TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. — Japanese baseball historian and author Robert Whiting titled his most famous work "You Gotta Have Wa."
Seems the Chiba Lotte Marines were listening.
Having moved on from a tumultuous 2009 season, the Marines are all on the same page, seemingly thinking with one mind and winning as a team. After a pair of ninth-inning rallies that led to 11th-inning victories on consecutive days, it's hard not to think there's something special going on with this group.
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