It's over — stop the race, stop the fight.
Munetaka Murakami, the Tokyo Yakult Swallows slugger barreling toward history one home run at a time, is going be the Central League MVP.
That much, at least, is indisputable. Murakami hammered the point home against the Chunichi Dragons on Friday with his 50th home run of the season, making him the first Japanese player to hit that mark since former Yomiuri Giants great Hideki Matsui in 2002. Murakami added to his total with another home run on Sunday.