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Japan baseball 'big daddy' Osawa dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken July 2005 shows Keiji Osawa, former manager of the Nippon Ham Fighters professional baseball club, better known by his nickname ''oyabun,'' or big daddy, who died of cancer on Oct. 7, 2010, at age 78.

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Japan baseball 'big daddy' Osawa dies

TOKYO, Japan - In September 1994 file photo Keiji Osawa, then manager of the Nippon Ham Fighters kneels down on the ground at Tokyo Dome to apologize to fans for his team's poor results in the year after the season's final game. Known by his nickname ''oyabun,'' or big daddy, Osawa died of cancer on Oct. 7, 2010, at age 78.

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Japan baseball 'big daddy' Osawa dies

TOKYO, Japan - In September 1994 file photo Keiji Osawa, then manager of the Nippon Ham Fighters kneels down on the ground at Tokyo Dome to apologize to fans for his team's poor results in the year after the season's final game. Known by his nickname ''oyabun,'' or big daddy, Osawa died of cancer on Oct. 7, 2010, at age 78. (Kyodo)

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Japan baseball 'big daddy' Osawa dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken July 2005 shows Keiji Osawa, former manager of the Nippon Ham Fighters professional baseball club, better known by his nickname ''oyabun,'' or big daddy, who died of cancer on Oct. 7, 2010, at age 78. (Kyodo)