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 ...

In the raucous celebration after the Tigers clinched the 2003 pennant, around 5,300 people leapt into the Dotonbori river and one person died. This time, sheets were set up to block the view of ...