What japanese professional baseball starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers who pitched in the 2008 Beijing Olympics was named the MVP of the series held in November 2006 with four teams participating?
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2006 Asia Series The second annual Konami Cup Asia Series was held in November 2006 with four teams participating. The champions from the domestic leagues in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan along with an all-star team from China took part in the competition. All games were held in the Tokyo Dome in Japan. The tournament was sponsored by the Nippon Professional Baseball Association and Konami. The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters defeated the La New Bears in the title game to win the championship for Japan. Starting pitcher Yu Darvish was named the MVP of the series.
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Yu Darvish Yu Darvish (Japanese: ダルビッシュ 有 , Hepburn: Darubisshu Yū , born 16 August 1986) is a Japanese professional baseball starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Darvish pitched in the 2008 Beijing Olympics as well as the 2009 World Baseball Classic as a member of the Japanese national team. Darvish previously pitched in MLB for the Texas Rangers.
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2012 World Series The 2012 World Series was the 108th edition of Major League Baseball's championship series. The San Francisco Giants, the National League champions, won the best-of-seven playoff in a 4-game sweep over the American League champions Detroit Tigers. This marked the Giants' seventh World Series title in franchise history, their second in San Francisco (they won five in New York), and their second in a three-year period (2010–2012). Their World Series sweep was the first by a National League team since the Cincinnati Reds swept the Oakland Athletics in the 1990 series and the first NL sweep not by the Reds since 1963, when the Los Angeles Dodgers swept the New York Yankees. The Giants' Pablo Sandoval, who in Game 1 tied a record by hitting three home runs in one World Series game, two off of Tigers' ace Justin Verlander, was named the World Series Most Valuable Player (MVP).
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Tomo Ohka Tomokazu Ohka (大家友和 , Ōka Tomokazu , ]) (born March 18, 1976) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. Previously he played for the Boston Red Sox (1999 –2001 ), Montreal Expos (2001–2004 ), Washington Nationals (2005 ), Milwaukee Brewers (2005–2006 ), Toronto Blue Jays (2007 ), Cleveland Indians (2009 ), as well as the Fukushima Hopes in Japan's Baseball Challenge League. He started his professional career with the Yokohama BayStars in Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League. He throws right-handed and is a switch hitter.
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Takumi Akiyama Takumi Akiyama (秋山 拓巳 , Akiyama Takumi , born April 26, 1991 in Marugame, Kagawa) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.
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Kohei Shibata Kohei Shibata (柴田 講平 , Shibata Kōhei , born 17 July 1986 in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture) is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. Following a college career that included representing Japan at the 2008 World University Baseball Championship, Shibata was drafted by the Tigers in 2008 and made his first-team debut for the club in the following year. After having regular playing time in the Tigers' first team early in his career, his opportunities have reduced in recent years due to injury and the emergence of younger players.
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Daisuke Ochi Daisuke Ochi (越智 大祐 , "Ochi Daisuke" , born June 30, 1983 in Ehime, Japan) is a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player with the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Central League. As a rookie in 2008, Ochi was a key member of a young Giants bullpen that came within three outs of a Japan Series title. Ochi was the losing pitcher in Game 7 of that series against the Saitama Seibu Lions, after he hit Lions second baseman Yasuyuki Kataoka. Kataoka then stole second and third, then was driven home to tie the game. Ochi put another man on and was ultimately charged with what proved to be the series-winning run.
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Tetsuya Utsumi Tetsuya Utsumi (内海 哲也 , "Utsumi Tetsuya" , born April 29, 1982 in Kyoto, Japan) is a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player in Japan's Central League. A left-handed pitcher, Utsumi is one of the better starters in the Yomiuri rotation. In a 2008 preseason exhibition game against the Boston Red Sox, Utsumi struck out 4 out of the 6 Red Sox batters he faced. He had worked for Tokyo Gas from 2000 to 2003.
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Yoshimi Kobayashi Yoshimi Kobayashi (小林 良美 , Kobayashi Yoshimi ) (born August 11, 1968) is a Japanese softball player who played for three different positions in the 2000 Summer Olympics: The pinch hitter, left field and right field. She won the silver medal for team Japan.
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Tomoaki Sato Tomoaki Sato (佐藤 友昭 , Sato Tomoaki ) (born October 19, 1968 in Aichi Prefecture) is a Japanese baseball player who won a silver medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics.
