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08/16/2004 Archived Entry: "Japanese Baseball News: This Week In JBall! (8/12/04-8/15/04)"

This Week In JBall! by Henry Lu
Your weekly resource for the exciting world of Japanese Baseball
Standings (current through August 15, 2004) Central League Won Lost Tied Pct. GB Chunichi 56 41 1 .577 -- Yomiuri 55 48 2 .534 4.0 Yakult 48 46 2 .511 6.5 Hanshin 47 51 1 .480 9.5 Yokohama 43 50 2 .462 11.0 Hiroshima 42 55 0 .433 14.0 Pacific League Won Lost Tied Pct. GB Daiei 64 41 3 .610 -- Seibu 63 43 1 .594 1.5 Nippon Ham 52 54 1 .491 12.5 Lotte 50 55 3 .476 14.0 Kintetsu 47 57 2 .452 16.5 Orix 40 66 2 .377 24.5	Home Run Leader Board (current through August 15, 2004) Central League Pacific League Rank Player HR's Rank Player HR's 1st Rhodes (Yomiuri) 38 1st Seguignol (Nippon Ham) 37 2nd Kokubo (Yomiuri) 35 2nd Matsunaka (Daiei) 36 3rd-tie Iwamura (Yakult) 33 3rd Jojima (Daiei) 33 3th-tie Woods (Yokohama) 33 4th Agbayani (Lotte) 29 5th-tie LaRocca (Hiroshima) 30 5th Wada (Seibu) 28 5th-tie Tamura (Yokohama) 30

Henry Lu
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