Both league's game 1 start at 18:00 JST (5 hours from now)>Central League: Yokohama DeNA Baystars (71-66-6) @ Hanshin Tigers (85-54-4)Tigers lead series 1-0 (default win)Starting pitchers:>BaystarsKatsuki Azuma (14-8, 2.19 ERA)>TigersShoki Murakami (14-4, 2.10 ERA)>Pacific League: Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (83-57-3) @ Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (87-52-4)Hawks lead series 1-0 (default win)Starting pitchers:>FightersKota Tatsu (8-2, 2.09 ERA)>HawksLivan Moinelo (12-3, 1.46 ERA)>FormatEach league's pennant winner receives 1 default win in the bo7 series, meaning the maximum amount of actual games is 6 (and minimum is 3). All games are home games for the pennant winner, with no off days.
>>151387602Go Baystars go!
>>151387602Ah shittu teamsaru
Got my Koshien tickets for tonight! Hopefully Murakami shits all over the Gaystars
>>151387667This is a tigers genny, vtroon
>>151387697How much did they run you?
>>1513877635,500 apiece. Breeze Seats so not the best but still, infield with backrests so. Lost out on the lottery for every other game in the series
>>151387809I assume you're in the fanclub or w/e?
>>151387894Diamond level lol. Been a member for ages now
I wish Trevor Bauer had a better year.
>>151388654He’s toast
tell me about Murakami. can he play defense or just a DH guy?
How do I watch this?
what’s the easiest way to watch these games? I have a VPN
>>151389774>>151390047bbongtv1Korean site so use the translation function in your browser, look for the baseball icon or “npb” and click around a littleGames start in 40 minutes
>>151390099they're playing league of lel right now
Lfg
>>151390218comfy
Baystars @ Tigers stream:https://live.qq.com/10064071Fighters @ Hawks stream: https://live.qq.com/10197632
Yamamoto swinging out here like hes Javy Baez
Murakami giving a saiki like performance
Murakami trying to give me a heart attack
MORISHITA RISP SUCCESS
Extra innings in fukuoka
Tigers and Hawks both win and take 2-0 series leads
>gaystars
Had work late so I couldn't shitpost, still caught the game though. Probably the most dialed in I've ever seen Iwazaki. Made the red hot Kuwahara look like an asshole on that strikeout.
Bump. Doing my best to stay awake for these.
It's not over yet
TIED
Sayonara time
Leadoff walk!
>>151404092>>151404109well, extra innings
leadoff hit and heart of the orderNow it's sayonara time
YOU MESS WITH THE BABYYOU GET THE SHIT
MORISHITAとらほー!!
Matchups today:CL:>BaystarsAnthony Kay (9-6, 1.74 ERA)>TigersHaruto Takahashi (3-1, 2.28 ERA)PL:>FightersHiromi Itoh (14-8, 2.52 ERA)>HawksNaoyuki Uwasawa (12-6, 2.74 ERA)
>>151388654Trevor Bauer has a horse cock
>KINOmi at short todayGonna be really good or really bad.
Is it over? Did I miss it?
>>151419052Both Game 3s just started
Anthony Kay? More like Anthony GAY
Baystars @ Tigers stream:https://live.qq.com/10064071Fighters @ Hawks stream:https://live.qq.com/10197632Based Sato
Baystar sisters....
>>151419102https://live.qq.com/10203415Tigers stream since this one went down
Cmon ohyama
ENTER YVSVKE
Baystars? More like Gaystars
who are the good guys here?
>>151419255Fighters easily. Tigers fans are retarded monkeys and Baystars fans are arrogant fags, so pick your poison.
>>151419313what about the Hawks?
>>151419439The Hawks are elite but a moneybag dynasty machine with a penchant for employing domestic abusers. They're the new Evil Empire and never the good guys in any match-up.
Looking up how it works. The 1st seed gets a 1 game advantage in the series? The fuck?
Morishita is legitimately unstoppable right now
Goddamn Yamamoto you cheeky fucking twink. GG Takahashi.
Takahashi loses the no hitter with 5 outs to go, now has bases loaded 1 out. >>151419516Yeah, plus home field advantage for the entire series.The #1 seed is already the pennant winner, so theyre given a major advantage.
>>151419636>Yeah, plus home field advantage for the entire series.>The #1 seed is already the pennant winner, so theyre given a major advantage.Seems like overkill in a Bo3 but okay.
>>151419686It's bo7First stage is bo3, with no default win.
>>151419686They only have the bonus win for the Best of 7 (6 technically) final stage. Some fans have suggested making it record dependent, only getting it if you lead by a certain number of games. Seems fair to me, if a team BTFOs the league like the Tigers did it doesn't seem that unreasonable
It's cool that they have their own rules though. Nice to see differences in the different leagues. >>151419705>>151419726Do the pennant winners get upset often?
>>151419726yeah it's fair
>>151419760Very rarely. I don't have the numbers but I think pennant winners go the finals like 90% of the time. Yokohama upset Yomiuri in their miracle run last year though, barely squeaking into the playoffs when the 2nd place Carp collapsed and went all the way and won it all.
>>151419760No, only happened 4/17 times in CL (4/18 now that tigers won), 2/4 times that team went on to win NS3/18 times in PL, all 3 times that team went on to win NS. So 19.4% of the time.
GG Baystars, as lame as the TikTok dances and terminally online fans are, they're a pretty good team. See you in Okinawa.
Ham fighters live to see another game. Early start time tomorrow (14:00 JST}
Easy win gaystars
>>151419780>>151419812Damn, what a huge advantage.
>>151390218Are all the infields dirt? They treat it like a rock garden.
>>151421572No, only Koshien is that way.The rest of the stadiums are about 50/50 MLB style infields, and only the bases/mound being dirt
Bump
Hanshin is literally unstoppable
Shinjo's Fighters vs the Tigers would be a pretty fun JS match-up. Certainly more interesting than the Hawks yet again
so the Hawks just need to win 1 more?
>>151433605I believe in the fighters
Fighters looking frisky
Cam on Kitayama
UMPGOD DOWNI REPEAT UMPGOD DOWN
>>151434432Nvm, the umpgod killed the pathetic player nakamura.All is okay.
F
https://live.qq.com/10016675stream btw
>it's another "hawks collapse after winning 2 games" episode
>>151434504Happen before?
>>151434573Just last year. They went up two games on Yokohama in the finals only to get reverse swept by a team that was on paper worse in literally every possible way
>>151434573Last years japan series. Hawks were seemingly unstoppable PL champions, baystars barely got the #3 seed in climax series due to carp collapsing, proceeded to beat the tigers and giants to get to japan series. Hawks won first two games, then baystars won the remaining 4.IIRC it was on paper the biggest mismatch in japan series history.
>>151434594>>151434625Shame I missed it. Are there always NPB threads for the post season?
>>151434682When i remember to. There was someone else who made some last year as well.
>>151434625That Carp team was basically this year's Mest lel... looks like they've never recovered from the shock of it but they're somewhat limited offensively.
https://www.ftflive.com/ftf-next-live/here is the english stream
>>151434875Carp have such poor offensive capability (Kozono aside) its amazing they were as competitive as they were in '23 and '24. Credit to Arai there, even if his star has faded a fair bit this year.
Fighter bros do we dare believe?
Franimal is so clutch its nuts. Fighters are slapping these bums around, very based.
>>151435149Who is your team?
>>151435249Hanshin. I don't even really follow the PL much but ain't no way I support a team like the Cawks over the Fighters.
