Nichi-Bei Series Game Five

From the chat/play by play session:

2002/11/15 17:50:40 : Manager TO ALL - westbaystars
2002/11/15 17:58:31 : westbaystars TO ALL - Before the game this evening, Matsui hit 5 out while Bonds hit out 8 home runs in the home run contest.
2002/11/15 17:59:32 : westbaystars TO ALL - Matsui hit quite a few with the distance, but the wrong side of the right field pole.
2002/11/15 18:33:22 : westbaystars TO ALL - Randy Wolf is starting this evening for the MLB.
2002/11/15 18:36:18 : westbaystars TO ALL - And he gets the side in order. Good start for Wolf.
2002/11/15 18:37:51 : westbaystars TO ALL - Yakult's Ishii starts for NPB.
2002/11/15 18:38:07 : westbaystars TO ALL - He faces Ichiro to lead off the bottom of the first.
2002/11/15 18:39:37 : westbaystars TO ALL - And he flies out to left on his first pitch.
2002/11/15 18:43:15 : Manager TO ALL - yakyuFan
2002/11/15 18:43:46 : Manager TO ALL - yakyuFan
2002/11/15 18:45:54 : westbaystars TO ALL - With a runner at first and two down, up comes Bonds.
2002/11/15 18:47:26 : westbaystars TO ALL - And he strikes Bonds out swinging at a high fastball. The side is retires.
2002/11/15 18:50:08 : westbaystars TO ALL - Matsui steps up to the plate to lead off the second.
2002/11/15 18:51:02 : westbaystars TO ALL - And he draws a walk.
2002/11/15 18:52:31 : westbaystars TO ALL - Cabrera, batting .471 in the Series, makes two big swings before hitting into a 6-4-3 double play.
2002/11/15 18:53:29 : westbaystars TO ALL - Kokubo, who got some good NA press according to the TV announcers, ...
2002/11/15 18:54:48 : westbaystars TO ALL - ... fouls off a few pitches after working the count full.
2002/11/15 18:55:38 : westbaystars TO ALL - He finally hits a come backer that Wolf dodges, the ball going up the middle for a base hit.
2002/11/15 18:58:02 : westbaystars TO ALL - Seibu's Wada kept alive for a while, then hit a liner to left-center.
2002/11/15 18:58:39 : westbaystars TO ALL - But Hunter got a great jump on the ball and managed to get there in plenty of time for the out.
2002/11/15 19:01:13 : westbaystars TO ALL - After making a great play look easy in center, Torii Hunter comes up to lead off the bottom of the second.
2002/11/15 19:02:35 : westbaystars TO ALL - But he hits an easy grounder back to Ishii on the mound, and is out number one.
2002/11/15 19:04:33 : westbaystars TO ALL - The Marlins' Derrek Lee (spelled hii name right this time, right?) strikes out watching. Two down.
2002/11/15 19:05:27 : westbaystars TO ALL - Correction: I think I said that Yakult's Ishii was on the mound. It's Fujii.
2002/11/15 19:06:43 : westbaystars TO ALL - And Tanishige manages to catch a ball over the first base dugout entrance for out number three. Nice play.
2002/11/15 19:09:23 : westbaystars TO ALL - Imaoka lifts a high fly up the left side in foul territory. The third baseman ran out of the way to abort,
2002/11/15 19:09:47 : westbaystars TO ALL - but the shortstop was there to pull in the ball. One down.
2002/11/15 19:10:23 : westbaystars TO ALL - Tanishige struck out swinging, and there are two quick outs.
2002/11/15 19:11:37 : westbaystars TO ALL - Back to the top of the order in Kazuo Matsui, and he sends the ball to the warning track in center, but no further.
2002/11/15 19:11:41 : westbaystars TO ALL - Three down.
2002/11/15 19:15:24 : westbaystars TO ALL - David Eckstein strikes out swinging at an outside pitch from the CL Rookie of the Year for out number one.
2002/11/15 19:16:30 : westbaystars TO ALL - Whoops. That was Eric Hinske. Eckstein is up now.
