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This season the Giants have been fighting out the stretch run of the pennant race against the Hanshin Tigers under an acting-manager setup, and 5ch’s live-commentary thread “Giants Acting Manager 159” filled up with fans riding every swing of the close game. Talk centered on the pitching change that brought in Seiji Kobayashi as a defensive catching substitution, and on closer Raidel fumbling a catch; some posters saw the numbers favoring Hanshin, while others refused to give up. Posts voicing worry about blowing the title two years running also appeared, and the whole thread carried that tense, end-of-season energy.
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Giants Acting Manager 158
9/28–10/4 Guest & Giveaway Info
2026.09.28 (Mon)
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＼ Fight on, Kobayashi♪ ／
Hey, cut that out lol
True, but getting swept at Yokohama Stadium right after beating the Tigers ("Chin," a snarky 5ch nickname for Hanshin) stung just as much.
And don't forget the 7-game losing streak to Hanshin.
If we celebrate now, the Tiger trash will just laugh at us.
No way. I think winning today puts us about 80% ahead.
Even if we win every remaining game including this one, they still clinch it by going 2 wins, 1 draw or better…
Hanshin's the one sitting at 80% favorite.
On paper, sure. My confidence has turned into certainty… but if we lose today, none of that matters.
They pulled Ohshiro for a pinch runner, so yeah.
This guy's gonna swing, I just know it.
Nope, he's not swinging after all.
But back then he'd never been through a pennant race.
In just the last 10 years we've had back-to-back 4th-place finishes and a 4-year title drought, so this is nothing new at this point.
Bit early, but here's how the standings shake out if this ends in a tie
Guess all we can do now is wait on Iwasaki.
I think they'll probably have Kudo go multiple innings.
Threw it wild to first and it turned into a walk-off loss.
His fielding is clearly the weak point — such a waste, since he's a pitcher who can strike out Oyama or whoever bats after him.
Come on Dal, give us a homer.
Background and Key Points
The “acting manager” referenced in the thread title describes a setup where, for whatever reason, no official manager has been appointed and a coach is running the team in their place. In Nippon Professional Baseball’s pennant race, teams are assigned a “magic number” showing how many more wins they need to clinch the title — which means that even if a team wins out, the rival club’s results can still decide the pennant. In the thread, frustration over the closer’s shaky fielding sat alongside hope for strong pitching, and opinions split over the bullpen moves and substitutions. True to a live-commentary thread, number-driven analysis mixed with emotional highs and lows, with posters’ takes flipping with every swing of the game. The thread also showed off culture unique to these live threads — fans sharing breaking info ahead of official sources, and cheering messages built from ASCII art (AA) depicting players. That kind of board atmosphere gives readers a sense of the on-the-ground energy that numbers alone can’t capture.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project board) thread “Giants Acting Manager 159.”
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