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The search for a successor to Chunichi Dragons manager Kazuki Inoue, who is stepping down at season’s end over poor results, has become a hot topic. While reports have floated Chunichi alumni Masahiro Araki and Hiroyasu Ibata, or outside hire and former SoftBank manager Kimiyasu Kudo, the name of Giants alumnus Masumi Kuwata also surfaced, sparked by a speculative tabloid report. On the thread, opinions clashed over the unwritten rule in baseball circles — and the theory that it stems from a “dying wish” of former Yomiuri chairman Tsuneo Watanabe — as to why Kuwata can never become the Giants’ first-team manager. A string of posts also shared results from asking ChatGPT to estimate his odds of landing the job, and the discussion spiraled to even bring up names like Kazuhiro Kiyohara and Daisuke Matsuzaka.
Masumi Kuwata emerges as candidate for Chunichi’s new manager — Giants players say “He’ll definitely build an interesting team”
Chunichi Dragons manager Kazuki Inoue has decided to step down at the end of this season, taking responsibility for the team’s poor results.
Attention now turns to who will take over. Within the baseball world and in media reports, names being floated include Chunichi alumni such as team front-office advisor Masahiro Araki and former Samurai Japan manager Hiroyasu Ibata, as well as outside hire and former SoftBank Hawks manager Kimiyasu Kudo.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
A strong dose of medicine might be just the right call here.
Why can't Kuwata become the Giants' first-team manager?
One theory is it's basically Nabetsune's (Tsuneo Watanabe's) dying wish — something like 'he turned his back on the Giants, so freeze him out.'
He was a Giants man his whole playing career, start to finish — that's exactly what trips him up. His bid to make it in the majors came back to bite him.
If Kuwata becomes manager, he'll definitely bring in Fukudome — as farm team manager, batting coach, or head coach.
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ChatGPT has Kuwata as the top pick.
Way more capable than Inoue.
If ChatGPT were manager, they'd have finished 2nd.
Where did Kuwata even come from?
Furuta would still be more plausible.
Kiyohara's sitting at 5%
and Daisuke Matsuzaka's at 3%.
Matsuzaka ranking below Kiyohara…
Manager Kuwata & Head Coach Kiyohara (the KK Combo reunited — the reconciliation everyone's been hoping for)
Kataoka as batting coach
Hashimoto as pitching coach
Tatsunami as fielding coach
Fukudome as farm team coach
The PL Gakuen squad rises again in Nagoya!
Throw in Hiroki Nomura as pitching coach and Shinya Miyamoto as base-running coach too.
That's about as likely as Chunichi getting sold off.
ChatGPT's putting Manager Kuwata at 40-50%.
Don't underestimate the power of AI.
Wait, you mean Keisuke Kuwata (the Southern All Stars singer)?
Was Chunichi actually strong back in that era?
Eiji Bando appeared in Star of the Giants back when he was still an active player.
By that logic, Ochiai was even more of a long shot.
He's not involved in baseball anymore,
so who knows what he's up to these days…
By the way, back then there was also a guy named Yasushi Yamamoto —
'Yamamoto Yasu.'
Anyone remember him?
Think about why Kuwata got pushed out of the Giants and ended up going to Niigata.
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
Manager Kazuki Inoue’s departure stems from the team’s poor results this season, and the names being floated by name for his successor are Chunichi alumni Masahiro Araki and Hiroyasu Ibata, along with outside hire Kimiyasu Kudo. Masumi Kuwata’s name, by contrast, traces back to speculation tied to a tabloid-style report circulating in the thread — it is not an official announcement. Where opinions in the thread diverged was over the question of “why can’t Kuwata become the Giants’ first-team manager,” with posters citing an unwritten rule against players who spent their entire careers exclusively with the Giants becoming manager, as well as a theory about a “dying wish” from former Yomiuri chairman Tsuneo Watanabe — though neither claim rises above thin rumor. Several posts also cite results from asking ChatGPT to estimate “odds of becoming manager,” but it’s worth noting this wasn’t the AI presenting evidence-based statistics — it was simply a bit of fun that caught on within the thread. There are also frequent references to the 1994 “October 8 Showdown,” but these appear as Chunichi fans’ nostalgic reminiscing, unrelated directly to the Kuwata managerial speculation.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5channel (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “[Baseball] Masumi Kuwata emerges as candidate for Chunichi’s new manager — Giants players say “He’ll definitely build an interesting team”.”
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