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@NPB_Reddit Imagine if Darvish and/or Ohtani showed up, even if they didn't play in the game. It would be bedlam.

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@GaijinBaseball Impossible to schedule since the AL and NL each have an odd number of teams (15) which necessitates at least 1 interleague pairing every (full) gameday.
MLB needs to add 2 teams (1 in each league) to make it happen.

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@NPB_Reddit If they do expand to 16, I hope each league does one single standings table of 8 teams instead of the MLB format of dividing 8 teams into 2 divisions of 4 teams each.

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@yakyucosmo What’s their secret? Why is the PL always dominating Interleague play?
Will the DH help the CL in this matter from here on?

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@SouravGRoy @iTheWolfman

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@NPB_Reddit This weekend will be the final Interleague games hosted by the CL where pitchers will bat. Historians will likely keep track of which pitchers will be the last to get a base hit, walk, at bat/plate appearance, etc.

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@PacificSwings @DCMacK24 https://t.co/JXANT1kYd6

[虎テレ運用担当 @toratele]

おめでとう！ディベイニー！昇格後、初打席で初ヒット！！！

#hanshin #虎テレ #阪神タイガース #ディベイニー

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@PacificSwings @DCMacK24 Cam finally makes his NPB debut, May 27 vs Fighters.
First pitch pinch hit single to left field! 👍

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@PacificSwings One of my favorite episodes.
Before this, I had no idea he could hold his own in an English interview.

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@yakyucosmo Reember Imai also threw a combined no-hitter last season against the Hawks.
Pitched 8 innings with Taira closing out the 9th.
Imai did give up a run in the 7th inning as the Lions won 2-1.

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@PacificSwings Just over half way through the month but having made his season debut on May 1 he's very much in contention to win the Pacific League's MVP of the Month for May. Stay tuned.

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@PacificSwings I'm telling you, his guy is Monthly Swings material. 🙂

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@yakyucosmo Next season the Central League will have the DH.
The Hawks always seem to find a way to get things done. Frustrating yet admirable.

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@PacificSwings Add him to Monthly Swings! A Pacific League perspective to the "Hot as Whiz" conversations. lol

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@PacificSwings Since you were able to get Kaima Taira for an interview, how about Yuki Nomura of the Fighters? Born in Michigan, his full name is Yuki James Nomura. Apparently his nickname is 'Jay' and his English proficiency rated 7 on a 10-point scale while in high school in Japan.

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@LouisAnalysis His full name is Yuki James Nomura, born in Michigan while his father worked in the U.S. for a car-related company. The family moved back to Japan when Yuki was 1-1/2 years old. His nickname is Jay, and in high school his English proficiency rated 7 on a 10-point scale.

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@GaijinBaseball Didn't he also deliver the game winning hit with a 2-RBI single?

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@PacificSwings Love the idea of this series.
A Pacific League player would add to the intrigue. (Tyler Nevin?)

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@yakyucosmo @WorldBaseball_ He only faced 28 Swallows batters, just one over the minimum.
This was because he was able to induced double play grounders to end the 4th and 9th innings.

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@yakyucosmo Is part of the reason some of the more talented high school players choose MiLB or NCAA is the fear of being drafted by the Hawks or Giants who do not like to post players?