2002/11/15 19:17:04 : westbaystars TO ALL - (I don't know the MLB players very well, yet.)
2002/11/15 19:18:04 : westbaystars TO ALL - But he suffers the same fate, swinging and missing a pitch way outside. Two down.
2002/11/15 19:18:25 : Manager TO ALL - sagamiwara
2002/11/15 19:18:51 : sagamiwara TO ALL - hi westbay-san
2002/11/15 19:19:13 : westbaystars TO ALL - Hi, Sagamiwara-san.
2002/11/15 19:19:36 : westbaystars TO ALL - Fujii's pitching very well, ne?
2002/11/15 19:20:18 : westbaystars TO ALL - Ichiro grounds out to Little Matsui at short, and Fujii hasn't allowed a hit in three innings.
2002/11/15 19:20:33 : sagamiwara TO ALL - yes,one of his best pitching in carreer
2002/11/15 19:21:58 : westbaystars TO ALL - Did you catch how many strike outs that was so far?
2002/11/15 19:23:05 : westbaystars TO ALL - Tani leads off with an easy fly out to right. One down.
2002/11/15 19:25:49 : sagamiwara TO ALL - Fujiii best pitch maybe against Cuba
2002/11/15 19:26:11 : sagamiwara TO ALL - I dont count it
2002/11/15 19:26:33 : westbaystars TO ALL - Nakamura really battled Wolf again, fouling off quite a few. But fouled out to third in the end.
2002/11/15 19:27:24 : westbaystars TO ALL - I thoght the announcer might have said it at the end of the inning. But I missed it.
2002/11/15 19:27:54 : westbaystars TO ALL - Big Matsui flies out to Bonds in left who makes a shoestring catch.
2002/11/15 19:28:37 : westbaystars TO ALL - Well, if you could see his shoestrings with those funny pants he's wearing. Is this a new craze?
2002/11/15 19:30:24 : westbaystars TO ALL - Lo Duca leads off for MLB.
2002/11/15 19:30:35 : sagamiwara TO ALL - Sorry westbay-san I eat dinner now
2002/11/15 19:31:09 : westbaystars TO ALL - Go ahead. Samanai no uchi ni.
2002/11/15 19:33:01 : westbaystars TO ALL - Lo Duca grounds to Matsui at short. And his one hopper gets past Cabrera, allowing him to go to second.
2002/11/15 19:33:22 : westbaystars TO ALL - I believe that that was an error.
2002/11/15 19:34:03 : westbaystars TO ALL - And they showed Ishii's line so far, which listed him as striking out four to this point.
2002/11/15 19:37:45 : westbaystars TO ALL - And Williams becomes strike out victim number five, swinging at a high outside pitch. Had him fooled.
2002/11/15 19:38:22 : westbaystars TO ALL - Bonds hits Fujii's first offering all the way to the fense in left-center.
2002/11/15 19:39:07 : westbaystars TO ALL - It's off the fense, Lo Duca is in to score. Bonds has an RBI double and the first hit of the evening against Fujii.
2002/11/15 19:39:56 : westbaystars TO ALL - Hunter is up there swinging.
2002/11/15 19:40:32 : westbaystars TO ALL - And he strikes out swinging on three pitches. K #6.
2002/11/15 19:43:43 : westbaystars TO ALL - Leon Lee's son, Derrek, who started elementary school in Japan, grounds out to second to retire the side.
2002/11/15 19:44:09 : westbaystars TO ALL - But the Majors struck first with an error and their first hit of the game.
2002/11/15 19:44:23 : westbaystars TO ALL - After four complete, MLB leads 1-0.
2002/11/15 19:47:11 : westbaystars TO ALL - Cabrera leads off the fifth with a high pop fly to the third base coacher's box. One down.
2002/11/15 19:48:36 : westbaystars TO ALL - Eckstein makes a diving grab at Kobubo's one bounder between short and third.
2002/11/15 19:48:50 : westbaystars TO ALL - He gets up, and throws Kokubo out, head sliding.
2002/11/15 19:49:32 : westbaystars TO ALL - "This is Major" was the announcer's exclamation.
