Daiei's Oh hands winning ball to team owner Nakauchi

NAGOYA, Japan - Sadaharu Oh (L), manager of the Daiei Hawks, hands the winning ball to Isao Nakauchi, the baseball team's owner, at Nagoya Dome on Oct. 28, after the Hawks won the 1999 Japan Series title by defeating the Chunichi Dragons 6-4 in Game 5 of the series. The phrase ''No. 1 in Japan'' is written on the ball.

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