Hawks manager Akiyama to step down at end of season

Hawks manager Akiyama to step down at end of season

FUKUOKA, Japan - Softbank Hawks manager Koji Akiyama, who guided the club to its first Pacific League championship in three years, tells a press conference in Fukuoka on Oct. 14, 2014, that he will step down from his post at the end of the season.

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