Japanese baseball
Nippon Professional League
Japanese baseball is professional baseball as played in Japan, particularly in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
The sport shares American baseball's rules but developed distinct characteristics: shorter seasons, smaller ballparks, tie games, and greater emphasis on team harmony, sacrifice plays, and rigorous training.
He played Japanese baseball for three years before returning to the majors.
- samuraiFeudal Japanese military caste
- IchiroJapanese masculine given name
- battingSwinging at pitches
- batting orderSequence of hitters
- pitchingDelivering toward the plate
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