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The story
In Central League action on September 19, the Yomiuri Giants routed the Chunichi Dragons 14-1. The Giants’ offense exploded for 15 hits and 14 runs from the early to middle innings, while starter Masahiro Tanaka picked up his 4th win of the season, allowing just 1 run over 7 strong innings. Dragons starter Nakanishi took the loss after surrendering 5 runs, once again exposing his shaky early-inning form. Since this was the Dragons’ final game of the season at the Tokyo Dome, manager Kazuki Inoue was hit with heavy booing from the crowd — a moment that became a hot topic on 5ch. Threads mixed criticism of Inoue’s in-game decisions, complaints about the home-plate umpire, and concern over Nakanishi’s future.
Dragons 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 ｜ 1
Giants 2 0 0 6 2 4 0 0 0 ｜14
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Source: nikkansports.com / Original article here
What people said
Hey, that's a copycat post
They're weaker than Hayate Oisix! (an independent-league team)
They just swept the first-place Tigers 3 straight not long ago, though.
Does yesterday's nail-biter not count for anything?
That's because Fujikawa kept throwing his back-of-the-rotation scrubs at the Dragons and didn't take them seriously.
The Dragons' winning record against the Tigers is basically thanks to Fujikawa.
Every borderline pitch from Nakanishi got called a ball,
and they wouldn't call Matsumoto's half-swing either.
Bring in Asao-kun next!
Why doesn't Ushijima ever come back to the Dragons? I don't think he'd be bad.
Asao's too nice a guy — not cut out for managing.
Though obviously it's aimed at the Dragons (Inoue), not the stadium.
bad ball calls turned at-bats into walks and put runners on,
half-swings went uncalled for more walks,
and then the big hits came right after that.
Sure, form, matchups, and lineups vary day to day, but getting beaten this badly is something else.
Pitchers of record
Winning pitcher: Giants — Tanaka Masa (4-4, 0 SV)
Losing pitcher: Dragons — Nakanishi (2-4, 0 SV)
If we're only going to finish 4th, might as well finish last.
Just make every game except home games a farm-team tryout at this point.
Sour grapes. Go to sleep.
Sasaki struck out looking,
and Matsumoto struck out swinging.
The Giants are the dirty ones, huh.
outside of these guys, the game's already decided by the early innings.
Even with this rotation, it's still "Inoue Magic" getting the game flipped and decided in the middle-to-late innings.
Hm? Tanaka, obviously.
Wait, are you being serious!?
Counting his combined NPB and MLB totals, he's already past 200 career wins.
Background and key points of this discussion
The thread was dominated by complaints about manager Kazuki Inoue’s in-game decisions and the home-plate umpire’s calls. As one post put it, “LOL, ‘it’s the last Tokyo Dome game’ doesn’t mean you get to boo that hard on the road” — since this was the Dragons’ final game at the Tokyo Dome this season, the jeering aimed at the visiting bench seemed louder than usual. Chunichi has had an up-and-down season, including a recent series sweep of the first-place Tigers, and this lopsided loss led several posters to say the team’s playoff (Climate Series) hopes look all but dead — though it’s worth noting this is 5ch speculation, not something confirmed by the actual standings. Several posters also flagged starter Nakanishi’s shaky first innings, lamenting the gap between his current struggles and the Rookie of the Year buzz he had before the season began. On the winning side, Giants fans mostly praised Masahiro Tanaka’s gritty outing, with little criticism of the matchup itself.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports Express+) thread “[Baseball] Central League: Giants 14-1 Dragons [9/19] — Giants win again, Tanaka goes 7 innings/1 run, offense racks up 15 hits/14 runs; Dragons drop another, Nakanishi allows 5.”
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