FUKUOKA -- Game 2 of the Japan Series at the Fukuoka Decibel Dome.
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With a recording of "Simply Irresistible" by the late Robert Palmer blaring intermittently over the public address system and the boisterous fans of the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks and Hanshin Tigers taking turns pounding their drums and megaphones and screaming their throats sore, you can hardly hear in here. I can't hear in here.