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2009 Japan Series The 2009 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 2009 season. It was the 60th Japan Series and featured the Pacific League Climax Series champions, the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, against the Central League Climax Series champions, the Yomiuri Giants. The series is the second time the two teams played each other in the championship series, the last time being 1981. Played at Sapporo Dome and Tokyo Dome, the Giants defeated the Fighters four games to two in the best-of-seven series to win the franchise's 21st Japan Series championship. Giants' captain Shinnosuke Abe was named Most Valuable Player of the series. The series was played between October 31 and November 7, 2009, with home field advantage going to the Pacific League.
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Juri Takayama Juri Takayama (高山 樹里 , Takayama Juri ) (born October 21, 1976) is a Japanese softball player who played as a pitcher between 1996 and 2004 in the Olympic Games. She won two medals for Japan.
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Tomoyuki Kubota Tomoyuki Kubota (久保田 智之 , born January 30, 1981 in Yoshimi, Hiki District, Saitama Prefecture) is a Japanese pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He was selected as a member in the 2006 World Baseball Classic.
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2007 Korean Series The 2007 Korean Series began on Monday, the 22nd of October, at the Munhak Baseball Stadium in Incheon. It featured the SK Wyverns, who had claimed home ground advantage by finishing in first place at the end of the season, and the Doosan Bears, who had finished second and had swept the Hanhwa Eagles in a best-of-5 playoff series to advance to the next round. The SK Wyverns won the series in six games, after becoming the first team in Korean Series history to claim victory after losing the first two games. The series was also notable for the inability of teams to win at their home grounds (just one home victory out of the six games) and for some unsavory and aggressive incidents between the two teams that marred the first three games.
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Masahide Kobayashi Masahide "Masa" Kobayashi (小林 雅英 , "Kobayashi Masahide" , born May 24, 1974 in Ōtsuki, Yamanashi, Japan) is a former professional baseball pitcher who currently is the pitching coach for the Chiba Lotte Marines.
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2008 National League Division Series The 2008 National League Division Series (NLDS), the opening round of the 2008 National League playoffs, began on Wednesday, October 1 and ended on Sunday, October 5, with the champions of the three NL divisions and one wild card team participating in two best-of-five series. They were:
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2008 Asia Series The 2008 Asia Series was contested on November 13–16 by the champions of Nippon Professional Baseball's Japan Series, the Korea Baseball Organization's Korean Series, Chinese Professional Baseball League's Taiwan Series, and the championship of the China Baseball League of the People's Republic of China. In 2008, it was the first time that the champion of the China Baseball League participates in instead of the all-star team China Stars. The winning team will receive ¥50 million yen ($0.5 million), the second place team will receive ¥30 million yen, and the other teams will receive ¥10 million yen each. All games were held in Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan. The Saitama Seibu Lions defeated the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions in the title game to win the championship for Japan. Outfielder Tomoaki Satoh was named the MVP of the series.
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2007 Little League World Series The 2007 Little League World Series was a baseball tournament held August 17 through August 26 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Eight teams from the United States and eight from throughout the world competed to decide the winner of the 61st installment of the Little League World Series. It was televised on ESPN, ESPN2, and ABC. On August 26, 2007 the USA champion from Warner Robins, Georgia defeated the international champion from Tokyo, Japan 3–2 in 8 innings (Little League regulation games are 6 innings) on a walk-off home run by Dalton Carriker to win the 2007 Little League World Series. This was the second straight year a team from Georgia won the championship after a team from Columbus, Georgia won in 2006.
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Pacific League The Pacific League (パシフィック・リーグ , Pashifikku Rīgu ) or Pa League (パリーグ , Pa Rīgu ) is one of the two professional baseball leagues constituting Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan. The winner of the league championship competes against the winner in the Central League for the annual Japan Series. It currently consists of six teams from around Japan.
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Keisuke Takano Keisuke Takano (高野 圭佑, born December 28, 1991 in Kure, Hiroshima) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.
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2006 Asian Men's Softball Championship The 2006 Asian Men’s Softball Championship was an international softball tournament which featured eight nations which was held from 2–5 November 2006 in Kitakyushu, Japan.
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1956 Major League Baseball season The 1956 Major League Baseball season was contested from April to October 1956, featuring eight teams in the National League and eight teams in the American League. The 1956 World Series was a rematch of the previous year's series between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers. The series is notable for Yankees pitcher Don Larsen's perfect game in Game 5.