Giants' Hara, Lions' Watanabe to lead All-Star games

Giants' Hara, Lions' Watanabe to lead All-Star games

TOKYO, Japan - Yomiuri Giants manager Tatsunori Hara (L) and Seibu Lions manager Hisanobu Watanabe shake hands at a Tokyo hotel on May 29 as the schedule of the All-Star games in July between the Central and Pacific leagues were released the same day. Hara and Watanabe will lead the Central and Pacific league teams respectively in the games, one in Sapporo and the other in Hiroshima.

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