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Central League Standings
As of end of play on May 13, 2008
Team
Games
Wins
Losses
Ties
Win%
GB
Home
Road
vs. HAN
vs. CHU
vs. YAK
vs. YOM
vs. HIR
vs. YOK
Hanshin
37
24
12
1
.667
--
11-4
13-8(1)
***
5-2(1)
3-3
6-3
4-2
6-2
Chunichi
38
21
14
3
.600
2.5
12-6(3)
9-8
2-5(1)
***
4-3
5-4
6-1(2)
4-1
Yakult
35
17
18
0
.486
6.5
8-10
9-8
3-3
3-4
***
4-5
2-3
5-3
Giants
39
18
20
1
.474
7.0
11-10
7-10(1)
3-6
4-5
5-4
***
2-4
4-1(1)
Hiroshima
35
15
18
2
.455
7.5
10-8
5-10(2)
2-4
1-6(2)
3-2
4-2
***
5-4
Yokohama
36
11
24
1
.314
12.5
6-10(1)
5-14
2-6
1-4
3-5
1-4(1)
4-5
***
Pacific League Standings
As of end of play on May 13, 2008
Team
Games
Wins
Losses
Ties
Win%
GB
Home
Road
vs. SEI
vs. SFT
vs. NIP
vs. RAK
vs. LOT
vs. ORX
Seibu
41
26
14
1
.650
--
17-5(1)
9-9
***
5-5
5-2(1)
4-0
4-4
8-3
Softbank
43
22
21
0
.512
5.5
14-8
8-13
5-5
***
3-5
5-3
4-5
5-3
Nippon Ham
43
21
21
1
.500
6.0
13-8
8-13(1)
2-5(1)
5-3
***
5-6
5-5
4-2
Rakuten
41
20
21
0
.488
6.5
14-4
6-17
0-4
3-5
6-5
***
5-3
6-4
Lotte
43
20
23
0
.465
7.5
12-10
8-13
4-4
5-4
5-5
3-5
***
3-5
Orix
43
17
26
0
.395
10.5
10-11
7-15
3-8
3-5
2-4
4-6
5-3
***
Inter-League Standings
Inter-League opens May 20.
Standings are translated from the Official NPB BIS site .
External News Sources
Here is the news from various other sources about the goings on in Pro Yakyu.
May 13: Buffaloes 8, Eagles 2 Satoshi Nagai threw a wild pitch with runners at the corners, allowing the tying run in the seventh inning, and Orix capitalized on three errors to tack on four more runs in the frame to rally in a rout of Rakuten.http://www.japanball.com/news.phtml?id=12134#6 ]May 13: Marines 8, Fighters 2 Kazuya Fukuura and Jose Ortiz drove in two runs apiece with back-to-back hits in a five-run fourth inning and Lotte rookie Yuki Karakawa helped Bobby Valentine celebrate his 58th birthday in style with a victory over Nippon Ham.http://www.japanball.com/news.phtml?id=12134#5 ]May 13: Hawks 4, Lions 2 Nobuhiro Matsuda homered and drove in the tiebreaking run and left-hander Tsuyoshi Wada (4-0) pitched two-run ball over 6-1/3 innings, leading Softbank to a come-from-behind win over Pacific League leader Seibu.http://www.japanball.com/news.phtml?id=12134#4 ]May 13: Swallows 4, Dragons 1 At Jingu Stadium, Aaron Guiel doubled in two runs and Ryo Kawashima threw five effective innings as Yakult beat Chunichi to earn its fourth win in five games.http://www.japanball.com/news.phtml?id=12134#3 ]May 13: BayStars 4, Giants 3, 10 innings At Nagano Olympic Stadium, Toshihisa Nishi singled in the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning as Yokohama rallied from a 3-0 deficit to beat Yomiuri.http://www.japanball.com/news.phtml?id=12134#2 ]May 13: Lewis pitches, hits Hiroshima past Hanshin Colby Lewis pitched seven shutout innings and helped his own cause with a two-run double, leading the Hiroshima Carp to a 9-3 rout of the Hanshin Tigers on Tuesday.http://www.japanball.com/news.phtml?id=12134 ]Marines win it for birthday boy Bobby V The kid came through with the perfect birthday present for skipper Bobby Valentine.http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200805140066.html ]May 13 Roundup and News I've been asked about the whereabouts of Darwin Cubillian. A rough translation of this article leads me to believe he's been released, but I may be mistaken. His picture still appears on the SK team page, so he may just be inactive.http://koreabaseball.blogspot.com/2008/05/513-roundup-and-news.html ]Expel the Foreign Jackasses I've been waiting for this. Here's an editorial from a Korean reporter for OSNews, upset at the