r/NPB • u/tensaibaka • 5h ago
r/NPB • u/tensaibaka • Apr 13 '18
New here or coming from a reddit mobile app? Please read through here first
Welcome to reddit's little corner for NPB, or as some people call it, AAAA ball :P We've been at this since August of 2013, and are slowly but surely growing.
THE WIKI PROBABLY ALREADY HAS THE INFO YOU'RE LOOKING FOR
The first thing you need to know, is that we have a wiki section that answers a whole bunch of the most commonly asked questions, and offers more information you might need to know. Many reddit mobile apps do not display wiki pages, so some people that have only ever seen reddit from their phones or tablets might not even know they exist. If your reddit app cannot dipslay wiki pages, please try to open the link from a mobile web browser app. If your browser app has desktop mode view, all the better. There you can find some info on how to watch games, find news, how to buy tickets, books, NPB swag, learn some Japanese baseball terminology etc.
BUYING TICKETS (REGARDLESS OF NATIONALITY)
Please, PLease PLEEEEEAAAAASE take literally 5 seconds and type "tickets" into the search bar here. I guarantee somebody has already asked a similar question in the past and there's a goood chance somebody answered it. We also have a wiki page with useful information on buying tickets.
Research first, THEN ASK QUESTIONS
STREAMING GAMES
No, NPB does not have an all in one streaming service for games like MLBTV. There are a few options listed in the wiki, but if you want to watch all 12 teams, you're going to have to get cough cough creative. PacificLeague TV works without a VPN, and others require a VPN. We know it's not an ideal situation, but it is what it is due to "creative differences" among the leagues and clubs and media companies. Please do not post direct links to non-legal game streams, as they will be removed. Please be careful out there when exploring the streaming services, and use an adblocker.
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
I'm trying to be consistent, but I'm human so sometimes I won't be able to grab highlights from games. Whatever highlights I find will be posted in the post-games thread. If you have a highlight link, feel free to post it. You can try browsing through highlights on PacificLeague TV, or using one of the handy YouTube search links by team. You might have to filter through quite a bit of junk on YouTube though, as some people post older videos multiple times, or even just news reels as videos. Keep in mind YouTube can remove videos or channels at anytime, so bookmark stuff at your own risk.
STANDINGS AND STATS
There is a mini-standings table and a few stats leaders updated almost daily in the sidebar (mobile app users might not be able to see). We also have a more detailed standings and stats page that is usually updated nightly, after the games are all finished (if you spot any errors, please let us know). If you're looking for complete team stats, there are few more English options listed on the wiki page, but some of them don't update until the next morning, or even a few days later, so always check for the last date updated. Japanese stats pages are updated the fastest, so if you don't read Japanese you can try your luck with google translate.
WHICH TEAM SHOULD I ROOT FOR?
Honestly, just take some time to watch highlights or read up on some teams before you make this decision. MLB and NPB are different, and how teams are managed and games played is different. One NPB team does not 100% correlate to an MLB team. There might be a few similarities now, but once a team changes managers, or once in a blue moon, ownership, that might all change as well. You don't have to have a sound reason for liking a team, and it's perfectly acceptable to like a team just for their cheering style. As long as you love baseball like the rest of us here, you'll fit right in.
DON'T BE SHY
If you have a question that isn't already covered in the wiki, and you at least attempted to see if somebody already asked your question, feel free to make a new post. If you see a news article on Japanese baseball you think is interesting, please share it with us. With over 40,000 subscribers (as of Jan 2025) somebody else is bound to find it interesting. Feel free to comment on post game threads, complain about your team, praise your team, try to create a new NPB meme, or ask about a particular game.
Please remember rediquette, and adhere to reddit site rules.
r/NPB • u/ogasawarabaseball • 6h ago
🇯🇵 The NPB farm game between Lotte and Orix was called off during the fourth inning due to extreme heat after Lotte’s Koshiro Wada suffered heatstroke, became unable to move in the dugout and was taken to hospital by ambulance, with several other players also reportedly falling ill.
r/NPB • u/ichi_rui • 6h ago
Lions Tyler Nevin mashes a walk off homer, his 13th home run of the season
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r/NPB • u/ichi_rui • 9h ago
Hawks Kensuke Kondoh hits his 21st home run of the year
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r/NPB • u/ichi_rui • 6h ago
BayStars Shugo Maki blasts his 16th homer of the year
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r/NPB • u/ichi_rui • 6h ago
Hawks Ryoya Kurihara hits his 2nd homer of the game and his 29th of the season
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r/NPB • u/japanbaseballfan • 15h ago
Part 2: The Best Food at ES CON FIELD! 🍣⚾️
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This time, we had seats right behind home plate! ⚾️
We arrived early, so the stadium was still almost empty. We cheered with all our energy from the moment we got there, and we even appeared on the giant video board!
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Next, we headed to Hachikyo, one of the most popular seafood restaurants in ES CON FIELD.
We ordered the famous Seafood Trio—tuna, salmon, and the legendary salmon roe bowl.
The chef kept piling on salmon roe until we said, “Stop!”
Of course… we never said stop. 😂
The food area at ES CON FIELD feels more like a stylish food hall and Japanese izakaya than a typical baseball stadium. Even families with babies can relax and enjoy their time here.
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The food area at ES CON FIELD feels more like a stylish food hall mixed with a Japanese izakaya than a typical baseball stadium. Even families with babies can relax and enjoy their time here comfortably.
I wanted to try more food, but the seafood bowls filled me up so much that I couldn’t eat another bite!
