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2014 NPB Season Recap

Pacific League

Standings
1. Saitama Seibu Lions 87-50-6
2. Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 78-60-5
3. Kyoto Nintendo Whalers 74-68-1
4. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 71-67-5
5. Chiba Lotte Marines 69-70-4
6. ORIX Buffaloes 69-73-1
7. Sapporo Bears 67-73-3
8. Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 67-75-1

League Leaders

AVG
-Yi (Hawks) .345
-Matsuara (Whalers) .339
-Uchikawa (Hawks) .338

HR
-Nakamura (Lions) 45
-Kurihara (Eagles) 37
-Nakata (Fighters) 34

RBI
-Nagano (Whalers) 119
-Nakata (Fighters) 117
-Matsuda (Hawks) 117

SB
-Itoi (Fighters) 60
-Hirijisawa (Eagles) 56
-Yoh (Fighters) 42

ERA
-Murakami (Whalers) 1.81
-Tanaka (Eagles) 1.97
-Kaneko (Buffaloes) 2.59

W (As SP)
-Murakami (Whalers) 17-5
-Fujioka (Marines) 15-4
-Makita (Lions) 14-4

K
-Tanaka (Eagles) 203
-Murakami (Whalers) 135
-Iwasaki (Hawks) 135

SV
-Gonzalez (Lions) 45
-Foot (Whalers) 37
-Miyanishi (Fighters) 35

Central League

Standings
1. Yomiuri Giants 79-58-5
2. Hanshin Tigers 71-62-9
3. Chunichi Dragons 65-73-4
4. Yokohama DeNa BayStars 65-74-3
5. Hiroshima Toyo Carp 57-77-8
6. Tokyo Yakult Swallows 50-89-3

League Leaders

AVG
-Renerd (Carp) .344
-Peters (Tigers) .335
-Murton (Tigers) .322

HR
-Kenobi (BayStars) 41
-Brazell (Tigers) 36
-Yamamura (Tigers) 35

RBI
-Brazell (Tigers) 117
-Tsuruga (Dragons) 107
-Kenobi (BayStars) 104

SB
-Honda (Giants) 77
-Soyogi (Carp) 29
-Watanabe (BayStars) 28

ERA
-Yoshimi (Dragons) 2.11
-Sawamura (Giants) 2.27
-Maeda (Carp) 2.34

W (As SP)
-Sawamura (Giants) 12-2
-Takasaki (BayStars) 11-11
-Nohmi (Tigers) 10-8

K
-Maeda (Carp) 164
-Nohmi (Tigers) 144
-Bullington (Carp) 143

SV
-Yamaguchi (Giants) 42
-Enokida (Tigers) 35
-Yamaguchi (BayStars) 33

Championship
Giants over Whalers

Bears Stats

Pitching
Redd (SP) 10-8 3.29 75K
Maeda (SP) 7-9 3.72 119K
Aoi (SP) 4-10 4.32 87K
Matsukura (SW) 2-4 5.13 61K
Nicy (SP) 9-8 5.59 57K
Neelsen (SW) 5-6 4.99 45K
Hura (SW) 4-1 4.14 37K
Kaneto (RP) 4-7 3.91 47K
Iwase (SP) 3-6 5.35 33K
Kamiya (RP) 4-0 3.46 26K
Harnish (CL) 32SV 3.70 51K
Gates (RP) 3-1 1.62 27K
Park (SP) 2-5 5.31 11K
Whitberg (RP) 3-1 4.38 19K
Imamura (RP) 0-1 3.38 5K

