Sapporo It was like the calm before the storm.
Both Japan Series participants — the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters and the Yomiuri Giants — went through their final preparations in quite a relaxed manner at Sapporo Dome on Friday afternoon, one day before the 2009 Japan Series begins.
"Just the way we've been, we're filled with a genial atmosphere as if we're not entering the Japan Series," Fighters second baseman Kensuke Tanaka said with a smile.