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The story
On September 15, a 5ch thread tracking news on the Giants’ first team was opened. Shunsuke Urata, who injured his right elbow making a diving catch in the previous day’s (the 14th) game against DeNA, showed up on the field for pregame practice that day but quickly retreated behind the dugout, with Acting Manager Hideki Hashigami admitting his recovery was lagging, saying, “It’s still not looking great today either.” In the end, he sat out that day’s game against DeNA. The thread also carried surrounding news, including Daisuke Motoki’s second son Eisuke making his official high school baseball debut, jockey Yoshiomi Shibata’s retirement, and the delayed gate-opening at Koshien, alongside a steady stream of posts tracking player roster moves.
What people said
Giants Acting Manager Thread 137
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/f91e14df6ac95e781c6f62e9923beb974c95f5b7
@NikkanNaruohama
It's 2:30 PM at Koshien.
It's cloudy, but there's no rain falling right now.
#tigers #HanshinTigers
https://x.com/NikkanNaruohama/status/2099732734126198925
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https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/78e3f592bc18525f8cea1ad49d91545faadea2b8
With his team holding a commanding 10-3 lead heading into the 7th inning, No. 24 Eisuke Motoki (1st year) made his first official-game appearance as a pinch hitter. He reached base in his first official at-bat on a shortstop's error and even scored a run. The inning turned into a batting-around rally, and in his second at-bat he ripped a double down the left-field line — a happy first hit.
【Added to Active Roster】
E. Lucas (T)
Shuto Naruse (DB)
Ayato Matsushita (S)
Haruto Tanaka (S)
【Removed from Active Roster】
Asahi Miyashita (DB)
Shota Masui (S)
Jo Miyamoto (S)
【Added to Active Roster】
Koki Kitayama (F)
Haruki Nishikawa (F)
Nakamasa Mannami (F)
Itsuki Ito (E)
Sei Shigenaga (E)
【Removed from Active Roster】
Takeya Nakamura (L)
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/f20c3ffe869dee540c96c60778b302cdec7e0db8
Giants outfielder Shunsuke Urata, who was subbed out after getting injured on defense in the September 14 game against DeNA, appeared on the field for pregame practice. But after talking things over with a trainer, he headed back behind the dugout.
Even through his undershirt, it was clear his right elbow had been taped up.
Urata got hurt on defense in extra innings on the 14th. With two outs and a runner on second in the 10th, he made a diving catch on a shallow fly ball off the bat of Ebina — and seemed to favor his arm afterward.
@hochi_giants
Yokohama Stadium 🏟
#RikuMasuda and #MakotoKadowaki are taking grounders at second
#ShunsukeUrata headed behind the dugout after warming up
https://x.com/hochi_giants/status/2099752640649519302
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/e1497c89999a3253e9c7856a6be0b1565df913f0
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/8c4361f383b7c1db134de412b9abcb3d73ef7f23
@dailytigers2026
Koshien Stadium right now, with gate-opening on hold
It's not raining, but the infield is fully covered with tarps.
https://x.com/dailytigers2026/status/2099758372547686560
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> 【Gate-Opening Time】Today's game, Tuesday, September 15, 2026 — #HanshinTigers vs. #ChunichiDragons — will have its gates open at 4:45 PM.
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/d114536923202bb51b132701e4b34d4ccb2a85d8
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/49de56426c90b80cce29f16ae086c979020a2cf7
@NikkanNaruohama
Koshien at 4:30 PM
Lead-gray sky, pitch dark…🌠
BUT!
Just got word they'll open the gates at 4:45 ✌
#HanshinTigers
https://x.com/NikkanNaruohama/status/2099763562407477304
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the sky started looking bad again
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/224689093fe6a4ac9b07d6329a9b9268a30f36dc
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/bd48b2a2ffb8f25199fc18baa7a6008b9dbd8a00
I burst out laughing at the blog post title for this story
Guess even Hori-sama [affectionate nickname for Horiuchi] talks like that now
https://ameblo.jp/horiuchi18/entry-12978784219.html
Come on, Hori-sama, this isn't some Wolf-board thread title… ("Wolf" is the nickname of the Hello!Project idol-fan board that actually hosts these Giants threads)
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/a09ea4ee6e3c4764fbb08eba719320516334a540
Happy birthday, Whitley!
Starting Lineups
【Giants】 【DeNA】
9 Hirayama 9 Dokai
8 Matsumoto 4 Maki
6 Izumiguchi 7 Sano
2 Otsuka 3 Tsutsugo
5 Ishizuka 5 Miyazaki
3 Dalbec 8 Ebina
7 Suzuki D. 6 Hayashi
4 Masuda R. 増田陸2 Furuichi
1 Togo 1 Azuma
Ah, no Ura-chan [Urata's nickname] today
We get tomorrow and the day after off once today's game wraps up — easy mode for my team
They bumped Ishizuka up in the batting order, huh
vs. RHP: .296
vs. LHP: .191
Giants Bench Players
Akahoshi, Nakagawa, Norimoto, Tanaka A., Morita, Funasako, Hirauchi, Hotta, Martinez
Kai, Kobayashi
Kadowaki, Sakamoto
Maru, Cabbage, Nakayama, Sasaki
*Nishidate, Inoue, Ogasawara, and Shiroki are also out; Urata is not in the dugout
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/6179d35a839ed841e67fb82998bcd84a3fc64a88
Background and Key Points on This Topic
Shunsuke Urata’s right elbow injury traces back to a diving catch he made in extra innings of the September 14 game against DeNA. He showed up for pregame practice on the 15th with the elbow taped, but soon retreated behind the dugout, and his absence from the lineup was confirmed. Acting Manager Hideki Hashigami’s comment that things were “not looking great” has been read by fans as a sign his time on the sidelines could drag on. The thread didn’t stop at this one story — it also tracked same-day NPB and high school baseball news as it broke, including Daisuke Motoki’s second son Eisuke making his high school baseball debut, jockey Yoshiomi Shibata’s retirement, and the delayed gate-opening at Koshien. Rather than sticking to a single storyline, threads like this are characterized by their running, cross-cutting coverage of the first team, the farm system, and other clubs all at once.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello!Project) thread “Giants Acting Manager Thread 138.”
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