2008 Japan Series

The 2008 Japan Series was the 59th edition of Nippon Professional Baseball's championship series. The best-of-seven playoff between the respective champions of the Central League's and the Pacific League's Climax Series (postseason) began on Saturday, November 1, 2008, and went the full seven games. The deciding Game 7 took place on Sunday, November 9.

2008 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Manager(s) Season Saitama Seibu Lions (4) Hisanobu Watanabe 76–64–4, (.543), GA: 2.5 Yomiuri Giants (3) Tatsunori Hara 84–57–3, (.596), GA: 2
Dates	November 1–9
MVP	Takayuki Kishi (Lions)
Broadcast
Television	Japan: NTV (Games 1, 6, 7) TV Asahi (Games 2, 3, 4, 5) South Korea: SBS Sports Channel
TV announcers	Ryo Kawamura, Shunsuke Shimizu, Takao Nakayama
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