At 35 years old, Yoshinobu Takahashi knows he can't race around the bases the way he used to for the Yomiuri Giants.
Besides, home-run trots are much easier on the knees.
Takahashi homered twice in the same game for the first time in two years to help the Giants defeat the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks 5-2 in front of a crowd of 45,139 on Thursday at Tokyo Dome.