Former Yakult Swallows manager Takegami dies

Former Yakult Swallows manager Takegami dies

TOKYO, Japan - Former Yakult Swallows manager Shiro Takegami (file photo taken in January 1984) died of a liver ailment at a Tokyo hospital on Aug. 23. He was 61. Takegami managed Yakult from 1980 to the middle of the 1984 season.

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