Shinjo celebrates

Tsuyoshi Shinjo and the rest of the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters claimed their first Japan Series title in 44 years tonight, beating the Chunichi Dragons, 4-1, at the Sapporo Dome.
Series MVP Atsunori Inaba homered in the eighth and Fighters' ace Yu Darvish out-dueled his counterpart from Nagoya, Kenshin Kawakami.
Trey Hillman made history, becoming the second gaijin manager to win the championship in as many years, after Bobby Valentine led the Chiba Lotte Marines to the title last year.
Meanwhile, the New York Yankees are apparently the frontrunners to sign Lions' star righthander Daisuke Matsuzaka, who was the MVP of the World Baseball Classic.
Now you are all caught up in the latest news from Japanese baseball!