2002/11/15 19:49:52 : westbaystars TO ALL - Wada popped out to center, and the NPB is retired in order.
2002/11/15 19:51:59 : Manager TO ALL - dajnj
2002/11/15 19:52:46 : westbaystars TO ALL - Junior Spivey leads off the bottom of the fifth for MLB.
2002/11/15 19:54:03 : westbaystars TO ALL - And he gets all of it!
2002/11/15 19:54:24 : westbaystars TO ALL - In no time at all, that ball is in the left field stands.
2002/11/15 19:54:39 : westbaystars TO ALL - MLB now leads 2-0.
2002/11/15 19:56:56 : westbaystars TO ALL - Hinske strikes out for the second time. This time looking.
2002/11/15 19:58:00 : westbaystars TO ALL - Eckstein hit an easy ball to Imaoka at second, but he bobbled the ball, and Eckstein is on.
2002/11/15 19:59:39 : westbaystars TO ALL - Ichiro then send the ball into the right-center gap for a timely double.
2002/11/15 20:00:01 : westbaystars TO ALL - Thanks to that error, MLB now has a 3-0 lead.
2002/11/15 20:01:12 : westbaystars TO ALL - Cabrera make a great catch against the fense in foul territory WAY up the right field line.
2002/11/15 20:01:35 : westbaystars TO ALL - Ichiro tagged up and made it to third just ahead of the throw.
2002/11/15 20:04:49 : westbaystars TO ALL - With the count full to Williams, Fujii gets out of the inning on a come backer than just about knocked him down.
2002/11/15 20:05:10 : westbaystars TO ALL - But he was able to throw to first in plenty of time for the third out.
2002/11/15 20:05:54 : westbaystars TO ALL - But the MLB added two more runs on a pair of hits (one home run) and an error.
2002/11/15 20:06:22 : westbaystars TO ALL - At the end of five complete, MLB leads 3-0.
2002/11/15 20:06:50 : dajnj TO ALL - When they were talking about Lee being Leon Lee's son the other day,
2002/11/15 20:07:02 : dajnj TO ALL - I though they said something about Leon Lee being a hitting coach?
2002/11/15 20:07:15 : dajnj TO ALL - Did I get that wrong?
2002/11/15 20:07:32 : westbaystars TO ALL - Yes, they did.
2002/11/15 20:07:45 : westbaystars TO ALL - I don't remember which team, though.
2002/11/15 20:07:48 : dajnj TO ALL - Orix?
2002/11/15 20:08:07 : dajnj TO ALL - This was in the past?
2002/11/15 20:08:19 : westbaystars TO ALL - Imaoka flies out to short. One down.
2002/11/15 20:08:42 : westbaystars TO ALL - I thought it was going to be for next season.
2002/11/15 20:09:07 : westbaystars TO ALL - He played for Lotte, Yokohama (Taiyo Whales), and Yakult.
2002/11/15 20:09:09 : dajnj TO ALL - That's also what I thought I heard.
2002/11/15 20:09:25 : westbaystars TO ALL - (I think.)
2002/11/15 20:09:46 : dajnj TO ALL - Thanks.
2002/11/15 20:09:57 : westbaystars TO ALL - Tanishige gives the ball a ride, but well within Bonds' reach. Two down.
2002/11/15 20:11:34 : Manager TO ALL - sagamiwara2
2002/11/15 20:11:38 : Manager TO ALL - sagamiwara
2002/11/15 20:11:42 : westbaystars TO ALL - Kazuo strikes out, and Wolf takes the NPB down in order again.
2002/11/15 20:11:56 : sagamiwara2 TO ALL - Im back
2002/11/15 20:12:48 : sagamiwara2 TO ALL - Eating gyouza.
2002/11/15 20:12:50 : westbaystars TO ALL - Have a good dinner?
2002/11/15 20:13:18 : westbaystars TO ALL - I had curry rice myself.
2002/11/15 20:13:33 : sagamiwara2 TO ALL - Yes
2002/11/15 20:15:19 : sagamiwara2 TO ALL - Westbay-san you live in yokohama?
