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Sports Hochi commentator Yoshiaki Kanemura addressed, on the October 19 broadcast of MBS Radio’s “Kanemura Yoshiaki no Eekagen ni Se~!,” Hanshin’s decision to approve infielder Teruaki Sato’s bid to pursue a Major League career via the posting system this offseason. Sato, the team’s star hitter who won the Triple Crown this season, prompted Kanemura to voice anxiety about the team’s weakened lineup, saying, “What are they going to do without him?” He also touched on the departures of coaches Eiichi Koyano and Atsushi Fujimoto, declining to state a reason and merely commenting, “I can guess.” Reactions on 5ch were split over whether the coaches’ departures signal turmoil within the club or are simply routine personnel moves, and opinions also diverged over how much weight to give Sato’s Triple Crown.
Yoshiaki Kanemura voices concern over Hanshin’s approval of Teruaki Sato’s posting bid: “What are they going to do without him? I have no idea what’ll happen!”… also says “I can guess” about coaches Eiichi Koyano and Atsushi Fujimoto’s departures
Yoshiaki Kanemura, a Sports Hochi commentator who played for the Kintetsu Buffaloes and Chunichi Dragons during his playing career, appeared on MBS Radio’s “Kanemura Yoshiaki no Eekagen ni Se~!” on the 19th.
Addressing Hanshin’s approval of infielder Teruaki Sato’s bid to pursue a Major League career via the posting system this offseason, he voiced concern over the team’s weakened lineup: “What are they going to do without Teru-teru? It’s shocking, I have no idea! Once the Triple Crown winner is gone…”
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Read the original article here
What people said
Teru's transfer was probably already priced in, but the coaches leaving feels closer to an actual crisis.
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Next year they'll lose even more than this year, and he'll probably be throwing tantrums nonstop.
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Only idiots who've never played a sport in their life think the manager or coaches actually matter that much in baseball.
If he says that, he'll get banned from Koshien again and end up with nothing but Orix commentary gigs.
Kanemura's not exactly popular in Nagoya either, you know.
The numbers are still impressive though.
By that logic, Murakami's Triple Crown was only because Seiya Suzuki wasn't around either.
Even Kiyohara said Seiya Suzuki was the strongest player in Japan.
Murakami and Okamoto rack up homers playing in a dome and the tiny Jingu Stadium.
Both their home run counts would tank if they played at Koshien.
Because salaries would skyrocket.
The Murakami Fund got caught up in the insider trading scandal involving Livedoor and Nippon Broadcasting System shares, and when its founder was forced to step down (he later made a comeback), the fund sold off its Hanshin Electric Railway shares. Hankyu Holdings (now Hankyu Hanshin Holdings) bought up those shares, putting Hanshin under Hankyu's umbrella — so maybe that salary-suppression thing isn't really an issue anymore?
If those two head to MLB as well, we'll be left with even smaller fry.
He's annoying, wish he'd just disappear.
We're probably even less connected to Hanshin than Kanemura is lol
But the bigger problem is the farm team, not the first team — it's nothing but scrubs. Even watching their pregame practice, their focus level is shockingly low.
Fujikawa (the manager) is shutting out even Hanshin alumni right now, so I doubt Kanemura actually knows what's going on inside the team.
I mean, seriously
what are the odds both of them conveniently came down with health issues at the same time lol
Fine, keep it vague, but at least tell us what he was putting up with, Kanemura.
Though if you think about it normally, it's probably Fujikawa.
They're playing six days a week, over three hours a game every day.
On top of practice too — everyone's body is wrecked.
They could've just rested him during the meaningless end-of-season games.
They prioritized Teru's shot at 40 home runs.
Put another way, that's about all the Climax Series is worth — it's just a sideshow.
There's a title on the line, after all.
And Hanshin fans are coming out to see SatoTeru and Morishita, so they can't afford to rest them.
That's probably why he pleaded directly to get treatment time worked into practice hours.
It's sad to see star players leave Japan, but there should be some balance.
He's not really star-player level though.
The opponent isn't (soft-tossing) Aoyagi, so there's no way he can hit lol
If an overqualified player wants out, just let him go.
Especially if he can't deliver when it matters most.
Using the money from the posting fee to reinforce the roster with multiple players is absolutely the better move.
Of course the coaches have to resign and take responsibility lol
It'd be scarier if they just quietly stuck around.
Background and Key Points of This Topic
The posting system lets a player, with his team’s consent, gain the right to negotiate a move to Major League Baseball; Teruaki Sato is the Hanshin Tigers’ star hitter who won the Triple Crown in the 2025 season. Kanemura’s phrase “shiran de” is Kansai dialect roughly equivalent to “I can’t vouch for what happens next,” and reads as a blunt expression of concern over losing a key asset. Meanwhile, the club has given no official explanation for the departures of coaches Eiichi Koyano and Atsushi Fujimoto, and since Kanemura himself avoided stating anything definitive — saying only “I can guess” — speculation about internal circumstances spread through the thread. Readers should note that two competing takes on Sato’s Triple Crown coexist here: that he “only won it because Murakami and Okamoto weren’t around,” and that it was simply “an impressive record” — neither backed by any objective statistical analysis, both remaining purely impressionistic opinions from 5ch.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports Sokuhou+) thread “[Baseball] Yoshiaki Kanemura voices concern over Hanshin’s approval of Teruaki Sato’s posting bid, “I have no idea”… “I can guess” about coaching staff departures.”
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