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Japanese baseball player (born 2000)
Munetaka Murakami is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. His NPB nickname, "Murakami-sama", was given by fans because his feats at the plate could only be done by a kami-sama, or "god." His nickname was Japan's word of the year for 2022.
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Major League Baseball franchise
The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The White Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central Division. The club plays its home games at Rate Field, which is located on Chicago's South Side. They are one of two MLB teams based in Chicago, alongside the National League (NL)'s Chicago Cubs. The White Sox are known as the "South Siders", a reference to the location of their home park.
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Major League Baseball postseason series
The Division Series (DS) is the quarterfinal round of postseason play in Major League Baseball, featuring the American League Division Series (ALDS) and the National League Division Series (NLDS). Under the current format, the top-two division winners in each league play best-of-five series against the two winners of the Wild Card Series from each league. The winners of the Division Series then advance to the League Championship Series for their respective league.
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Get home run player props for each MLB playoff game on Oct. 5.
Munetaka Murakami delivers a crucial two-run homer for the Chicago White Sox in their 3-0 victory over the Cleveland Guardians in Game 1 of the AL Division Series on Saturday.
Saturday in Cleveland was exactly the sort of low-scoring affair that could be determined by a single swing from an elite power hitter, and Munetaka Murakami delivered that swing for the Sox.