5:42pm Tuesday, September 18
Atsuya Furuta, player-manager for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows baseball team, has told his club that he will resign as manager after the 2007 season to take responsibility for the team's poor form.
Furuta's two-year contract as manager with the Yakult Swallows will expire at the end of the 2007 season. But the club is asking Furuta to stay on as manager, while it plans not to hire him as a player in 2008.
Swallows executive Yoshikazu Tagiku said on Tuesday that he was informed of Furuta's intention to quit as manager earlier this season.
As of Monday, the Swallows are at the bottom of the six-team standings in the Central League, with 51 wins and 74 losses. Furuta, 42, is reportedly saying that he is responsible for the club's bad results.
(Mainichi)
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