Giants to Play DeNA BayStars in NPB Baseball Game
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Two Japanese baseball teams will play a game. The teams are the Yomiuri Giants and the Yokohama DeNA BayStars.
The game is part of Japan's professional baseball league. The league is called NPB. NPB means Nippon Professional Baseball.
The Giants and the BayStars are in the Central League. This is one part of NPB.
The game will happen on October 3, 2026. It will be at Tokyo Dome. Tokyo Dome is a big stadium in Tokyo.
People can watch the game on TV. People can also watch the game online. This is called a live stream.
Many fans like to watch baseball games. The Giants and the BayStars have many fans in Japan.
This game is one of many games in the baseball season. A season has many games over many months.
Vocabulary8 words
- professional
- doing something as a job, for money
- league
- a group of sports teams that play against each other
- NPB
- the name for Japan's top baseball league
- Central League
- one half of Japan's professional baseball league
- Tokyo Dome
- a big sports building in Tokyo
- stadium
- a big place where people watch sports
- live stream
- watching something on the internet while it happens
- season
- a period of time when a sport is played
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1. Giants and BayStars 2. Tokyo Dome 3. Yes
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Two Japanese baseball teams will play a _____. The teams are the Yomiuri Giants and the Yokohama DeNA _____.
The game is part of Japan's professional baseball _____. The league is called _____.
The Giants and the BayStars are in the Central _____. This is one part of NPB.
The game will happen on October 3, _____. It will be at Tokyo _____.
People can watch the game on TV. People can also watch the game online. This is called a live _____.
This game is one of many games in the baseball _____.
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