Part 3 is coming next…
Let’s go find Shohei Ohtani inside ES CON FIELD! 👀
r/NPB • u/ichi_rui • 9h ago
Carp Elehuris Montero blasts his 8th homer of the season
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r/NPB • u/ichi_rui • 9h ago
Dragons Miguel Sano blasts his 13th homer of the season
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r/NPB • u/Ancelege • 1d ago
Hokkaido High School Baseball Tournament Final
I went to the South Hokkaido High School Summer Baseball Tournament Final game today at Es Con Field (Hokkaido), between Sapporo Nihon Daigaku High School and Komazawa Daigaku Tomakomai High School.
Excellent game with plenty of hits and a few really nice saves by the Sapporo Nichidai pitcher.
It was one of the rare occasions of the year where they opened up the roof for the day. I almost never get to see Es Con like this (and I live like 20 minutes away), so I had to pounce on the chance to see the game today.
There’s just something so electrifying with the high schoolers giving it their darnedest for the game. Single elimination drives up the stakes so much.
With the unreserved seating section (only available at these types of games) for only 700 yen, I think I’ll be going to a lot more of these kind of games.
r/NPB • u/tensaibaka • 1d ago
Post-game thread [Jul 21 Post Game Thread] NPB game scores, highlights and news
r/NPB • u/ichi_rui • 1d ago
BayStars Shugo Maki blasts his 15th home run of the year
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r/NPB • u/Other_Membership7075 • 8h ago
Dudas de Pro Spirits 2026
Buenas tengo unas dudas o preguntas.
En relación al modo del Koshien… donde puedo encontrar la Pro Player Library?
Segundo, los que vienen de primer año, si eres una escuela mejor o con mejor reputación, hay más probabilidad que los de primer año tengan más potencial?
Tercero, hay alguna manera de ver las clasificaciones de hits, era, homeruns etc de los torneos o algo en el koshien? Como es en el MLB show
r/NPB • u/ig_888cold • 21h ago
Best high school baseball stadiums
Com as eliminatórias do Koshien em andamento durante o verão japonês, gostaria de compartilhar uma pergunta de alguém que não mora no Japão.
Para aqueles de vocês neste sub que moram no Japão: qual é o seu estádio de beisebol do ensino médio favorito? Koshien não conta, rsrs.
Pessoalmente, meu favorito é Muscat, mas também gosto muito de Botchan in Ehime e Maruyama em Sapporo, assim como do Estádio Memorial Sawamura-Babe Ruth em Shizuoka.
r/NPB • u/japanbaseballfan • 1d ago
After School, I Flew to Hokkaido for Baseball! ⚾✈️ (Part 1)
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This is me!
I traveled to ES CON FIELD HOKKAIDO, the home of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.
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I had school that day, so after school I headed straight to Tokyo Haneda Airport and took a night flight to New Chitose Airport.
Unfortunately, my flight was delayed, so I didn’t arrive until almost 10:00 PM.
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When I arrived, I couldn’t believe it.
New Chitose Airport was almost completely empty!
I’ve never seen the airport this quiet before.
It felt like I had the whole place to myself.
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That night, I stayed at New Chitose Airport Onsen. ♨️
Yes, Japan has a real hot spring inside the airport!
It was the perfect way to relax after a long trip.
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The next morning, I started exploring the airport at 7:00 AM.
I visited the souvenir shops before they became crowded and bought lots of Hokkaido souvenirs without waiting in line.
Then, at 10:00 AM…
I finally arrived at ES CON FIELD HOKKAIDO! ⚾
I have something really special to show everyone, so I’ll be sharing this trip in three parts.
See you in Part 2! 🇯🇵⚾
r/NPB • u/ReballReddit • 20h ago
ProSpirits gaming Questions about Pro Spirit 2026
Hello! I've never played Pro Spirit, but the new release has me wanting to get into the series. But I had two questions that I couldn't find any info about online that I wanted to know before purchasing.
Can you play all the single player game modes offline? I'm always concerned about sports titles going offline and becoming basically unplayable, so I just wanted to make sure the franchise, star player, hakkyu no kiseki, etc., could be played offline.
Could it be expected for the game to go on a decent sale at some point? Because this is the first iteration of the game on PC, I couldn't just look up the price history of previous titles to see. So I also understand it's possible there isn't a clear answer for this one.
Thanks!
r/NPB • u/ichi_rui • 1d ago
Tigers Nozomu Takatera hits a walk off double
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r/NPB • u/Alan6561 • 13h ago
ProSpirits gaming ebaseball Pro spirits 2026 edit player question
how do I change B/T I want to change bat right to bat left for ebaseball Pro spirits 2026
r/NPB • u/ichi_rui • 1d ago
Giants Bobby Dalbec hits a 3 run double
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r/NPB • u/ichi_rui • 1d ago
Buffaloes Ryu Sugisawa hits his 2nd homer of the season
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Tomoyuki Sugano Reunites with Former Yomiuri Giants Teammates Miles Mikolas and Foster Gliffin at Coors Field
From his X(sugatomo18) post
r/NPB • u/bejeweledman • 1d ago
Live reaction in Koshien after it is announced that the man is finally going back tomorrow…
r/NPB • u/Minimum_Jellyfish480 • 20h ago
ProSpirits gaming Can I get another carry over ability to equip and can I get more training facilities?
In star player mode, you can equip a carry over ability for your player. But you can only do one at a time, is there anyway I can get more slots unlocked?
And when buying a training facility for let’s say control for pitches, it maxes out at 1 also. Is there anyway to get more?
Thank you