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The very mighty Hanshin Tigers Baseball Team have just won the 2005 Japanese League in their 70th anniversary year by beating their hated rivals the Tokyo Giants. Here`s a picture of the yet mightier team member Akahoshi.

They did this by overcoming the curse of Colonel Sanders described in the Mainichi News below:

Hanshin’s winning season in 2003 ended an 18-year pennant drought that was referred to by Tiger fans as “The Curse of the Colonel.”

In 1985, an overzealous Hanshin fan threw a statue of Colonel Sanders taken from a nearby Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet into Osaka’s Dotonbori River. The statue was never retrieved and the team’s losing ways were attributed to the missing mannequin. (AP)

It`s the perfect time to sing the Hanshin Tigers Fight Song - Fure, fure fure fure!

There`s more at the Unoffical Hanshin Tigers Page (in English.)

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