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The story
On 5ch’s live-commentary thread, attention focused on the late-game back-and-forth between Hanshin and DeNA. Hanshin’s lineup struggled to score, and a string of posts questioned the manager’s decision to call for a bunt from Sano. Meanwhile, DeNA fans kept firing off posts mocking Hanshin as “Chin-kasu” (a long-running derogatory nickname for the Tigers), and the thread overall leaned heavily in DeNA’s favor. Alongside the live play-by-play, posters also debated the pros and cons of the Climax Series format itself, making this a thread where game commentary and system-level griping unfolded side by side.
What people said
Looked away for one second and they'd already scored 3?
Which team actually makes for a higher-level Japan Series?
Level has nothing to do with it — the Japan Series should be between the two first-place teams.
Whether Hanshin wins or our team wins, this garbage system needs to be scrapped.
Teams have to pay their players big salaries too, after all.
Just make it a cup tournament, like they do in soccer.
But Chin-kasu fans probably convince themselves it's only because Sato and Morishita are out.
They could still win on a fluke.
But without those two, Hanshin doesn't even get the fluke.
Honestly, with this lineup, anyone on the mound could shut them down.
Even without Mori-Teru in the lineup, he still properly took down the scrub who looked like he might go deep — impressive!
He can declare for the majors sooner than people expected after all.
What even was that shift, lol
Came here to buy some championship merch (*^▽^)/
Championship merch sure is pricey across the board huh ( ´∀`)
Background and Key Points
This thread is titled “Giants Acting Manager,” but the actual subject of the live commentary is the Hanshin-DeNA game — the thread serves as a go-to channel for baseball live-commentary used by fans beyond just Giants supporters, which is why posts like “glad I’m a Giants fan” show up mixed in. Japan’s Climax Series (CS) is a format in which the top three regular-season teams battle it out in a short series for the right to represent their league in the Japan Series; because the regular-season standings and the short-series results don’t always match up, the thread also features criticism of the system itself, with posters arguing the Japan Series “should just be between the two first-place teams.” Also worth noting: “Chin” is a derogatory nickname for Hanshin that has long been entrenched on baseball live-commentary boards — it functions as part of the trash-talk culture aimed at the opposing team rather than an attack on any specific individual or team official, a nuance first-time readers can easily misread.
※This article is compiled as an excerpt and summary from the 5ch (Hello! Project board) thread “Giants Acting Manager 178.”
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