recent rash (well, two) of foreigners running onto the field at Korean pro baseball games. Korea Beat has the translation.http://eastwindupchronicle.com/expel-the-foreign-jackasses/ ]Reporter: "Expel the Foreign Jackasses" A writer for OSNews, disturbed by a few recent cases of foreigners, and then Koreans, running onto baseball fields during games, set pen to paper and denounced the foreigners. He blames them for inciting the Koreans to imitate them and implies [...]http://koreabeat.com/?p=1008 ]Foreign Players In Korea Update: As Yoo Jee-hoo reports in the comments section, Gary Rath and Darwin Cubillan have also been jettisoned. They have yet to be replaced.http://eastwindupchronicle.com/foreign-players-in-korea/#2008-05-14 ]Dice-K 2.0 SAPPORO, Japan -- The Sapporo Dome's sellout crowd of 42,126 (not counting 45 assorted cheerleaders -- yes, 45 cheerleaders!) bangs Thunderstix and howls for Yu Darvish as he fires his 124th pitch of the game.http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=darvish ]La New Bears return to form with Lions win The La New Bears bounced back from a pair of narrow losses with a sound 8-5 win over the top-ranked President Lions at the Taipei County Baseball Stadium in Sinjhuang on Sunday to end the week on a high note.
Staff ace Mike Johnson of Canada improved tohttp://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2008/05/13/2003411771 ]May 12: T-Rex 3 - Elephants 1 T-Rex SP Chien-Fu Chen earned game MVP honors after shutting down the Elephants offense for 6.2 innings. He allowed 1 unearned run on 6 hits, while K'ing 3 and walking none. He's now 2-5 on the year.http://taiwanbaseball.blogspot.com/2008/05/monday-scoreboard.html ][In side the KBO] As 9-day stretch ends, SK remains team to beat Before Korea Baseball Organization clubs embarked on a nine-game, nine-day stretch on May 3, managers and players said this quirky early May schedule could change the complexion of the entire 2008 season.http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2889703 ]2008.5.12 Pitching and Batting leaders Just a quick run down on pitching and batting leaders in NPB as of 5/12 after the slew of Golden Week holidays games.http://jhockey.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/2008512-pitching-and-batting-leaders/ ]Happy Birthday, Bobby Valentine! Today is the birthday of one Bobby V,
Who starred in a film that you all ought to see.
It airs at 9 Eastern, on ESPN,
And it has a good dose of some pure Bobby Zen.http://marinerds.blogspot.com/2008/05/happy-birthday-bobby-valentine.html ]Game Report: Dragons vs. Giants @ Tokyo Dome - un-Happy Birthday Kenichi Nakata The Dragons' rotation -- and Kenichi Nakata in particular -- continued to break down on Sunday night at the Tokyo Dome, as Alex Ramirez and Michihiro Ogasawara hit home runs off of him and weren't even the game heroes in a 9-3 smackdown.http://marinerds.blogspot.com/2008/05/game-report-dragons-vs-giants-tokyo.html ]Little Giants come up big / Inzen leads crop of young players who help Yomiuri rout Chunichi Giants manager Tatsunori Hara called it "the best possible start."http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/sports/20080512TDY18103.htm ]President Lions edge past La New Bears 7-6 Close play dominated league action on Saturday night with the President Lions edging past the struggling La New Bears 7-6 at the Taipei County Baseball Stadium in Sinjhuang and the Brother Elephants blanking the Chinatrust Whales 2-0 at the Taipei Municihttp://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2008/05/12/2003411693 ]
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