locker-room and juicing up tried players.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpHl5yzArRQ

(via Japundit)

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As  a Korean playing in Japan Lee Byung-kyu typically plays second fiddle to home run-star Lee Seung-yeop.
But on Friday night it was Byung-kyu looking like the hero with a home run,  a triple and 3RBI as the Chunichi  Dragons inched within one game of advancing to the Japan Series for the second straight year  with [...]

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According to ESPN Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters manger Trey Hillman will be named the new manager of the Kansas City Royals later today.
Hillman, a former manager in the Yankees system had been mentioned as a sleeper candidate to replace outgoing manger Joe Torre and was in serious negotiations with the Oakland A’s last winter. [...]

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