[Oct 19] Softbank Hawks vs Nippon-Ham Fighters game highlights from Mizho PayPay Dome Fukuoka youtube.com/watch?v=k2ENo_… #npb

[Oct 19] Fighters beat Hawks to force PL Climax Series final stage decider nordot.app/13525550984749… #npb

NPB starting pitchers announced for Oct 20 #npb (all dates and times listed are Japan Standard Time)

NPB game results for Oct 20 #npb

The Softbank Hawks are headed to the Nippon Series for the second consecutive season, after winning the decisive game in the Climax Series Final Stage. This will be their 22nd Nippon Series appearance in club history news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/92bef… #npb

Nippon-Ham Fighters players Franmil Reyes, Ariel Martinez, Gu Lin Ruei-yang and Sun Yi-Lei will be back with the team for the 2026 season. The futures of pitchers Drew VerHagen and Aneurys Zabala for next season are still undecided news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/9d74d… #npb

The Yokohama DeNA Baystars announced that manager Daisuke Miura has stepped down and that top team defensive chief coach and fielder coach Ryoji Aikawa would be appointed as the new manager of the top team. Aikawa will wear the same number 81 as Miura news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/f4c81… #npb

Softbank Hawks pitcher Livan Moinelo was selected as the Pacific League Climax Series MVP. He started 2 games going 1-0 with a 0.64 ERA news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/e9fe0… #npb

Fighters manager Shinjo said, "It was an incredible final and incredible season. The Nippon Series is a contest between the two 1st-place teams. But next year, we'll be even stronger. We'll win by a landslide and prepare to go to the Nippon Series." news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/a3c9d… #npb

Reports out that there's a strong possibility Yomiuri Giants pitcher Foster Griffin could be back with an MLB team next season, after 3 years in NPB news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/8603f… #npb #mlb

Shohei Ohtani highlighted in film tracing history of Japanese and American baseball latimes.com/sports/dodgers… #npb #mlb

The best players in the Japanese professional baseball (NPB) have started preparing for the Korea-Japan warm-up match early en.sportschosun.com/sports/2025/10… #npb #kbo

[Oct 20] Hawks clinch PL decider against Fighters, advance to Japan Series nordot.app/13530021573590… #npb

[Oct 20] Softbank Hawks vs Nippon-Ham Fighters game highlights from Mizho PayPay Dome Fukuoka youtube.com/watch?v=smpOZE… #npb

Reminder no more games until the Nippon Series starts on Saturday Oct 25 at 18:30 JST. Game 1 at Mizuho PayPay Dome Fukuoka #npb

The final 2025 NPB Monthly (Sep/Oct) MVP's are: IF Kazuma Okamoto (Giants), P Kojiro Yoshimura (Swallows), IF Ryoya Kurihara (Hawks) and P Atsuki Taneichi (Marines) news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/05c9e… #npb

The Seibu Lions will be sending pitchers Minato Aoyama, Taishi Mameda and OF Shinya Hasegawa to play in the Puerto Rican Winter League. They'll play for about 1 month from Nov 6 for the Senadores de San Juan news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/28fa9… #npb #prwl

Softbank Hawks P Roberto Osuna is being left off of their Nippon Series roster, due to his lingering right shoulder problems. He came back on Oct 3 to pitch after an absence due to the injury, but didn't make an appearnce vs the Fighters news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/05670… #npb

The Yomiuri Giants have agreed to post slugger Kazuma Okamoto for MLB clubs in the offseason hochi.news/articles/20251… #npb

NPB starting pitchers announced for Oct 25 #npb Nippon Series Game 1 *pitcher and team records are from the regular season (all dates and times listed are Japan Standard Time)