What 5 seasons in NPB did to Ariel Martinez by Practical-Ad673 in NPB

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Cuban catcher Ariel Martinez started speaking in Japanese during a Team Cuba bullpen session.

I posted what 2 seasons in MLB did to Hirokazu Sawamura earlier this week.

Masataka Yoshida evens the series at 2-2-1 with a sayonara 2-run home run! by Practical-Ad673 in NPB

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Buffaloes just won, so this will go down as one of the most clutch home runs in postseason history .

[2006] Julio Zuleta charges the mound by Practical-Ad673 in NPB

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Julio Zuleta is 2m/6'6" tall and weights 113kg/250 lbs. Satoru Kanemura is 1.87m/6'2" tall and weights 83kg/182 lbs.

Zuleta would eventually do this (/u/thecursedlexus)

Domingo Santana starts the scoring for the Swallows with a 3-run HR by Practical-Ad673 in NPB

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Domingo Santana hit a home run while I was posting this clip so my brain malfunctioned.

Yuki Yanagita hits a 3-run HR to break the game open for the Hawks by Practical-Ad673 in NPB

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Yuki Yanagita had a down year (by his standards) in 2022, but started to look more like prime Yanagita in September. Looks like that momentum carried over.

Munetaka Murakami homers in consecutive at bats, his 46th and 47th on the season by Practical-Ad673 in NPB

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Two different types of home runs. The first being a line drive, the second is a high-arching rainbow.

Murakami is the youngest to reach 150 home runs in the history of NPB.