Yakult manager Wakamatsu to resign at season-end

Yakult manager Wakamatsu to resign at season-end

TOKYO, Japan - Yakult Swallows manager Tsutomu Wakamatsu leaves the Tokyo Dome on Sept. 21. He said he will resign at the end of the season from the Central League club after the Swallows on the previous day offered the manager's job for next season to veteran catcher Atsuya Furuta.

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