Need a little help with a sentence.

ﾂ秋窶堙俄?堙遺?堙ｩ窶堙?、窶板ｼﾆ椎?ﾂーﾆ丹窶堙ｰ窶凖岩?堋ｵ窶堙??堙娯?愿ｺ窶怒ﾋ?ｪ窶堙ｰﾅ塚??堙溪?堙ｩﾅｽﾅｽﾂ坂?｡窶堋ｪﾂ行窶堙ｭ窶堙ｪ窶堙ｩﾂ。

It looks like it means that when autumn comes, the best Japanese team is determined in a game. (The two leagues here are the pacific and the central league it says, I know nothing about baseball.)

1. What does 窶凖岩?堋ｷ mean here? I thought it was just the intransitive version of 窶凖岩?堙ｩ.
2. Why does 窶堙 appear after 窶凖岩?堋ｵ窶堙? Are verbs in 窶堙?form nouns?

Thanks in advance! :?

 

窶凖岩?堋ｵ窶堙??堙 is kind of an example of a phrasal verb ?? in Japanese which in English refers to a verb connected to a preposition or adverb. It is a nominalizer, but I believe the meaning is still 窶凖岩?堋ｷ. A game that is decided "through" or "by way of" the two leagues.

Sorry this isn't more help. lol. I just always read it like a noun without bothering to ask the hard questions later. :blush:

 

窶凖岩?堋ｵ窶堙?（ﾂ?停?凖岩?堋ｷﾂ） here means "through". As you mentioned there are two leagues and they usually play separately. 窶堙 is used to modify 窶愿ｺ窶怒ﾋ?ｪ with 窶板ｼﾆ椎?ﾂーﾆ丹窶堙ｰ窶凖岩?堋ｵ窶堙?
When autumn comes, they have a game to decide the No.1 in Japan through both leagues.