Baseball: Giants announce 4th player involved in gambling

Baseball: Giants announce 4th player involved in gambling

Yomiuri Giants President Hiroshi Kubo announces in Tokyo on March 8, 2016 that relief pitcher Kyosuke Takagi was found to have bet on baseball games, the fourth player in Japanese baseball's most storied franchise to admit to the illegal act. The Giants' supreme advisor Tsuneo Watanabe and owner Kojiro Shiraishi have decided to resign to take the blame. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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