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TIL American-born baseball star Randy Bass left his Japanese team Hanshin Tigers to return to the US after his son was diagnosed with cancer, leading to his release for going AWOL. After Bass produced an audio tape proving he had express permission from the team, the Tigers' GM committed suicide

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