High School Baseball Tournament Excites Japanese Summer [Getty Images]

FUKUI, JAPAN - JULY 29: A baseball player weeps after their team didn't qualify in the national tournament during the High School Baseball Tournament Fukui Prefecture semi final match at Fukui Prefecture Baseball Stadium on July 28, 2011 in Fukui, Japan. The high school baseball tournament, known as "Koshien" in Japan, decides the champion of more than 4,000 teams nationwide. Koshien will be taking place from August 6 and will attract the attention of many Japanese. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)

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