"Checkmate or Not? Mori/Seibu vs. Nomura/Yakult: The Two Years" Shoichi Hasegawa Price: ¥2200 #ShoichiHasegawa #Book The legendary series still talked about today. Unraveling the greatest Japan Series in history through the testimonies of 50 people. The Japan Series between the Seibu Lions and the Yakult Swallows, which saw fierce battles over two years, 1992 and 93. During their playing days, they were both renowned catchers, and they also showed excellent managerial skills. Seibu's manager, Masaaki Mori, and Yakult's manager, Katsuya Nomura, engaged in a thrilling battle of wits, called "the fox and the raccoon dog deceiving each other." Also, Seibu had players like Hironori Ishige, Michihiko Tsuboi, Koji Akiyama, Kazuhiro Kiyohara, Kono Yasuda, and Hisanobu Watanabe. Yakult had players like Atsuya Furuta, Takahiro Ikeyama, Katsumi Hirosawa, Tetsuya Iida, Kenjiro Kawasaki, and Shingo Takatsu, showing the highest level of competition in the baseball world. Including testimonies from Katsuya Nomura before his death, this book delves into the ultimate battle of wits between Mori and Nomura. This non-fiction work looks back on the fierce battles of those two years, which shine brilliantly in the history of professional baseball, through the testimonies of 50 people involved, a quarter of a century later. Contents Prologue: The Day Before the Decisive Battle: "The Fox" and "The Raccoon Dog" Deceiving Each Other [Part 1: 1992 - The Beginning of Autumn] Chapter 1: The Champion and the Challenger Chapter 2: The Opening of the Fierce Battle - October 17, Game 1 Chapter 3: The Dignity of the Champion - October 18-22, Game 2, 3, and 4 Chapter 4: The Weak's Strategy - October 23-25, Game 5 and 6 Chapter 5: Checkmate or Not? - October 26, Game 7 [Part 2: 1993 - Autumn Again] Chapter 6: Is it a Difference of "Just One Win"? Chapter 7: The Time of Maturity - October 23-24, Game 1 and 2 Chapter 8: Nomura's Insight, Mori's Terror - October 26-27, Game 3 and 4 Chapter 9: The Champion's True Strength - October 28-31, Game 5 and 6 Chapter 10: 47 Hours and 13 Minutes, The Time of Decision - November 1, Game 7 [Part 3: 2020 - Their Respective Autumns] Chapter 11: The Champions' Aftermath Chapter 12: The Aftermath of the ID Baseball Successors Epilogue: Katsuya Nomura Passes Away... Climax Series"