Kyushu fans celebrate Daiei Hawks

Kyushu fans celebrate Daiei Hawks

FUKUOKA, Japan - Some 120,000 fans greet Nov. 7 the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks pro baseball team who paraded in a motorcade in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, the subfranchize of the Fukuoka-based Pacific League team. Last week, the Hawks beat the Chunichi Dragons of the Central League to win the best-of-seven Japan Series four games to one.

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