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October 7, 2015

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks - 3
Kyoto Knights - 3
F/12

WP: --
LP: --
S: --
HR: Takuya Kanazawa

Knights lead series 1-0

October 8, 2015

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks - 3
Kyoto Knights - 4

WP: Ataru Hiyama
LP: Sho Iwasaki
S: Sakutarou Makida

Knights lead series 2-0

October 9, 2015

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks - 3
Kyoto Knights - 12

WP: Jian Shen
LP: Kenji Ohtonari
S: --
HR: Takuya Kanazawa

Knights win series 3-0!

Kyoto Knightly
October 10, 2015
Knights Move Onto Japan Series!

Blue Stadium, Sakyō-ku, Kyoto - Knights sweep the Hawks, and shall be playing the Samurais once again! This should be a tough one.

- Takaharu Sonada

October 15, 2015

Kyoto Knights - 4
Sakai Samurais - 2

WP: Tsukiya Yamato
LP: Riku Hirabayashi
S: --
HR: Akitaka Shimozono, Daisuke Yagi, Masato Kurihara

Knights lead series 1-0

October 16, 2015

Kyoto Knights - 8
Sakai Samurais - 10

WP: Kusahiko Shuai
LP: Jian Shen
S: Jonny Hoashi
HR: Daisuke Aoyama, Tadahiko Fujita, Mikihiko Shimazaki, (4 more)

Series tied up at 1-1

October 18, 2015

Sakai Samurais - 16
Kyoto Knights - 6

WP: Hideki Kawabata
LP: Hiroshi Shima
S: --
HR: Tadahiko Fujita, Mikihiko Shimazaki, Ikuya Suzuki, (4 more)

Samurais lead series 2-1

October 19, 2015

Sakai Samurais - 10
Kyoto Knights - 9

WP: Michiya Sekimoto
LP: Sakutarou Makida
S: Jonny Hoashi
HR: Takuya Kanazawa [2], Shuuji Arime, (3 more)

Samurais lead series 3-1

October 20, 2015

Sakai Samurais - 5
Kyoto Knights - 8

WP: Jian Shen
LP: An To
S: Sakutarou Makida
HR: Ken Naitoh [2], Takuya Kanazawa [2], Akitaka Shimozono, Yoshiro Ushida

Samurais lead series 3-2

October 22, 2015

Kyoto Knights - 10
Sakai Samurais - 3

WP: Kazuya Fujita
LP: MacDaniel
S: --
HR: Rikiya Terauchi, Mikihiko Shimazaki
Fujita throws a complete game with 10 strikeouts!

Series tied up at 3-3! (Again)

October 23, 2015

Kyoto Knights - 6
Sakai Samurais - 4
F/10

Knights.. 2|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|2 6|11|0
Samurais 0|0|2|0|0|0|0|2|0|0 4|7|0

WP: Yoshio Fujii
LP: Wakabayashi
S: Sakutarou Makida
HR: Masato Kurihara, Shuuji Arime, Riku Hirabayashi, Daisuke Fukuchi

Knights win series 4-3!!!

Kyoto Knightly
October 24, 2015
Knights Win! Knights Win!



Yamanote Stadium, Sakai, Osaka - The Knights have done it. Two years running, the Knights have beaten their rivals, the Samurais, in a 7 game epic for the Japan Series Crown. And by God, was this one a tight one. Let's jump right into where it got juicy, shall we? The Knights had an 8th inning lead, with Samurais' pitcher Riku Hirabayashi coming up to the plate with a runner on second. Now, Hirabayashi is no slacker when it comes to hitting, regarded as the best hitting pitcher in the league. Ohtonari knew this, and tried to strike him out with a huge curveball, Hirabayashi saw threw this, and smashed a 2-run-come-from-behind homerun to give the Samurais a lead going into the 9th.

Thankfully though, Fukuchi was leading off the inning, and he cranked a solo homerun to tie the game up at 4! In come extra innings, or rather, the extra inning.

The top of the tenth was a 1-2-3 inning by Fujii, although Aoyama almost got himself a walkoff homerun, but Matsunaga made a nice jumping catch to get him out.

The bottom half of the tenth though, started off with a pinch-hit double by Tohno, who was then pinch-run for by the new addition, veteran Takahiro Suzuki. Matsunaga came up to the plate, and got jammed. But, he managed to bloop it into center, where Aoyama, with his fantastic arm, waited. Suzuki put it into overdrive, trying his hardest to score from second. The throw was just a bit off-line, and Suzuki's fantastic slide allowed the Knights to take a 5-4 lead! They would add another run thanks to an RBI single by Kura to make the score what it would stay as, 6-4.

