2014 MLB Japan All-Star Series
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The 2014 MLB Japan All-Star Series was the eleventh edition of the MLB Japan All-Star Series, a best-of-five series between the All-Star team from Major League Baseball (MLB) and, for the first time in series history, the national team Samurai Japan.[1][2] The then-new Commissioner of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) saw in this championship a big opportunity for their Japanese team to gain hugely useful experience for the 2017 World Baseball Classic.
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Dates | November 10–20, 2014 (2014-11-10 – 2014-11-20) | |||||||||
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MVP | Yuki Yanagita | |||||||||
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Television | NHK (Japan) MLB Network (United States) | |||||||||
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The series also celebrated the 80th anniversary of the establishment of Japan's professional baseball by holding an exhibition game of a joint team of Hanshin Tigers and Yomiuri Giants against the MLB All-Stars at the Koshien Stadium on November 11, 2014.
Samurai Japan won the series by 3–2–0 and Yuki Yanagita was named MVP.[3]