Hitters
Kitoaji (SS) .290 292B 33B 21HR 87RBI
Dan (3B) .288 252B 03B 19HR 77RBI
Lockhart (C) .253 102B 03B 15HR 56RBI
Shin (2B) .311 212B 03B 12HR 50RBI
Michizono (OF) .280 72B 03B 2HR 37RBI
Crosby (1B) .273 272B 03B 16HR 75RBI
Gary (OF) .269 142B 03B 8HR 41RBI
Fredy (OF) .283 232B 03B 13HR 70RBI
Einishi (DH) .291 182B 03B 7HR 46RBI
Ota (1B) .267 22B 03B 1HR 8RBI
Chirk (OF) .356 52B 03B 0HR 6RBI
Kamo (OF) .299 42B 03B 2HR 9RBI
Berry (2B) .319 32B 03B 1HR 6RBI
Ieyasu (OF) .242 02B 03B 1HR 5RBI
Taga (OF) .159 22B 03B 0HR 2RBI
Hakeyama (2B) .367 02B 03B 0HR 4RBI
Yamasaki (C) .136 02B 03B 0HR 0RBI
Archee (1B) .222 02B 03B 0HR 0RBI
Beenz (OF) .091 02B 03B 0HR 0RBI
Ajibana (OF) .000 02B 03B 0HR 0RBI
Imagawa (3B) .250 02B 03B 0HR 0RBI

Now as a Bears fan, you can say that they dropped off the table because of the loss of their whole outfield, their three best players, but ironically enough, their issue this year was pitching, and not their hitting. The outfielders they added did a solid job at replacing them. Of course, they didn't put up a total of 75 combined homers between the whole outfield, but they held their own with getting on base and scoring runs. Maeda has had 2 terrible seasons after starting red hot as a rookie, and the Bears are really going to need to draft pitching this year, and go after some pitchers in free agency. GM William Nathan needs to do a better job in signing the positions he needs instead of trying to replace irreplaceable players with stars.

October 16, 2014

9:04

I was in the middle of research on my computer, researching some stats on international Free Agents that I had been sent by one of my scouts Peter Smith when my phone began to ring.

*Ring-ring* *ring-ring*

"Hello?" I answered as usual

"Hey, Mr. Nathan, it's me, Toshiyuki. I've got some phenoms for you to see."

My heart began to pump very quickly as the excitement began to build

"Yeah, ok, meet at Blue Stadium at 2?"

"Yeah, that works, I'll get these guys down here right away."

13:53

I came down to the field a bit early to get another look at these so-called "phenoms". From what I could see, one was a catcher, and the other an outfielder.

"Tosh, why are we looking at a catcher? We have Lockhart."

"Uhh..wha-what? Have you not heard?"

My heart skipped a couple beats

"HEARD WHAT?" I raised my voice quite a bit

"You haven't heard that Lockhart's signing a deal with the Phillies?"

"No, I had no awareness of this whatsoever. And what? The Phillies offered Lockhart a deal? Nick Lockhart?"

"Yeah, 3 years, 20 mil. 6 mil a year."

"How? What did they see in him? But that's beside the point. Why have I not heard about this?"

"I don't know sir, I expected that Nick had already told you this."

My alarm on my phone started ringing saying it was two o'clock.

"Whatever, let's get to this. I'm gonna need to talk to Nick later," I said saltily.

I looked at the catcher and asked his name and background. Oddly enough, he had green hair with white streaks, so k was hoping this kid wasn't a nut.

"I'm Mark, I began college in the US, for a school called Powerful University, but I had to move for my parents military purpose so they took me out of the school, but then a school called Saikyo recruited me and I've developed quite a bit since then. I can also play the corners of you need me to."

"So, Mark Wiseman eh? What's with the hair?"

"To be honest, I don't even know. I thought it would be a cool idea one time, and since then I've liked it."

"Well, okay, might as well see if your skills can talk for your hair."

From what I saw, he had a bazooka for an arm, definitely the best throwing arm I've definitely seen from behind the plate, and his bat wasn't half bad either. Here was the scouting report I got from Pete after he saw Mark work out.

C/1B/3B Mark Wiseman R/R
11/27/1993 (20 years old)
TRJ (2) CON (D) POW (E) RSPD (D) ARM (S) FLD (C) ERR (C)
Vs. Lefty 5

The other guy, the outfielder, looked pretty solid also. He went by the name of Terayuki Yamato. My analysis on the kid was that he was a solid contact hitter with decent speed, an above average arm, and amazing range and glove works, but he can get a bit clumsy on easy plays.

