The Japan Championship Series (日本選手権シリーズ試合 Nihon Senshuken Shiriizu Shiai?), or Japan Series (日本シリーズ Nihon Shiriizu?) is a seven-game championship played by the winners of Japan's two professional baseball leagues (the Central League and Pacific League). For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The or is one of Japan 's two major professional Baseball leagues the winner of which plays the Japan Series against the winner of the other league the The or is one of Japan 's two major professional Baseball leagues the other being the Central League. The Series is the highest level of play in professional baseball in Japan. It is usually played in October. As in all of the best of seven series, the first team to win four games is the overall winner and is declared the Japan Series Champion (日本一?) in each year. The 2007 Series began on Oct. 27. Japan Series' winner will be the Japan representative of Asia Series.
The Home Team for the games 1, 2 and eventual 6 and 7, alternates between the two leagues with the Pacific League having the advantage on the years ending with an odd number and the Central League on the years ending with an even number. So the 2007 Japan Series had the Pacific League team hosting the games 1, 2 and eventual 6 and 7 (Although there was no Game 6 and Game 7 as Fighters lost 1-4).
Historically, the Central League has been more successful in the Japan Series than the Pacific League having won thirty-three times versus the Pacific League's twenty-four. The team with most championships is the Yomiuri Giants, who have won the Japan Series twenty times. The is a Nippon Professional Baseball team based at the Tokyo Dome in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. However, the Pacific League won four consecutive Series from 2003-2006, and did not lose the Series since the inception of their three-team stepladder playoff format to determine the league champion. But starting with the 2007 postseason, the Central League has also adopted the playoff format (now dubbed the "Climax Series"). Since Climax Series does not affact team's position in league, the nature of Japan Series slightly changed from a match between the Champions of leagues in the past to a mini-tournament postseason in nowadays, somewhat like World Series in MLB.
The 2007 Japan Series was a rematch of last year's matchup between the Chunichi Dragons and the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters. The are a professional baseball team based in Nagoya, the chief city in the Chubu ("Middle of Japan" region of Japan. The are a professional Baseball team in Japan's Pacific League. But in a reversal of roles from last season, the Fighters won the opening game in Hokkaido but lost the last 4 to give the Dragons their first Japan Series championship since 1954. The series-clinching Game 5 was capped off by a 2-pitcher combined perfect game. A perfect game is defined by Major League Baseball as a game in which a Pitcher (or combination of pitchers pitches a victory that lasts a minimum
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All ties after 15 innings (was originally 12 innings) are official tie games and must be replayed for the purpose of the Series.
Teams by number of wins in Japan Series
See also
- Nippon Professional Baseball
- World Baseball Classic
- Baseball World Cup
- Asia Series
- 2005 Konami Cup Asia Series
- 2006 Konami Cup Asia Series
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