It's easy for young ballplayers to take their youth for granted and envision themselves being on top of the world forever.
Yoshinobu Takahashi has been through enough in his injury-plagued career to realize nothing lasts forever. Which might just be the driving force behind the Yomiuri Giants star's resurgence.
After playing just one game during an injury-plagued 2009 season, Takahashi is finally beginning to resemble his old self at the plate again for the first-place Kyojin.