Obviously, all eyes are on the remaining two teams as they vie for the 2011 Japan Series titles. That makes this a different stage than any other.
But at the same time, it's the same ballgame and it's nothing different than any other game. Winning is always the goal.
Hawks outfielder Hitoshi Tamura had forgotten that simple formula and tried to do too much this fall.
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