Iwamura begins practice

Iwamura begins practice

URASOE, Japan - Japanese outfielder Akinori Iwamura (3rd from left), who has signed a three-year deal with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, kicks off his practice at a ball park in Urasoe, Okinawa Prefecture, exactly at 11:11 a.m. on Jan. 11. (MLB)

Iwamura begins practice

Iwamura begins practice

URASOE, Japan - Japanese outfielder Akinori Iwamura, who has signed a three-year deal with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, practices batting after licking off his training at a ball park in Urasoe, Okinawa Prefecture, exactly at 11:11 a.m. on Jan. 11. (MLB)

Events mark '11.11.11' day in Japan

Events mark '11.11.11' day in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - A train departs from Nanba Station of Nankai Electric Railway in Osaka at 11:11 a.m. to mark the 11th day of the 11th month in the 11th year of the Japanese era of Heisei.

Iwamura begins practice

Iwamura begins practice

URASOE, Japan - Japanese outfielder Akinori Iwamura (3rd from left), who has signed a three-year deal with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, kicks off his practice at a ball park in Urasoe, Okinawa Prefecture, exactly at 11:11 a.m. on Jan. 11. (MLB) (Kyodo)

Iwamura begins practice

Iwamura begins practice

URASOE, Japan - Japanese outfielder Akinori Iwamura, who has signed a three-year deal with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, practices batting after licking off his training at a ball park in Urasoe, Okinawa Prefecture, exactly at 11:11 a.m. on Jan. 11. (MLB) (Kyodo)

Events mark '11.11.11' day in Japan

Events mark '11.11.11' day in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - A train departs from Nanba Station of Nankai Electric Railway in Osaka at 11:11 a.m. to mark the 11th day of the 11th month in the 11th year of the Japanese era of Heisei.