The colonel was then carried to the Dotonbori river and tossed into the murky water. Although the Tigers later won the Japan Series, it was their last hurrah for nearly four decades. Frustrated ...

One player, though, couldn’t be emulated for his own dive into the Dotonbori River, because it was the American player Randy Bass. With no Americans to become his effigy, the crowd instead ...

14 as they face their rival Yomiuri Giants. Police are warning the public not to make the celebratory leap into the Dotonbori river, which runs through the city’s bustling Minami entertainment ...