Dragons' Tanishige donates bat to museum

Dragons' Tanishige donates bat to museum

TOKYO, Japan - Chunichi Dragons player-manager Motonobu Tanishige on Aug. 23, 2014, donates to the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Tokyo the bat and ball used to extend his home run streak to a record 26 consecutive years in a game against DeNA the previous month.

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