Saturday night will mark a reunion of sorts when the Yomiuri Giants and Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters take the field at Sapporo Dome to open the 2009 Japan Series.
That's the day two of the heroes from the Fighters' 2006 championship team make their postseason return to Japan's northern island — although they'll be doing it with the Yomiuri Giants.
Before slugger Michihiro Ogasawara became one of the Central League's most feared hitters, he was terrorizing Pacific League hurlers with the Fighters.