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TOKYO (AP) - Former major leaguer Don Blasingame, who managed two of Japan's professional baseball teams, has died of heart failure in Arizona, a Japanese club official said Thursday. He was 73.
Blasingame died Wednesday at his home in Fountain Hills, said Hanshin Tigers spokesman Toru Miyake, quoting Blasingame's son, Kent, who notified the club of the death by phone.
Blasingame, an infielder, played 12 years in the major leagues beginning in 1955 with the St. Louis Cardinals. He also was with the San Francisco Giants, Cincinnati Reds, Washington Senators and Kansas City Athletics.
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