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The story
In Pacific League action on September 10, SoftBank defeated the Nippon-Ham Fighters 3-2 to claim their third straight win. Starter Matsumoto Haru allowed just one run over five innings to pick up his 10th victory of the season, while Yanagita hit two home runs in the game and Masaki also went deep in a high-scoring slugfest. SoftBank’s record against the Fighters this season has now stretched to 5 wins, 18 losses, and 2 draws, and some posts brought up manager Shinjo’s preseason declaration of a ’96-win’ target. The thread was dominated by sarcastic remarks about the growing gap and banter between fans of both teams.
Nippon-Ham 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0｜2
SoftBank . 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 X｜3
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Source: nikkansports.com / Original article here
What people said
yeah, it's brutal
Okada: "But SoftBank isn't even that strong."
Shinjo: "Exactly!"
(Everyone bursts out laughing)
Shinjo: "Does the Hawks' slogan 'Zenshin' mean 'beat Shinjo in everything'?" (a pun — 全新 sounds like 全て新庄に勝つ, "beat Shinjo at everything")
Kiyomiya: "This year, we're winning by an overwhelming margin."
Shinjo: "This year we're (SoftBank is) aiming for 96 wins. Seriously, I mean it. Honestly I want to say 100, but I'll modestly say 96. Look forward to it."
Okada: "But (for Nippon-Ham,) SoftBank isn't that strong."
Shinjo: "Exactly!"
(Everyone bursts out laughing)
Shinjo: "Does the Hawks' slogan 'Zenshin' mean 'beat Shinjo in everything'? (I mean, we'll obviously win some games)"
Kiyomiya: "This year, (the Hawks) are winning by an overwhelming margin."
Shinjo: "I raised these young guys myself"
lmaooooo
Re: #34
Don't pass off fabrications as facts.
A line from 'Downtown's Bar Hopping' a few years back
If you've ever left Fukuoka, you'll know this is true
takes a called strike right down the middle — an old 'Mino-san' special (vintage NPB slang for watching a hittable pitch sail by)
grounds into a double play with a scoring chance on
pops out in foul territory on the very first pitch
https://www.nikkansports.com/m/baseball/news/202512250001052_m.html?mode=all
>GM Mikasa said, "We wanted him to stay," and continued retention talks with an offer exceeding Nippon-Ham's, but it fell through.
Embarrassing to post as a casual fan lol
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https://hayabusa9.5ch.io/test/read.cgi/mnewsplus/1784547291/186
186 Anonymous 2026/07/21 (Tue) 17:20:37.19 ID:4YnZluvm0
Nippon-Ham's offer for Arihara was way better, actually
Embarrassing to be such a casual fan, Ham-trash boy
Pitching decisions
Winning pitcher: SoftBank — Matsumoto Haru (10-3, 0 SV)
Losing pitcher: Nippon-Ham — Kato Taka (11-3, 0 SV)
Save: SoftBank — Sugiyama (1-2, 30 SV)
The one who's off is Shinjo
The umps have been way too brutal ("benpire" — slang blending "toilet" and "umpire" for a terrible ump)
Background and talking points
SoftBank’s season record against Nippon-Ham has widened to 5 wins, 18 losses, and 2 draws, driven largely by the gap in pitching stability and the raw power of SoftBank’s lineup. Matsumoto Haru picked up his 10th win of the season on this day, and Yanagita’s two-homer performance shows just how directly the team’s core players are driving results. On the other hand, it’s worth noting that manager Shinjo’s preseason talk of “96 wins” was more a rallying cry delivered in the excitement of the season opener than a formal target declaration. The thread was full of taunting rooted in the lopsided head-to-head record, but much of that back-and-forth amounted to rivalry-driven mudslinging between fan bases — this article focuses mainly on the excerpts relevant to the actual game.
※This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “[Baseball] Pacific League H 3-2 F [9/10] Hawks win third straight, Matsumoto Haru 5 innings 1 run, Yanagita 2 HR, Masaki HR, Nippon-Ham vs Hawks now 5-18-2“.
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