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II Premier12 2019 - Official Payoff

Premier12 2019: better pitching, closer games, more emotions

Premier12 2019: better pitching, closer games, more emotions
19/11/2019
The pitching level in 2019 was significantly better than in 2015, marking also an increment in the level of play.
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Samurai Japan, the history of a success

Samurai Japan, the history of a success
19/11/2019
The II Premier12 2019 was another major accomplishment for the Japanese Baseball National Team or Samurai Japan
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WBSC President Riccardo Fraccari, NPB Commissioner Atsushi Saito agree: "More international baseball"

WBSC President Riccardo Fraccari, NPB Commissioner Atsushi Saito agree: "More international  baseball"
18/11/2019
The Premier12 formula allows to acknowledge the whole of a baseball programme. Everybody will remember the excitment of the Tokyo Dome crowds
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Seiya Suzuki tops Premier12 2019 individual stats

Seiya Suzuki tops Premier12 2019 individual stats
18/11/2019
The Samurai Japan right fielder earned five individual titles: batting average, runs batted in, runs scored, slugging and on-base
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Kim Kyungmoon: “We must keep working to compete and win the Olympic Games”

Kim Kyungmoon: “We must keep working to compete and win the Olympic Games”
17/11/2019
“Nobody is happy finishing second place in an important tournament like this”
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Atsunori Inaba: “Winning the Premier12 and the Olympics has been our goal the last two years”

Atsunori Inaba: “Winning the Premier12 and the Olympics has been our goal the last two years”

Japan's Seiya Suzuki leads amazing All World Team

Japan's Seiya Suzuki leads amazing All World Team
17/11/2019
Japan's Seiya Suzuki was named the MVP and was picked as the right fielder for the WBSC All-World Team
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Japan beat Korea, climb on top of the world

Japan beat Korea, climb on top of the world
17/11/2019
Tetsuto Yamada put Japan ahead in the bottom of the second with a three-run home run. Six pitchers limited Korea to three hits over the course of eight innings. Japan's Seiya Suzuki named the tournament MVP
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Mexico heads to the Olympics, makes history

Mexico heads to the Olympics, makes history
17/11/2019
"Baseball in our Country has accomplished a lot, but nothing of the sort," commented Federation President Enrique Mayorga. "This is really historic."
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Efren Navarro: “This is historic for Mexico”

Efren Navarro: “This is historic for Mexico”
17/11/2019
Clark hit a clutch home run in the ninth inning to tie the game, while Navarro hit the game-winning RBI single in the tenth to send Mexico to the Olympics
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