Congratulations to the Knights on winning the Pennant two years in a row!

- Takaharu Sonada

I am very confident that this dynasty will win at least 10 championships in the 20 years you control the team (if you make it that long, that is).

Congrats on another win!

Whoo! More championships!

I would agree with this.

And thanks!


Whoo!

October 29, 2015

After all of the celebrating for winning the Japan Series had come to a close, it was back to work.
And I immediately called up by Preston, who told me to go down to his office to look at some players he had found.
I got there, and went into his office.
"Hey Jack! Great win, eh?" He said
"I would say! Stephen's been vocally beating me up since that game!" I replied
"Well, anyways, remember that Maeda kid I showed you?"
"I do, why?"
"Well, I've found someone to potentially compete with him."
"Oh yeah, who is he?"
"Well, first off, he's playing on the Chinese national team for the Japanese/Chinese game that will be coming up in March. And also, he's very good."
"Alright, who is he?"
"His name is Mitsuo Reiza. He's got some speed, a damn good arm, he'll get a ton of hits, only problem though is that he won't produce good power numbers. And has the potential to make a fair amount of errors."
"What are his stats?"
"They are:

Mitsuo Reiza - OF
AGE, 2ND POSTION, B/T, TRJ, CON, POW, RUN, ARM, FLD, E RES
19, N/A, L/L, 2, A, F, A, A, D, D
Bio: Japanese born, Chinese raised Reiza is one hell of a player. He's an up-and-coming star in the Chinese high school circuit. Also, he's going to be playing on the national team, which is pretty impressive.
Personality: He's conceited, but he's still grounded, a bit"

"This is a tough decision." I said
"Well, let's go over pros and cons of both." Preston said
"Fair enough. Go."
"Reiza is a better hitter in general, plus he's a better runner. Whereas Maeda is a better fielder, has a better throwing arm, and is a bit kinder. They're both left-handed batters, Reiza throws left-handed, Maeda-right. They both struggle with power, but that's fine, as they'll be in the 9 spot. Speaking of that, we should probably be thinking of which one would fit better in the 9 spot. What do you think Jack?"
"I'm not sure... What do you think?"
"I think.............. (PPJ?)"
"Very well. I'll call up Ryan and Bryan and see what they think."
"Alright!"
"See ya, Preston."
"Bye Jack."

I left to call Ryan and Bryan to see what they thought about it.

PPJ, dish, mac, wat do?

November 16, 2015

2015 Awards

Best Nine (Best at each position all around):
1B: Masato Kurihara
2B: Koyato Oda
SS: Taiga Kura
DH: Takuya Kanazawa

Accolades:
MVP: Masato Kurihara
Sawamura Award (Cy Young): Ataru Hiyama
Rookie of the Year: Kazuya Fujita
Best Batting Average: Masato Kurihara
HR Leader: Masato Kurihara
RBI Leader: Masato Kurihara (TRIPLE CROWN! [again!])
Wins Leader: Ataru Hiyama
Pitcher of the Year: Kazuya Fujita

We won an astounding 12 awards this year, pretty awesome.

November 23, 2015

Contract Negotiations
We have released Kentaro Nishimura, relief pitcher, Shota Imanami, relief pitcher, and Takahiro Suzuki has elected to go into free agency.

December 7, 2015

Draft

Round 1: Iruma Kusaguchi - OF
AGE, 2ND POSTION, B/T, TRJ, CON, POW, RUN, ARM, FLD, E RES
24, N/A, R/R, 2, E, D, C, D, E, E
Round 2: Kan Uchino
AGE, B/T, TOP SPD, CON, STAM, PITCHES
27, L/R, 151 km/h (94 mph), F, C, sinker - 3, curveball - 1
Round 3: N/A

Notable Picks:

BayStars: Ibuki Enokida - 1B
AGE, 2ND POSTION, B/T, TRJ, CON, POW, RUN, ARM, FLD, E RES
24, N/A, S/R, 3, B, S (100!), C, F, E, E

Giants: Sahara Uchi - C
AGE, 2ND POSTION, B/T, TRJ, CON, POW, RUN, ARM, FLD, E RES
20, N/A, R/R, 3, A, C, C, C, C, C

Marines: Kazumu Yano - 1B
AGE, 2ND POSTION, B/T, TRJ, CON, POW, RUN, ARM, FLD, E RES
20, N/A, R/L, 4, D, S (100!), D, E, E, E

Lions: Kiyoshi Abe - C
AGE, 2ND POSTION, B/T, TRJ, CON, POW, RUN, ARM, FLD, E RES
25, N/A, L/R, 3, B, C, B, A, B, D
Abe's back?!

