Baseball: Yomiuri manager Yoshinobu Takahashi to step down

Yoshinobu Takahashi on Wednesday confirmed he will step down as Yomiuri Giants manager after failing to win the Central League pennant during his three years in charge.While the Giants are still in the race for this year's CL Climax Series, Takahashi said he needed to take responsibility for the lack of a pennant the past three seasons."From the time I took over, I have held that the manager is responsible for the team winning or losing," Takahashi, 43, said."I told the owner directly that I would take responsibility for the team's performance."Yomiuri owner Toshikazu Yamaguchi revealed ear…READ FULL ARTICLE