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What does that mean? The guy that should have been MVP?

I would think so. Those things happen sometimes.

Oh, Kurihara...

Yep, that's exactly what it means.

The game automatically gives the MVP to the one who drove in the winning run, no matter how well others did.


He's doing so bad this year!

Isn't the MVP of the game given the same way? If chipper jones went 5-5 but... Greg Norton got a walk off sac fly he would get the interview and stuff. Or at least ai think that's how it is.

Knights' End of Year Stats - 2016

Before I do, just a special mention of Samurais' catcher, Shuuji Arime, breaking the hits record with 233 on the year!

Batters ("[#]" = last year's total):
NAME, AVERAGE, HOMERUNS, RBI, GAMES PLAYED
Yoshiro Ushida, .340 [.354], 15 HR [3], 78 RBI [33], 127 games [64]
Taiga Kura, .337 [.330], 19 HR [23], 102 RBI [103], 140 games [138]
Takuya Kanazawa, .315 [.335], 44 HR [52], 116 RBI [148], 129 [131]
Masato Kurihara, .320 [.351], 59 HR [62], 150 RBI [166], 141 games [142]
Koyato Oda, .331 [.334], 11 HR [21], 95 RBI [88], 136 games [139]
Daisuke Fukuchi, .296 [.282], 26 HR [22], 114 RBI [75], 140 games [138]
Akitaka Shimozono, .296 [.356], 8 HR [3], 77 RBI [52], 141 games [97]
Tsuyoshi Matsunaga, .273 [.277], 8 HR [9], 57 RBI [56], 120 games [113]
Mitsuo Reiza, .306, 3 HR, 68 RBI, 139 games
Rikiya Terauchi, .292 [.285], 0 HR [6], 2 RBI [39], 8 games [97]
Jun Kaga, .308 [.421], 0 HR [0], 1 RBI [2], 3 games [5]
Hideo Nomoto, .000 [.200], 0 HR [0], 0 RBI [0], 1 game [6]
Shun Tohno, .440 [.667], 2 HR [1], 5 RBI [2], 9 games [4]
Takumi Nakahigashi, .286 [.286], 0 HR [0], 0 RBI [0], 2 games [4]
Goro Shigeno, .294 [.237], 2 HR [10], 18 RBI [53], 34 [104]
Ryouya Miyaki, .375 [.283] 0 HR [1], 2 RBI [8], 2 games [31]

Pitchers ("[#]" = last year's total):
NAME, ERA, IP, K, WINS-LOSSES (SAVES):
Kazuya Fujita, 3.35 [2.79], 209 1/3 IP [203 1/3], 174 K [131], 16-4 [19-2]
Tsukiya Yamato, 3.49 [4.00], 216 1/3 IP [220 2/3], 184 K [188], 18-4 [17-9]
Ataru Hiyama, 3.77 [2.58], 207 2/3 IP [216 2/3], 179 K [168], 17-4 [20-5]
Jian Shen, 3.57 [3.45], 219 1/3 IP [70 1/3], 175 K [51], 20-3 [5-1]
Hiroshi Shima, 4.33 [3.54], 185 IP [180 1/3 IP], 122 K [101], 13-6 [15-3]
Yoshio Fujii, 2.10 [1.95], 30 IP [27 2/3], 19 K [22], 2-1 (4) [5-1 (2)]
Ryan Techer, 5.73 [2.35], 22 IP [53 2/3], 12 K [27], 3-1 (1) [4-0 (0)]
Kan Uchino, 3.44, 18 1/3 IP, 12 K, 2-2 (2)
Yoshifumi Muranaka, 5.22 [4.78], 29 1/3 IP [32], 19 K [24], 2-2 [4-0]
Ikumi Koyama, 6.21 [3.34], 29 IP [35], 20 K [21], 2-0 [3-1]
Jun Ohtonari, 6.36 [4.17], 46 2/3 IP [54], 32 K, 4-2 [2-3 (2)]
Mikiya Sawamura, 2.25 [1.20], 16 IP [15], 6 K [13], 1-1 (2) [0-0]
Naohiko Kikuchi, 3.29, 38 1/3 IP, 28 K, 3-3 (1)
Sakutarou Makida, 2.45 [1.07], 33 IP [25 1/3], 24 K [22], 1-3 (21) [0-1 (22)]

Not bad, not bad at all.

Kurihara and Kanazawa both went down in production, but, ultimately, everyone else picked them up. Fukuchi had a surprisingly good season, knocking in almost 40 more than last year. He really was a big factor to the team.

Yeah, but that only applies with a walkoff.

October 6, 2016

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks - 4
Kyoto Knights - 7

Knights lead 2-0

October 7, 2016

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks - 12
Kyoto Knights - 13

Knights lead 3-0

October 8, 2016

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks - 10
Kyoto Knights - 8

Knights lead 3-1

October 9, 2016

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks - 2
Kyoto Knights - 9

Knights win 4-1!

Kyoto Knightly
October 10, 2016
A Big Shock!

Shockingly, the Knights have moved onto the finals, and shall be playing the Samurias, how shocking!

- Takaharu Sonada

What happened to game 1?

In Japan, the team that comes in first in the league gets to skip the first round of the playoffs, and begin the second with a game advantage over the other team.

Kinda unfair.

But, eh.

October 6 was the first game.

How many teams make the playoffs? 5?

6. 3 from each league.

I think it's the same even with the 2 arrange teams added.

Yeah, it's still the same.

Six teams makes it to the playoffs.

Oh, ok. So it's kinda like a mix between baseballs and footballs playoffs?

I suppose so, yes.