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- Interleague play (セ・パ交流戦, Se・Pa kōryū-sen), officially titled Nippon Life Interleague Play for event sponsor Nippon Life, is an event consisting of 108 regular-season baseball games played between Central League (CL) and Pacific League (PL) teams in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). Prior to 2005, matchups between CL and PL teams occurred only during spring training, the All-Star Series, a short-lived exhibition tournament called the Suntory Cup, and the Japan Series. Central League teams were reluctant to implement regular-season interleague play as it would reduce the money generated from games played against the Yomiuri Giants, the hugely popular CL team that generates the most money in Japanese baseball. However, during the 2004 NPB realignment, the merger of two PL teams that were struggling financially, the rumor of a second PL team merger, and talks of contracting and restructuring the two-league system into one ten-team league prompted the suggestion of interleague play as a possible solution. Team representatives eventually approved one merger, agreed to maintain the two-league system, and approved to hold interleague regular-season games during the 2005 season. Originally, each team played 36 games against teams in the other league. Two years later, interleague play was cut to 24 games per team for the 2007 season. The amount of interleague regular-season games was again reduced for the start of the 2015 season to 18 games per team where it has remained through today. Interleague play is a single event within the regular season with all games being played during a three-week block beginning in late May. Each CL and PL team plays a three-game series at home against half the teams in the opposing league and a three-game set on the road against the other half. Each consecutive season, teams switch these home-and-away roles. The designated hitter is implemented when PL clubs are the home team. Since its implementation, the Pacific League has won more games against the Central League every year except three, the 2009, 2021, and 2022 seasons. At the conclusion of interleague play, the team with the best winning percentage during the event is named the winner; a PL team has come out on top every season but four. The event's sponsor also announces three player awards: one interleague Most Valuable Player (MVP) award and two Nippon Life Awards, one from each league. (en)
- 센트럴·퍼시픽 교류전 또는 세·파 교류전(일본어: セ・パ交流戦)은 일본 프로 야구의 센트럴 리그와 퍼시픽 리그 팀간에 열리는 인터 리그 경기이다. 스폰서는 닛폰 생명보험이다. (ko)
- セ・パ交流戦（セ・パこうりゅうせん , Inter League）は、日本野球機構（NPB）のセントラル・リーグ（セ・リーグ）とパシフィック・リーグ（パ・リーグ）とのプロ野球間で行われるインターリーグである。 (ja)
- 交流戰（日语：セ・パ交流戦／セ・パこうりゅうせん Se・Pa kōryū-sen、英語：Interleague play），是日本職棒在2005年所導入中央聯盟與太平洋聯盟間的跨聯盟比賽，目前贊助商為日本生命，全名為日本生命央・洋交流戰（日语：日本生命セ・パ交流戦）。 與近年的日本大賽情況類似，自交流戰開辦以來，洋聯球隊取得絕對的優勢。截至2022年，洋聯共取得14次勝場優勢，央聯只得3次（分別為2009、2021、2022年），優勝球隊方面，洋聯球隊取得13勝，央聯僅得4勝。 如同美國職棒的跨聯盟比賽，日職的交流戰亦是因近鐵隊球界改革危機而催生（MLB因大罷工事件催生）。同樣地，兩國職棒亦是由有指定打擊（DH）制度的聯盟以絕對優勢壓過無DH的聯盟。 (zh)
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