SAPPORO -- Fighters general manager Shigeru Takada was wandering around the dugout and backstage and could hardly contain his jitters before the game.
Three consecutive victories against the Chunichi Dragons in the Japan Series had put Hokkaido Nippon Ham one win shy of winning the first NPB championships since 1962.
And Takada was a bag of nerves.
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