climax series climax series annual playoff system employed japan determines teams compete japan series national championship creation league system leagues different methods determine entry japan series current system season leagues play game regular season teams league compete stage playoff stage teams finish regular season best records play best series winners game series advance stage face league regular season champion game series regular season champion starts game advantage winners league stage series compete year japan series history creation league system regular season winner advanced japan series competed champion system league created postseason play prior japan series system matched team best half record team best second half record winner best series advanced japan series played champion system proved problematic won second halves seasons making playoff series unnecessary system eliminated season instead announced following season second place teams compete best playoff series game regular season fewer games separated teams unpopular baseball media fans idea scrapped seasons series needing played leagues returned sending team best regular season record respective league compete championship series playoffs february board directors agreed playoff system season place team substantial lead standings nearing end regular season pennant race little excitement japan series began decision add playoff attempt problem increase league popularity new postseason plan initiated stage playoff teams competed stage teams finished newly shortened game regular season best records played best series winner series faced league finisher second final stage stage winner advanced japan series competed place team originally finisher league end season supposed receive home field advantage stage august officials announced place team led second place team games end regular season team receive game winning advantage stage best series season officials removed game lead requirement favor automatically awarding place team win advantage conjunction change place team longer home field advantage entirety stage instead remaining games split evenly teams rule change non factor eventual place clinched japan series berth straight games years playoff system winner postseason tournament competed team finished regular season best record leagues provoked criticism baseball analysts japan series called postseason bad system believed decision implement playoff system citing tigers poor japan series performance speculated lack postseason play disadvantage believed days regular season game japan series game prepare tigers eventual championship series played continuously climax series creation playoff scenarios written required tie standings team wins finishing worse winning percentage team permanent playoff plan created march encouraged success playoff series officials announced intention introduce postseason playoffs season help boost declining attendance meetings held later year officials disagreed proposed plans detailing new playoff system creation playoffs league awarded pennant titles playoff winners team finished regular season best record disapproved intentions continue awarding league title place finisher regular season playoffs determine team compete japan series awarding pennant playoff champion september leagues agreed unified postseason system implemented playoff system identical entire playoff series dubbed climax series agreed regular season place finishers league champions team won leagues respective playoffs reversal previous seasons decided leagues play regular season games time leagues play number games introduced playoff system leagues agreed regular season champion receive game advantage stage climax series claiming unnecessary business point view decision overturned league awarded champion win advantage stage starting climax series time series best series team win games advances japan series format drawn criticism players describing rule unfair bull use current format leagues employ series playoff format teams league participating stage playoff teams climax series spot finish regular season identical records team finished previous season better record allowed advance playoffs teams finished previous season record contrasts major_league_baseball mlb employs game playoff professional leagues use head head season records non play records second half records series stage best series involving regular season place finishers games played second place team home field winner series goes face league pennant winner stage series best league champion awarded win advantage home field advantage entire series unlike professional leagues game playoff series runs game playoff series runs higher seed receiving extra game winning teams advance japan series compete unlike mlb games end tie winner innings play climax series game results tie win credited team causes series end tie team finished higher regular season standings advances teams finished regular season record teams finished regular season record team won matches team advance results
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