2002/11/15 20:15:27 : westbaystars TO ALL - Bonds hits a grounder up the right side. The diving Cabrera misses, but Imaoka gets the ball behind him and tosses to
2002/11/15 20:15:42 : westbaystars TO ALL - Fujii covering. Bonds is retired.
2002/11/15 20:15:45 : sagamiwara2 TO ALL - I live in Machida.very near
2002/11/15 20:16:05 : westbaystars TO ALL - Yes, Nojima. The island next to Sea Paradise.
2002/11/15 20:16:37 : westbaystars TO ALL - Hunter flies out to center. Two down.
2002/11/15 20:17:51 : westbaystars TO ALL - Lee is jammed, and grounds the ball the other way to Matsui at short.
2002/11/15 20:18:06 : westbaystars TO ALL - Three quick outs this inning for Fujii.
2002/11/15 20:20:20 : westbaystars TO ALL - Mike Fetters climbs the mound for the Majors.
2002/11/15 20:23:07 : westbaystars TO ALL - Tani then draws a walk to become the first NPB base runner in quite a while.
2002/11/15 20:23:16 : sagamiwara2 TO ALL - Nojima is near Yokohama Stadium?
2002/11/15 20:23:30 : dajnj TO ALL - I did a little search and found the info on Leon Lee
2002/11/15 20:23:35 : dajnj TO ALL - http://www.bluewave.co.jp/info/info.asp?n=249
2002/11/15 20:23:52 : dajnj TO ALL - He was hired as Orix batting coach
2002/11/15 20:24:44 : westbaystars TO ALL - But Nakamura kills the lead off runner advantage with a 5-4-3 double play.
2002/11/15 20:25:14 : westbaystars TO ALL - Fetters then thank his infield one player at a time. Nice show.
2002/11/15 20:25:28 : sagamiwara2 TO ALL - I need 2hours go to Seibu Dome
2002/11/15 20:26:13 : westbaystars TO ALL - Matsui gave the ball a ride, but just to the warning track yet again.
2002/11/15 20:26:46 : westbaystars TO ALL - That's right. You're a Lions' fan. That's a long way to go.
2002/11/15 20:27:36 : westbaystars TO ALL - I was looking through my stack of newspapers. Search engines are so much easier.
2002/11/15 20:29:17 : westbaystars TO ALL - Mitsui's in to pitch for NPB.
2002/11/15 20:29:38 : sagamiwara2 TO ALL - Our Mitsui in
2002/11/15 20:30:06 : westbaystars TO ALL - He gets Spivey to ground out to Matsui at short. One down.
2002/11/15 20:30:21 : westbaystars TO ALL - Yes, Seibu's.
2002/11/15 20:31:41 : westbaystars TO ALL - What happened? I was reading the BlueWave press release.
2002/11/15 20:32:32 : westbaystars TO ALL - Hinske made out.
2002/11/15 20:33:03 : westbaystars TO ALL - Eckstein then fouled out to Cabrera for the third out.
2002/11/15 20:34:17 : westbaystars TO ALL - I hope that Leon can do something. I wasn't terribly impressed with Ishige as manager last season.
2002/11/15 20:35:14 : sagamiwara2 TO ALL - BlueWave Management is bad. They need to get more bat in last season.
2002/11/15 20:37:21 : westbaystars TO ALL - Cabrera goes down swinging on a low outside pitch. That's the second bad pitch he swung at this at bat.
2002/11/15 20:38:42 : westbaystars TO ALL - Ogasawara slaps the ball to third, and becomes out number two.
2002/11/15 20:38:59 : westbaystars TO ALL - Yokohama's T. Ishii comes in to pinch hit.
2002/11/15 20:41:25 : westbaystars TO ALL - And with a big guts pose, Fetters strikes out Ishii swinging. Three down.
2002/11/15 20:41:44 : westbaystars TO ALL - Fetters is quite a character on the mound.
2002/11/15 20:42:44 : dajnj TO ALL - Reminds me of an Al Rhobovsky (sp) but not quite as wild.
2002/11/15 20:43:33 : dajnj TO ALL - Al on medication.
