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He placed the lottery ticket against his left chest as if praying, but his wish was not granted. Nippon-Ham manager Shinjo faced Hiroshima manager Arai and Hanshin Tigers manager Fujikawa in a lottery for the right to negotiate with Tateishi. He drew second, but Fujikawa took the remaining ticket. "Don't ask me too much," he said with a wry smile. "I was feeling my way around and changed it at the very last moment," he said, expressing his disappointment after losing half of his tickets.

Manager Fujikawa dropped the lottery ticket on the ground just before the game, and said, "Oh, I had a bad feeling. I thought, 'What did I drop? Hold on tight.'" He also gave Tateishi a cheer, saying, "I want to see you do well with The Tigers."

Last season he showed good luck by drawing Shibata, but the total record in the lottery was one win and two losses. "There is a responsibility that the lottery can change your life, so I think I'm done with that kind of experience," he said, hinting at "retirement." "I won't be standing here again next year. I don't know if I'll even be here in the first place," he said, fully concentrating on his fifth year in office. (Kawakami Haruki)

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