Eagles: Toshiyuki Kobayashi - 3B
AGE, 2ND POSTION, B/T, TRJ, CON, POW, RUN, ARM, FLD, E RES
20, N/A, S/R, 2, S (100!), F, B, C, C, C

Good class this year, I would say!

I'd say go for Reiza.

Ehh....I'm thinking Maeda.

A stalemate!

Now we wait for PPJ

I think we should go for Reiza.

November 24, 2015

"Preston, sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you with my decision of either Reiza or Maeda... It seems we lost Maeda anyways to the Buffaloes... But, Reiza seems to be the popular choice!" I said to Preston over the phone
"Very well! We'll be playing the game against China on March 5 thru March 12, and then after that, we'll have a 2 week period to sign any Chinese players. Note that everyone else will be doing this too, so we should go for Reiza quick."
"Fair enough. By the way, do you know who's made the Japanese team? And also the Chinese team's roster as well?"
"Sadly, I do not."
"Do you have any clue who might?"
"Kensou would, he's managing the Japanese team."
"Alright! I'll go down to his office."
"Okay. See you Jack."
"Bye."

I hung up, and drove on down to the office building, and went into Kensou's office.
"Kensou! Who made the team?" I asked
"Team? What team?" He replied, bewildered
"The Japanese National team!"
"Oh, of course! I can't believe you don't know!"
"Well... Yeah... But... Hey, so, who's on it?"
"Well, do you want the whole roster, or just the lineups and stuff?"
"The whole roster."
"Very well then, here they are:

Pitchers:
Yu Darvish - Fighters
Hirokazu Sanada - Giants
Masahiro Tanaka - Eagles
Kusahiko Shuai - Samurais
Kazuya Fujita - Knights
Tsuyoshi Wada - Hawks
Naoki Miyanishi - Fighters
Yoshihisa Hirano - Buffaloes
Sakito Fujita - Rookie Class
Sakutarou Makida - Knights
Kyuji Fujikawa - Tigers
Keiji Ota - Eagles

Rotation:
Yu Darvish
Hirokazu Sanada
Masahiro Tanaka
Kusahiko Shuai
Kazuya Fujita

Bullpen:
Tsuyoshi Wada
Naoki Miyanishi
Yoshihisa Hirano
Sakito Fujita
Sakutarou Makida

Closers:
Kyuji Fujikawa
Keiji Ota

Fielders:
Masato Kurihara - Knights
Shinnosuke Abe - Dragons
Sora Kurihara - Fighters
Shuuji Arime - Samurais
Takeya Nakamura - Lions
Munenori Kawasaki - Hawks
Yoshiro Ushida - Rookie Class/Knights
Hiroyuki Nakajima - Lions
Daisuke Aoyama - Samurais
Seiichi Uchikawa - Hawks
Takuya Kanazawa - Knights
Kazuteru Tani - Detroit Tigers
Norichika Aoki - Swallows
Yoshio Itoi - Fighters
Takashi Toritani - Tigers
Tomotaka Sakauchi - Buffaloes

Lineups:

With DH:
1. Yoshiro Ushida - 2B
2. Shuuji Arime - C
3. Kazuteru Tani - RF
4. Masato Kurihara - 1B
5. Sora Kurihara - DH
6. Norichika Aoki - CF
7. Hiroyuki Nakajima - 3B
8. Yoshio Itoi - LF
9. Munenori Kawasaki - SS

Without DH:
1. Yoshiro Ushida - 2B
2. Shuuji Arime - C
3. Kazuteru Tani - RF
4. Masato Kurihara - 1B
5. Norichika Aoki - CF
6. Hiroyuki Nakajima - 3B
7. Yoshio Itoi - LF
8. Munenori Kawasaki - SS
9. PITCHER"

"We look pretty good. How's China looking?"
"They're just as good."
"Roster?"
"Here:

Pitchers:
Jian Shen - Knights
B/T, TOP SPD, CON, STAM, PITCHES
R/R, 156 km/h (97 mph), C, B, Changeup - 3, Slow Curve - 1

Jin Yu
B/T, TOP SPD, CON, STAM, PITCHES
R/R, 150 km/h (93 mph), B, B, Knuckle Curve - 2, V-Slider - 6

Wei-Yang Chen - Dragons
B/T, TOP SPD, CON, STAM, PITCHES
L/L, 154 km/h (96 mph), C, B, Slider - 4, Changeup - 2

Feng Chen
B/T, TOP SPD, CON, STAM, PITCHES
R/L, 148 km/h (92 mph), D, B, Shuuto - 4, Changeup - 2

Bao Tsai
B/T, TOP SPD, CON, STAM, PITCHES
R/R, 147 km/h (91 mph), D, B, Knuckleball - 6, Drop Curve - 1