OF Terayuki Yamato R/R
2/16/1994 (20 years old)
TRJ (3) CON (D) POW (F) RSPD (D) ARM (B) FLD (S) ERR (E)

I was very happy to acquire both of these youngsters, but still a little ticked by the lack of communication from my best friend.

Peter Smith has been doin' some work, it seems

That exchange system sounds really awesome.

Did Lockhart actually go to the Phillies, and if so does it tell you that?

Nah, lol, just adding to the story.

Bump. Sorry, who is your best friend?

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles @ Sapporo Bears
Opening Day, 2015

Team........1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E
Eagles.......0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0
Bears........0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | X | 11|21|0

Golden Eagles - 0 (0-1)
Bears - 11 (1-0)

W - Sora Maeda 1-0
L - Masahiro Tanaka 0-1
HR - Rudy Chirk 2(1,2)

Sapporo -- The Bears showed us a nice preview of 2016 tonight as their bats were on Fire tonight to support Sora Maeda's gem. The Bears started out rocky on offense, scoring nothing in the first two innings, but exploded for 4 in the 3rd, and 6 in the 7th, with an additional run scored in the 5th. Most of the offense came from Rudy Chirk, who homered twice and drove in 5. Gary was also 4-4, with 3 runs batted in himself. Einishi, Michizono, and Mark Wiseman all chipped in RBI's of their own. Sora Maeda pitched an absolute gem tonight. He got himself in a few jams, but ultimately pitched his way to a shutout victory, going 9, allowing 7 hits and no runs, while striking out 12 along the way. Hopefully, after a disappointing year last year, this is what the Bears are back to.

Box Score

Chirk 3-5 2HR (1,2) 5RBI .600
Shin 3-5 .600
Kitoaji 1-5 .200
Dan 2-5 2B .400
Einishi 2-5 2B RBI .400
Gary 4-4 3RBI 1.000
Michizono 2-3 RBI .667
Wiseman 1-4 RBI .250
Kamo 3-4 .750

Maeda 9IP W CG SHO 0ER 7H 12K 0.00 ERA

Hirijisawa 0-4 .000
Uchimura 0-4 .000
Masuda 1-4 .250
Kurihara 2-4 2B .500
Itoh 1-4 .250
Ginji 0-4 .000
Makida 1-4 2B .250
Nishimura 1-3 .333
Nakamura 1-3 2B .333

Tanaka 5IP L 5ER 14H 9.00 ERA
-Katayama 1.2IP 6ER 7H 32.40 ERA
--Fukawa 1.1IP 0ER 0H 0.00 ERA

--(Rudy Chirk and Sora Maeda)

Game 2
Golden Eagles: 2
@
Bears: 3

W - Miyaguni 1-0
L - Shiomi 0-1
S - Harnish (1)

Game 3
Golden Eagles: 1
@
Bears: 1

W -
L -
HR - Itoh (1)

Game 1
Bears: 5
@
Buffaloes: 2

W - U 1-0
L - Nakayama 0-1
HR - Lee D.H. (1)

Game 2
Bears: 1
@
Buffaloes: 3

W - Terahara 1-0
L - Aoi 0-1
HR - Kamo (1)

Game 3
Bears: 6
@
Buffaloes: 2

W - Matsukura 1-0
L - Kondoh 0-1
HR - Kawabata (1)

Game 1
Bears: 0
@
Hawks: 2

W - Settsu 1-1
L - Maeda 1-1

Game 2
Bears: 5
@
Hawks: 3

W - Whitberg 1-0
L - Nishimura 0-2
S - Harnish (2)

Game 3
Bears: 5
@
Hawks: 7

W - Okajima 2-0
L - Miyaguni 1-1
S - Nishimura (3)

Record After Simulation - 5-3-1

Editor's note: This is definitely my longest log ever. It has been updated at least once in each of the last five years irl. It has been updated in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and now 2016!

