MLB moves on to the next stage, NPB looking for opponent for pennant winner

The divisional series ended in the MLB and the Championship Series are set to start. It will be Arizona vs Colorado in the NL and Boston vs Cleveland in the AL. With all the fuzz about curses that seems to be going on in the States it's no wonder that someone found something that fit to Cleveland, a team that won its last World Series in 1948. I can't really say who will make it in the NL since I haven't seen that many games of the Diamondbacks and the Rockies. Colorado looked pretty strong against Boston during Interleague play and one always has to keep in mind that the won 17 of their last 18 matches.
Boston meanwhile will be glad that they don't have to face the Yankees, but it remains to be seen if the Indians are the better choice. especially their top starters C.C. Sabathia and Fausto Carmona looked very sharp in their appearances against New York. The Red Sox dropped Matsuzaka Daisuke to Game 3, since he didn't look that good against the Angels in Game 2. We'll see how that works out. He said of starting at Cleveland that he liked the mound there a lot when he played there during the regular season. I'd really like him to do well this time again.

In Japan the regular season is finished now and I somehow managed to find my way through postseason procedures. It looks like the number two and number three teams of each divison will play against each other in a so called three game "Climax Series". The winner will then face the divisional champions to play for a place in the Japan Series. This means that the Central League Climax Series will be played by Hansin Tigers (3rd) vs Chunichi Dragons (2nd) and the winner will play against the Yomiuri Giants. I'd really like to see Hanshin advance, not only because they play at Koushien, but also because they are great rivals with the Giants. It's always nice to have a little extra in a series. But that's not very likely taking into account that Hanshin was struggling heavily to the end of the regular season and they are playing against last year's Japan Series runner-up, the Dragons. It seems that the CL Climax Series hasn't started yet.
The Pacific League Climax Series was on it's way, it's already finished. Chiba Lotte Marines (2nd) were playing against Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. The Marines won the series 2-1 and will now face the Nippon Ham Fighters in Sapporo. The Fighters are last years Japan Series Champions and with pitcher Yu Darvish they have one of the top players of Japanese baseball in their line up. He said that he would like to play in the USA rather sooner than later so perhaps this might be a good chance for American scouts to take a close look at him.