On Saturday, December 23, 2023, the final game of the "eBASEBALL Prosperity A League" 2023 season, the " eNippon Series," was held, and after a fierce battle, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks were crowned the top Japanese team for the second consecutive year! The event was closed with an exhibition match between theNogizaka Baseball Club andprofessional baseball players and alumni!
The Fukuoka Softbank Hawks win the championship!
The final game of the "eBASEBALL Prosperity A League" 2023 season, the "eNippon Series," was held at the Tokyo Dome City Prism Hall on Saturday, December 23, 2023, and the eClimax Series on Saturday, December 16 and Sunday, December 17, 2023. The final game of the "e-Japan Series" was between the Chunichi Dragons and the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, the two teams that won the e-Climax Series on December 16 and 17, 2023.
The Chunichi Dragons, led by Kazuki Yoshimi, manager of the Spi League...
- Gakuto Furukawa
- Takumi Sakagami
- Kae Sakamoto
The three members are.... Coach Kohei Oda participated on the day of the event, replacing Kazuki Yoshimi, manager of the Spi League, who was unable to attend due to personal reasons.
The Fukuoka Softbank Hawks, led by Masahiko Morifuku, manager of the Fukuoka Spi League...
- Takumitsu Maeno(Maesan)
- Daicheng Negishi(Slope)
- Takeshi Momosaka (Yadamai)
The three players are.... The e-Japan Series will be won by winning three out of five games.
The Fukuoka Softbank Hawks will win the first game, but the Chunichi Dragons are not to be outdone. The Chunichi Dragons, who were determined to come from third place in the league standings to finish ahead of the rest of the field, used their momentum to win the second game by a scoreless margin!
The game continues to be close, with only one point separating the winner and the loser, but the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks win two games to clinch the championship. In the fourth game, the Fukuoka SOFTBANK HAWKS won 10-3 thanks to an explosion of hits by Daisheng Negishi, who had lost the second game by a narrow margin! They clinched the championship in style!
Takumitsu Maeno, the captain of the team, said, "The four of us, including the manager Morifuku Spi League, have been working together for a long time with the goal of winning the Japanese championship again, and I am very happy that we were able to achieve this goal. The team members received 450,000 yen for the e-Pennant Race and e-Japan Series as a reward for the team title, and the baseball team received 1,000,000 yen for the "Team Fan Support Appreciation Project.
The individual title was also announced, and the MVP was awarded to Daiken Negishi, who showed overwhelming strength from the beginning of the season to the moment of the championship.
MVP (300,000 yen)
- Daicheng Negishi (Fukuoka Softbank Hawks)
No.1 in the SPY League ranking(100,000 yen)
- Taisei Negishi (Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks) 128,902 total points
Top batter (50,000 yen each)
- Yuhei Kuboki (Hiroshima Toyo Carp) Batting average .600
- Taisei Negishi (Fukuoka Softbank Hawks) Batting average .672
Most home runs (50,000 yen each)
- Kaeba Nagasawa (Yomiuri Giants) Hit 8 home runs
- Asahi Narita (Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles) Hit 12 home runs
Most runs batted in (50,000 yen each)
- Mitsuteru Goto (Tokyo Yakult Swallows) Hits 28
- Daisheng Negishi (Fukuoka Softbank Hawks) 40 runs batted in
Best Defensive Ratio (50,000 yen each)
- Takateru Nishiyama (Yokohama DeNA BayStars) Defensive batting average 2.57
- Daisei Negishi (Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks) Defensive batting average 0.86
Nogizaka Baseball Club and professional baseball players and alumni also held exhibition matches
The final game of the eBASEBALL Prosperity A League 2023 season, the "eJapan Series," featured an exhibition match between current and former professional baseball players and the Nogizaka Baseball Club.
YouTube, XThe tournament ended with a bang, and archived footage of the event can be viewed on the official YouTube channel " Official Power Pro and Prospey Channel. This year's baseball season, which began with the WBC, has come to an end! Let's look forward to next year!