Sapporo Bears (5-3-1) @ Kyoto Nintendo Whalers (6-3)
March 29th, 2015

Team............1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E
Bears............4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10|22| 1
Whalers.........0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0

W - Shing-Chang U 2-0
L - Khing-Kong Khao 1-1
HR - Kitoaji (1), Dan (1), Einishi (1), Wiseman (1)

Bears - 10 (6-3-1)
Whalers - 0 (6-4)

Kyoto -- The Bears played a great series opener against their rivals, the Kyoto Whalers. Shing-Chang U took the bump for his second career NPB start, and pitched a gem again, this time going for the shutout, a 7-hit shutout with 5 strikeouts. The Bears offense was existent once again, getting 10 runs on 22 hits, 5 by Rudy Chirk, and 4 by Mitch Gary. Kitoaji chipped in a homer and 5 RBI, while Chirk, Dan, Einishi, Gary, and Wiseman all chipped in singular RBI's of their own. Khao got roped off of by the Bears tonight, going only 3 innings for the Whalers, allowing 6 runs on 10 hits. Sanda contributed 2 of the 7 hits tonight for the Whalers. With the win, the Bears advance to either 2nd or 1st place in the league depending on the result of the Buffaloes game.

Box Score

Chirk 5-5 22B RBI .463
Shin 3-5 2B .390
Kitoaji 3-5 HR (1) 5RBI .300
Dan 2-5 HR (1) RBI .275
Einishi 3-4 HR (1) RBI .286
Gary 4-4 2B RBI .300
Michizono 0-3 .333
Wiseman 2-4 2B HR (1) RBI .179
Yamato 0-3 .217

U 9IP W CG SHO 0ER 7H 5K 1.00 ERA

Takeushi 0-4 .333
Soma 1-4 .133
Matsuara 1-4 .262
Nagano 0-4 .295
Sanda 2-4 .342
Jemmy 1-3 .400
Flynn 1-3 .333
Fukumura 1-3 .222
Nose 0-3 .242

Khao 3IP L 6ER 10H 9.90 ERA
-Onodera 3IP 3ER 8H 4.76 ERA
--Beltory 1IP 1ER 2H 1.50 ERA
---Rezry 1IP 0ER 1H 0.00 ERA
----Tejada 1IP 0ER 1H 0.00 ERA

(Shing-Chang U)

Game 2
Bears: 5
@
Whalers: 4

W - Aoi 1-1
L - E.Lopez 0-1
S - Harnish (3)
HR - Gary (1)

Game 3
Bears: 5
@
Whalers: 6

W - Rezry 1-0
L - Kaneto 0-1
S - Foot (3)
HR - Dan (2), Einishi (2), Nagano (4)

Game 1
Bears: 2
@
Fighters: 8

W - Saitoh 1-2
L - Maeda 1-2
HR - Kitoaji (2), Suechii (4), Nakata (4)

Game 2
Bears: 3
@
Fighters:2

W - Kaneto 1-1
L - Sakakiba 0-1
S - Harnish (4)

Game 3
Bears: 3
@
Fighters: 4

W - Yoshikawa 1-2
L - Moriss 0-1
S - Sakakiba (2)

Game 1
Bears: 3
@
Lions: 4

W - Nogami 2-1
L - U 2-1
S - Koishi (4)
HR - Nakamura (4), Shin (1)

Game 2
Bears: 6
@
Lions: 3

W - Aoi 2-1
L - Kikuchi 0-1
HR - Kitoaji (3), Gary (2)

Game 3
Bears: 4
@
Lions: 6

W - A.Okamoto 3-0
L - Matsukura 1-1
S - Gonzalez (2)
HR - Sumitani (1), Kumashiro (3)

Game 1
Bears: 14
@
Marines: 1

W - Maeda 2-2
L - Naruse 0-2
HR - Archee (1), Kitoaji (4), Chirk (3)

RECORD AFTER SIM: 10-8-1

Dang, that's pretty sweet! And impressive too!

in hindsight the fact that ZeroGibson13 and MrKonami were the same person was pretty obvious. they always posted within about 5-10 minutes of each other. Zero was always the first to respond to any posts. and he always agreed with himself

I don't quite get the "business trip" part, was that just to give you some time to write some story updates and get the players made?

That was me giving myself time for the game to actually come to my house. I had it ordered but it had not got to my house yet.