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Hawks pray for victory

FUKUOKA, Japan - Softbank Hawks chairman Sadaharu Oh (C), the baseball club's manager Koji Akiyama (2nd from L) and shortstop Munenori Kawasaki (R) break the lid of a sake barrel with baseball bats during a ceremony to wish for victory at Hakozakigu, a Shinto shrine in Fukuoka, on Jan. 30, 2010.

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Matsuzaka touches lucky ball at Fukuoka shrine

Softbank Hawks pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka (L) touches a lucky ball at Hakozakigu, a Shinto shrine in the city of Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 30, 2015, before the start of the Japanese professional baseball club's preseason training camp. (Pool photo by Hochi Shimbun)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hawks pray for victory

FUKUOKA, Japan - Softbank Hawks chairman Sadaharu Oh (C), the baseball club's manager Koji Akiyama (2nd from L) and shortstop Munenori Kawasaki (R) break the lid of a sake barrel with baseball bats during a ceremony to wish for victory at Hakozakigu, a Shinto shrine in Fukuoka, on Jan. 30, 2010. (Kyodo)