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The story
On September 30, 2026, as the Central League pennant race entered its final stretch, a 5ch thread packed with Giants fans buzzed with chatter about how the Hanshin game would play out. Meanwhile, news broke that catcher Shiro Nogami (19), who had joined Orix as a 7th-round draft pick, had suddenly passed away, sending shockwaves through the thread. Talk also turned to reports that Masumi Kuwata had suddenly emerged as the frontrunner to become Chunichi’s next manager, along with news of roster cuts from the Giants, DeNA, and Lotte — blending pennant-race tension with wider news from the baseball world.
What people said
Giants Acting-Manager Thread 156
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/e761e681eb8537df077d033365f9543243b7db57
Actually, I've got a feeling that whichever team wins this one is going to be the one that takes the pennant for our team ("our team" = OP's affectionate nickname for the Giants).
(T-G) Shoki Murakami vs. Kazuyuki Takemaru
(C-D) Hiroki Tokoda vs. Yudai Ohno
(E-H) Ryota Takinaka vs. Naoyuki Uwasawa
(M-F) Long vs. Koki Kitayama
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/f91ef045c9c0b907266406cebac1b7ba30dbe6d9
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/7ea84f9802847ae14c9d4081a245af6a32de7c03
◆ Giants
☆ P Yugo Bando
☆ P Ryu Tomita
☆ P Hayate Matsui
☆ P Hayato Ishida
☆ P Yusaho Yoshimura
☆ P Tessei Morimoto
☆ C Ryusuke Kita
☆ IF Yuya Tagami
☆ IF Rune Kitamura
◆ DeNA
★ P Shinichi Onuki
★ P Tatsuya Hashimoto
★ C Kyosuke Mashiko
★ C Junpei Tozuma
★ OF Shonosuke Hama
◆ Lotte
IF Shogo Nakamura
(☆ = development-contract player; ★ = expected to move to a development contract)
Kita…
Guess it didn't work out for him.
http://kizuna.5ch.io/test/read.cgi/morningcoffee/1790761762/
Minoru Nishikura (Takahashi, 26) — Dec 19, '55, cause still unknown
Takeshi Kato (Chunichi, 20) — Jan 4, '65, car accident
Osamu Tsuchihashi (Hanshin, 22) — Dec 21, '66, car accident
Kazuo Usami (Nishitetsu, 18) — Mar 14, '69, struck in the left chest by a batted ball
Jackson (Atoms, 33) — May 27, '69, cancer
Toshihiko Yuguchi (Giants, 20) — Mar 22, '73, cardiac arrest
Mineo Itazawa (Seibu, 19) — Dec 3, '80, acute heart failure
Yuji Kubodera (Nankai, 26) — Jan 4, '85, acute heart failure
Masao Fujii (Daiei, 31) — Oct 13, 2000, cancer
Del Toro (Seibu, 29) — Oct 6, 2001, car accident
Hiroyuki Kose (Orix, 24) — Feb 5, 2010, fatal fall
Yusuke Kinoshita (Chunichi, 27) — Aug 3, 2021, fulminant myocarditis
Is this Kurosawa guy's number retired?
Guess Tsuda's left off since he wasn't an active player.
And here our team's got both a coach and players in that same boat.
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/843f467be81d219ad4bbdde1d16b3abab63faf12
At least use Nagaoka and Uchiyama.
Hiroshima was about the same, lol.
And it's not like their defense is any good either.
Once Sato's gone, next year's our chance.
Morishita's the only one who can hit.
Ohyama barely hits against the Giants anyway.
https://www.asagei.com/excerpt/349750
"The clear frontrunner at this point is former Giants farm-team manager Masumi Kuwata. With the Dragons plunging into a serious dark age, further decline can't be tolerated. Owner Uichiro Oshima and team GM Kensuke Asada are reportedly willing to stake their own positions on bringing in outside blood, with a plan taking shape to entrust the rebuild to Kuwata. There's even talk of bringing in fellow PL Gakuen alumni (a famed high school baseball powerhouse) like Kazuyoshi Tatsunami, Kazuhiro Kiyohara, and Hideaki Matsuyama as coaches."
Why not just go with Tao? Is he too old now? Guess the front office hates him too much for that, lol
We'd win this if it were anyone but Yakult (another mocking nickname aimed at the Swallows), lol
Even if each of those sweeps had gone 1-2 instead of 0-3, the Giants would've clinched, right?
Thought he was a catcher.
Guess it's Yakult-Hanshin, so that tracks.
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/aed678ad9c96d3e5d1a7339159dc3e9381ef00f8
He's doing great.
"Because it's close by."
The reason Maru chose the Giants in free agency:
"Dreams and admiration."
Background and Key Points of This Story
Shiro Nogami had appeared in 32 farm-team games for Orix this season and had just played in a minor-league game on the 27th, which made the team’s sudden decision to call an emergency press conference with its GM all the more striking. The circumstances of his sudden death had not been disclosed as of this report, and it’s worth noting that the thread was buzzing with speculation even without any confirmed details. Separately, the report naming Masumi Kuwata as the frontrunner for Chunichi’s next managerial post comes from an observational piece by Asagei Plus, not an official team announcement. The Central League pennant race is heading into its final stretch with Hanshin, the Giants, and Yakult all still in contention, and a sense of tension over how head-to-head results could shift the standings ran through much of the thread. Some posts mocking specific teams or individuals also appeared, but comments that couldn’t be factually verified or that amounted to personal attacks have been excluded from this article.
*This article is compiled as an excerpt and summary from the 5ch (“Hello! Project” board) thread “Giants Acting-Manager Thread 157.”
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