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The story
In the 5ch thread “Giants Acting Manager 175,” talk during the Climax Series swirled around the Giants. The team announced that batting coach Lee Seung-yeop had stepped down, and fans looked back at how manager Abe Shinnosuke (appointed October 6, 2023) and his predecessor Takahashi Yoshito (appointed October 26, 2015) each got the job, speculating about who might be next in line. News also broke of the death of Matsumoto Masashi, a former Hankyu pitcher who’d been part of the Toyodai Himeji team that won the national high school championship, and reactions poured in over the result of Game 1 of the Hanshin–DeNA Final Stage.
What people said
Giants Acting Manager 174
Takahashi Yoshito's appointment press conference: 10/26/2015
So when's the next one?
For Abe it was right after the pennant race ended
For Yoshito it was right after the draft
Both natural breakpoints
Right, in 2023 they finished 4th so the season just ended before the Climax Series even started
Isn't it Abe's own fault for making this guy a coach in the first place
Lord Hashigami (a pun combining coach Hashigami's name with 'god') really busted his ass out there…
Is Hochi Shimbun saying in a roundabout way that it's Abe's fault?
So it's decided — Hashigami's staying on as coach?
(the usual recurring pic)
Alright then, let's go show 'em
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/02c392d28a60c859ba52281613371d9c8988df30
Hope he goes to Lotte and develops the next Yamaguchi
So the 'national blank cannon' is quitting, huh (a pun on his nickname as a 'national cannon/slugger' — implying he mostly fired blanks)
does that 2-win advantage even mean anything then?
It means there's a chance to play more games
It's to secure more gate revenue/game opportunities
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/7c48beb765bdfd16913402f35c1b5816154a6949
Orix is the rightful successor to Hankyu
The head of the Orix alumni association is former Hankyu ace Yamada Hisashi
Kintetsu has no successor team
The Kintetsu alumni association already disbanded
For a Kintetsu player, unless you were a truly famous name,
news like this probably wouldn't even get reported
Given his age I feel like I should remember him, but I just don't…
He did manage the Doosan Bears once, but I'm pretty sure he got fired in the end
Lotte would be the perfect fit for him though
The Four Cannons with Oh Sadaharu
bunting really is the correct play after all
Let's just make do with Diaz on our side
So bunting really was the righteous path all along…
Our team's garbage all the way down through the 9-spot though
That's exactly why the gap never widened any further
Can't help it
They do hit once in a while lol
There's still the Asia Pro Baseball Championship
Here, have a "World Baseball Classic" (offering it up like a consolation prize)
https://ameblo.jp/beyooooonds-blog/entry-12981556366.html
Today's Game 1 of the Final Stage, DeNA vs. Hanshin! 🌟
We won!! 📣(ˊᗜˋ*)و⚑"
Too happy right now!!
Way too early lol
Background and talking points
The Giants-related thread title featuring “Acting Manager” is just a convenient series name — in reality, current manager Abe Shinnosuke was appointed on October 6, 2023, and his predecessor Takahashi Yoshito was appointed on October 26, 2015, both taking the job at natural turning points in the calendar. The batting coach at the center of this discussion, Lee Seung-yeop, is known as a national slugger in South Korea; he had left the Giants once before returning to coach, and the article doesn’t specify why he’s now stepping down. The Climax Series’ 2-win advantage granted to the Pacific League side is a system given to the top regular-season finisher, with securing extra gate/game opportunities cited as one of its purposes. Opinions in the thread were divided over how to judge the Abe regime, whether coach Hashigami should stay on, and whether Lee Seung-yeop should become a manager, while the discussion also broadened to include the death of a team alumnus and the result of the Hanshin–DeNA Final Stage.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project board) thread “Giants Acting Manager 175.”
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