Mackey became the first player to hit a home-run at the newly built Meiji Shrine Stadium in Tokyo during this tour. The group had so much fun and became so loved that they overstayed their trip.

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In front of around 3,500 fans gathered at Tokyo's Meiji Shrine, sumo wrestling's newest grand champion, or 'yokozuna', receives the ancient sport's highest rank. Hoshoryu, a 25-year-old Mongolian ...

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