The dust has settled on the 2012 season and only the Yomiuri Giants and Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters are still standing.
These two clubs will slug it out in the season finale for the second time in four seasons, with the victor claiming the Japan Series title.
The Giants are baseball royalty and enter the Japan Series for the 33rd time with an eye on a record 22nd title, which also would be their first since 2009. The Kyojin won the Central League by 10½ games, but needed to rebound from a 3-1 deficit to see off the Chunichi Dragons in the CL Climax Series in order to reach the Japanese version of the Fall Classic.