Mu-Young Kim
B/T, TOP SPD, CON, STAM, PITCHES
R/R, 147 km/h (91 mph), E, F, Slider - 1, Curveball - 1

Kai-Wen Cheng
B/T, TOP SPD, CON, STAM, PITCHES
R/R, 150 km/h (93 mph), E, D, Shuuto - 3, Changeup - 1

Chang-Yong Lim
B/T, TOP SPD, CON, STAM, PITCHES
R/R, 157 km/h (98 mph), D, E, 2-seam, Slider - 5, SFF - 3

Jun Matsui
B/T, TOP SPD, CON, STAM, PITCHES
L/L, 148 km/h (92 mph), E, E, Slider - 1, Knuckle Curve - 4

Sheng Kao
B/T, TOP SPD, CON, STAM, PITCHES
R/R, 139 km/h (86 mph), E, E, Curveball - 7, Changeup - 1

Rotation:
Jian Shen
Jin Yu
Wei-Yang Chen
Feng Chen
Bao Tsai

Bullpen:
Mu-Young Kim
Kai-Wen Cheng
Jun Matsui
Sheng Kao

Closer:
Chang-Yong Lim

Fielders:
Lim Ma - OF
2ND POSTION, B/T, TRJ, CON, POW, RUN, ARM, FLD, E RES
N/A, L/L, 2, D, E, S (100!), D, C, D

Mitsuo Reiza - OF
2ND POSTION, B/T, TRJ, CON, POW, RUN, ARM, FLD, E RES
N/A, L/L, 2, A, F, A, A, D, D

Zhen Yin - 1B
2ND POSTION, B/T, TRJ, CON, POW, RUN, ARM, FLD, E RES
N/A, L/L, 3, A, A, B, D, D, D

Lang Tsao - DH
2ND POSTION, B/T, TRJ, CON, POW, RUN, ARM, FLD, E RES
1B, R/R, 3, C, A, D, D, E, E

Kuan-Yin Tsui - 3B
2ND POSTION, B/T, TRJ, CON, POW, RUN, ARM, FLD, E RES
1B/OF, 3, B, A, B, C, C, D

Li Ng - C (Hawks)
2ND POSTION, B/T, TRJ, CON, POW, RUN, ARM, FLD, E RES
N/A, S/R, 3, B, D, C, A, B, B

Tai Su - SS
2ND POSTION, B/T, TRJ, CON, POW, RUN, ARM, FLD, E RES
N/A, L/R, 3, B, C, B, C, C, D

Jin Tan - OF
2ND POSTION, B/T, TRJ, CON, POW, RUN, ARM, FLD, E RES
N/A, R/R, 3, C, D, A, B, C, C

Chi Hwan - 2B
2ND POSTION, B/T, TRJ, CON, POW, RUN, ARM, FLD, E RES
SS, S/R, 2, C, E, A, C, C, C

Jie Lu - C
2ND POSTION, B/T, TRJ, CON, POW, RUN, ARM, FLD, E RES
DH, R/R, 3, A, D, F, D, F, E

Lang Tuan - 1B
2ND POSTION, B/T, TRJ, CON, POW, RUN, ARM, FLD, E RES
N/A, R/R, 2, E, A, E, F, E, G

Chang Wu - SS
2ND POSTION, B/T, TRJ, CON, POW, RUN, ARM, FLD, E RES
2B/3B, S/R, 2, E, E, A, A, A, C

Dai-Kang Yang - OF (Fighters)
2ND POSTION, B/T, TRJ, CON, POW, RUN, ARM, FLD, E RES
3B/SS, R/R, 2, D, D, C, C, D, D

Lineup:

With DH:
1. Lim Ma - CF
2. Mitsuo Reiza - RF
3. Zhen Yin - 1B
4. Lang Tsao - DH
5. Kuan-Yin Tsui - 3B
6. Li Ng - C
7. Tai Su - SS
8. Jin Tan - LF
9. Chi Hwan - 2B

Without DH:
1. Lim Ma - CF
2. Mitsuo Reiza - RF
3. Kuan-Yin Tsui - 3B
4. Zhen Yin - 1B
5. Li Ng- C
6. Tai Su - SS
7. Jin Tan - LF
8. Chang Wu - 2B
9. PITCHER"

"Their pitching is meh, but their hitting is fantastic." I said
"It's gonna be tough, but I think we can do it. It'll be a 5 game series in the Tokyo Dome. It should be good." Kensou said

I can't wait until March 5!

Finally, the moment I've been waiting for for some time!

I like how Japan has 2 Kuriharas batting back-to-back.