Central League

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professional baseball league sports league

The Central League is one of Japan's two top professional baseball leagues, featuring historic teams such as the Hanshin Tigers and Yomiuri Giants.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	professional baseball league → sports league →
awards	Central League Best Nine → Central League Golden Glove → Central League MVP → Central League Rookie of the Year →
ballUsed	NPB official baseball →
championshipDeterminedBy	Climax Series →
competitionType	club competition →
confederation	NPB →
country	Japan →
countryLeagueSystem	Japanese professional baseball →
decidesJapanSeriesRepresentativeBy	league champion →
fanBase	national in Japan →
founded	1949 →
gender	men →
governingBody	Nippon Professional Baseball →
hasAllStarParticipantsIn	NPB All-Star Game →
hasHistoricRivalry	Yomiuri Giants vs Hanshin Tigers →
hasSisterLeague	Pacific League →
hasTeam	Chunichi Dragons → Hanshin Tigers → Hiroshima Toyo Carp → Tokyo Yakult Swallows → Yokohama DeNA BayStars → Yomiuri Giants →
historicallyDominantTeam	Yomiuri Giants →
homeAndAwayFormat	yes →
languageOfOperation	Japanese →
level	top professional →
mediaCoverage	Japanese newspapers → Japanese television → online streaming →
mostSuccessfulTeamByTitles	Yomiuri Giants →
numberOfTeams	6 →
partOf	Nippon Professional Baseball →
playsJapanSeriesAgainst	Pacific League champion →
professionalStatus	professional →
region	Japan →
rivalLeague	Pacific League →
seasonFormat	regular season followed by Climax Series playoffs →
shortName	CL →
sport	baseball →
ticketedEvents	yes →
typicalSeasonEndMonth	October →
typicalSeasonStartMonth	March →
usesDesignatedHitter	no →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Hanshin Tigers → Munetaka Murakami → Yokohama DeNA BayStars →	league
Hanshin Tigers → Yomiuri Giants →	subleague
Tora →	associatedWith
Central League ("Central League Best Nine") →	awards
Yokohama DeNA BayStars →	division
Nippon Professional Baseball →	doesNotUseDesignatedHitter
Nippon Professional Baseball →	governingBodyFor
Nippon Professional Baseball →	hasPart
Yokohama Stadium →	leagueAssociation
Masayuki Kakefu →	leagueDivision
Tora →	leagueOfTeam
Pacific League →	parallelLeague
Senichi Hoshino ("Nippon Professional Baseball Central League") →	participatedIn
Randy Bass →	playedIn