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Tokyo Yakult Manager Gets the Pink Slip; Lange Let Go Friday, September 13th, 2019 The Tokyo Yakult Swallows are now without a manager. Not only do they have a team to rebuild, they are going to have to repair the clubhouse. Today Ken Lange was dismissed as team manager, and in what the front office is calling a "disgusting and uncalled for" act, the former field boss vandalized the team's clubhouse after finding out he had been fired. "He just seemed to snap and started picking up stuff and throwing it down, smashing things all over the place," said a clubhouse attendant who witnessed the incident. "I've seen him mad before ... but never this way." Team officials have not yet decided whether they will press charges against Lange. "Ken has always had a volatile temper," said the Tokyo Yakult GM. "I think that little display tells us we made the right decision in letting him go." The team is now in the process of searching for a new manager -- and also planning to do some renovations in the clubhouse. |
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