Nippon Professional Baseball has crowned its 2013 league champions and most of the spots in the Climax Series have already been spoken for.
Even so, there are still a number of questions remaining and storylines to be wrapped up as the season enters the home stretch.
The most important matter still on the table is figuring out who will join the first-time Pacific League champion Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in the PL postseason.
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