A thread about the Giants vs. Yakult game at Tokyo Dome. In the heat of the pennant race, with a win meaning first place, the Giants fell behind starting in the first inning due to baserunning blunders and shaky pitching control. Posters traded blame over the questionable baserunning calls and pitcher usage that led to the early runs, with comments like “those two idiots in the first inning wrecked everything” and “our team is cursed to never have a better winning percentage than Hanshin.” Adding to the tension, the Hanshin–DeNA game later that evening could also swing the outcome of the pennant race.
Fighters' Kiyomiya hits his first 20th home run in his 9th pro season — a no-doubt, monstrous 129-meter blast
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/4c94163c34e496f43dfe4374e4a767d212f6ab77
6AnonymousSep 20, 2026 14:56
Yep, that's a loss — guess I'll go watch the All Comers Cup instead (lol)
7AnonymousSep 20, 2026 14:56
Losing, losing…
Congrats on the pennant, Hanshin
8AnonymousSep 20, 2026 14:57
Please, somebody stop Kurosaki Nanako, she's definitely lurking around today lol (a broadcaster fans jokingly blame as a jinx)
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9AnonymousSep 20, 2026 14:57
This is what a pitcher who's never been in a pennant race looks like
10AnonymousSep 20, 2026 14:57
Ump, go get hit by a bat follow-through already
11AnonymousSep 20, 2026 14:57
Knew it
Yesterday we were smashing hits left and right, today it's a 1-0 nail-biter loss
12AnonymousSep 20, 2026 14:57
If we win today we're in first — play like your life depends on it!
24AnonymousSep 20, 2026 15:01
Re: #12
Ōtemachi (the Yomiuri/Giants front-office HQ)
"You get it, right, Hashigami-kun?"
14AnonymousSep 20, 2026 14:58
These guys mash hit after hit in games we've already got locked up, but in a game like this every single one of them goes ice cold — it's infuriating.
Seriously, cut their salaries.
17AnonymousSep 20, 2026 14:59
Our team is cursed to never have a better winning percentage than Hanshin
18AnonymousSep 20, 2026 14:59
Straight fastballs are getting hit by everyone, Nagaoka included
19AnonymousSep 20, 2026 14:59
It's only the first inning — against a pitcher with control that shaky, you just work him patiently
21AnonymousSep 20, 2026 14:59
Re: #19
Seriously, that was a total 'Roomba operation' (bumbling around the bases like a robot vacuum)
27AnonymousSep 20, 2026 15:02
Yesss, the 'Fake Giants' (虚カス — a derogatory rival-fan nickname) are losing lol
So much for that slim game-back margin lol
28AnonymousSep 20, 2026 15:03
The idiot bench thinks running the bases makes it look like smart baseball
29AnonymousSep 20, 2026 15:03
See, if you'd just stood still you could've easily drawn a walk
30AnonymousSep 20, 2026 15:03
Good, good
Score in that inning no matter what
All the way to the lead
32AnonymousSep 20, 2026 15:03
See, he won't even swing at an inside pitch — the idiot who sent the runner is the one to blame
35AnonymousSep 20, 2026 15:05
[Fighters] Hokkaido-born idol Yasumi Tanimoto throws her first-ever ceremonial first pitch in a frilly skirt: 'I was so nervous'
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/07cc13ffa52037871f7738db2bf6cdfec8cf1757
40AnonymousSep 20, 2026 15:06
Even Dahlbeck's gonna lose all motivation out of sheer disbelief lol
44AnonymousSep 20, 2026 15:07
Yesterday's barrage of timely hits was so out of character for us
Only thing left is to swing for the fences and homer
46AnonymousSep 20, 2026 15:08
Wish we could play the Chunichi Dragons every single day
49AnonymousSep 20, 2026 15:09
Did the big gun from the north hit a home run?
50AnonymousSep 20, 2026 15:09
Losing our game first and then having to watch the Hanshin–Yokohama game tonight is way too much of an emotional burden
51AnonymousSep 20, 2026 15:09
No wonder North Korea's launching missiles too
52AnonymousSep 20, 2026 15:09
So when's our team launching its own missile?
53AnonymousSep 20, 2026 15:10
Whenever Yakult wins it's because their starter somehow grinds through it, so we should just make him throw as many pitches as possible — helping him out from the first inning is just idiotic
54AnonymousSep 20, 2026 15:12
Used to get J-Alert notifications on my phone
Haven't gotten one in a while now
55AnonymousSep 20, 2026 15:12
Losing after getting snapped at and bitten back by the 'underdog' — that's embarrassing on a whole new level
56AnonymousSep 20, 2026 15:14
If we lose today and the Tigers (珍 — a mocking nickname for Hanshin) win, it's over
Background and Key Points
The Central League is in the closing stretch of a pennant race between the Giants and the Hanshin Tigers, and on this day a Giants win over Yakult would have put them in first place. The thread pins the early runs on a first-inning baserunning gamble (taking a risky extra base that ended in a close-call out), with posters directing more frustration at the coaching decisions than at individual players. The thread also frames the day’s outcome as tied to the Hanshin–DeNA game later that evening, since its result would directly affect the pennant race. As this is a live thread, it captures only fragmentary, in-the-moment commentary — the final result of the game and any resulting standings changes are not settled within the scope of this thread.
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