Happy New Year.
I am not quite ready to make the prediction that the Yakult Swallows and Orix Buffaloes will win their respective league pennants this coming season and face each other in the 2006 Japan Series come October.
However, both of these two clubs have made some interesting player acquisitions and appear to be doing their utmost to improve on their fourth-place standings in 2005.
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