Japan postseason outlook

Baseball in Japan will finish its regular season next week and here are a few notes I came up with on twitter so I though I might compile them here as well.

Pace of the game

A few initiatives will be tested in the fall leagues and I am not sure whether I like them all.

79-83

The season ended and the Mets still haven’t produced a winning record. Still there was improvement.

Tsuruga Kehi and Osaka Toin tearing it up

Some blow outs, some walk offs, extra innings. The round of the last 16 teams had a little bit of everything.

Last 16 standing

The 2nd round concluded today and we’re all set for the round of the last 16.

Pitching picking up

Yet another roundup posting, I apologize.

On to Round 2

Travel day for me yesterday, so this one will be brief.

Close

Much closer games than on the previous days, here’s what was was going on today.

A little bit of everything

Full set of four games today at Koshien. Here’s what’s happened.

Finally under way at Koshien

We’re finally under way for this year’s edition of the summer tournament and the first day saw the first surprise exit already.