2002/11/15 20:44:42 : westbaystars TO ALL - Ichiro leads off. And gets the ball through the right side. That's his second hit of the night.
2002/11/15 20:45:57 : westbaystars TO ALL - Mitsui's first pitch to Lo Duca is a pass ball, allowing Ichiro to go t. second.
2002/11/15 20:46:46 : westbaystars TO ALL - And the next pitch is bunted. He sacrifices Ichiro to third with one out.
2002/11/15 20:49:10 : westbaystars TO ALL - Williams draws a walk to put runners at first and third witi one out.
2002/11/15 20:50:07 : westbaystars TO ALL - A Phillie is up to bat, and lifts the ball deep enough to left to score Ichiro from third.
2002/11/15 20:50:21 : westbaystars TO ALL - MLB now leads 4-0.
2002/11/15 20:51:18 : westbaystars TO ALL - Hunter hits the ball up the third base line, and off Nakamura's glove.
2002/11/15 20:51:49 : westbaystars TO ALL - It's scored an error, the third of the night for NPB.
2002/11/15 20:51:59 : westbaystars TO ALL - The other two cost them runs...
2002/11/15 20:55:11 : westbaystars TO ALL - With the count full, Lee goes deep to center. But just to the warning track. Three down.
2002/11/15 20:55:30 : westbaystars TO ALL - NA press, Japan isn't a lot of small ball parks any more.
2002/11/15 20:57:17 : Manager TO ALL - 1908
2002/11/15 20:57:42 : westbaystars TO ALL - NPB's last chance. Down by four in the top of the ninth, the Giants' Shimizu leads off.
2002/11/15 20:59:26 : westbaystars TO ALL - And he grounds out to first. One down.
2002/11/15 20:59:49 : westbaystars TO ALL - Japan has only had one hit this evening.
2002/11/15 21:01:08 : westbaystars TO ALL - Tanishige draws a walk. Stayin' alive.
2002/11/15 21:02:32 : westbaystars TO ALL - Little Matsui was batting .462 in the Series going into the night, but is still looking for his first hit this evening.
2002/11/15 21:03:03 : westbaystars TO ALL - He send Hunter on a dash for the fense in center...
2002/11/15 21:03:33 : westbaystars TO ALL - And Hunter makes the catch on the warning track looking straight at the fense!
2002/11/15 21:03:39 : Manager TO ALL - 1908
2002/11/15 21:03:50 : westbaystars TO ALL - The crowd gives him a big applaud.
2002/11/15 21:04:15 : westbaystars TO ALL - But Japan is down to their last out.
2002/11/15 21:05:04 : westbaystars TO ALL - Tani hits a high bounding grounder to the right side.
2002/11/15 21:05:34 : westbaystars TO ALL - The throw to the covering pitcher (who is no longer Fetters), ...
2002/11/15 21:05:56 : westbaystars TO ALL - And Tani beats the covering pitcher to the bag! Safe!
2002/11/15 21:06:19 : westbaystars TO ALL - Two on, two down, and Nakamura at the plate.
2002/11/15 21:07:00 : westbaystars TO ALL - He hits a high bounder that's fielded by the pitcher.
2002/11/15 21:07:17 : westbaystars TO ALL - He throws to first, and the MLB has their second win.
2002/11/15 21:08:10 : westbaystars TO ALL - Game final: NPB 0 - 4 MLB.
2002/11/15 21:10:30 : sagamiwara2 TO ALL - otukaresama westbay-san
2002/11/15 21:11:00 : westbaystars TO ALL - Hai. Gokurosama desu.
2002/11/15 21:13:27 : dajnj TO ALL - Thanks
2002/11/15 21:13:33 : Manager TO ALL - dajnj
2002/11/15 21:14:03 : sagamiwara2 TO ALL - see you in tomorrow

The Phillies' Wolf takes the MVP Award for the game. Because G+ showed a replay of the home run hitting contest, they're not showing who the Fighting Spirit Award goes to. But then, maybe there wasn't one tonigh. I have a hard time thing of anyone deserving. Fujii did pitch well, but not well enough.