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It was revealed on the 27th that Hideki Hashigami (60), who served as the Yomiuri Giants’ acting manager, will join the front office as deputy general manager of player personnel starting next season, supporting new manager Hideki Matsui. Hashigami took over as manager mid-season after former manager Shinnosuke Abe resigned, guiding the team through interleague play to a respectable 52-42-3 record over 97 games. Reactions on 5ch threads were split on how to read this front-office move at a time when other teams are struggling to fill managerial openings — some saw it as the club rewarding and retaining him, while others suspected he was being quietly eased out of the dugout.
Hideki Hashigami Stays with Giants as Deputy GM of Player Personnel… Moves from Acting Manager to Front Office to Support New Manager Matsui
It was revealed on the 27th that Hideki Hashigami (60), who led the Giants as acting manager for part of this season, will stay with the club by moving into the front office as deputy general manager of player personnel.
He started the season as offense chief coach, then suddenly took the helm from interleague play after former manager Abe’s resignation, fighting hard to a 52-42-3 record over 97 games.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
joining the front office right when he could've cashed in big — total snooze of a move.
His solid run as acting manager only looked good because of the contrast with power-harassment Abe.
If Fujikawa, who's got a similar temperament, had suddenly been fired, Hashigami probably would've jumped to the Tigers — but once that chance vanished, he agreed to join the front office instead.
Maybe the Giants front office pays better, who knows?
Right guy, right spot, maybe?
Well, Matsui's just a figurehead anyway.
Transfers to other banks come with a fee, you know. (a pun on "takou"/other bank sounding like "going elsewhere")
Yeah, a lot of this stuff we only learned because those guys won't shut up.
than any rival offer just to keep him locked down.
The Hara-faction guys get preferential treatment.
Was he conveniently nudged off the field to clear the way for the Matsui regime?
Or is this rare front-office entry for an outsider actually the ultimate reward for his service?
Once you're in the Giants front office, it's hard to land a top job at another club again.
Hashigami really agreed to this, huh.
He might genuinely be burned out at this point.
Even just filling in, suddenly fighting for the pennant with the Giants would wreck a normal person's mental health.
Now's the prime time to cash in, what a waste.
Yeah, I get that feeling too.
He's 60, probably wants to ease off a bit.
The Giants get to keep him locked in, the pay's likely decent — for him, this might be exactly what he wanted.
They've got to keep him in the front office and employ him for good.
Even regular companies have titles like 'deputy department head' or 'deputy section chief.'
Every team's spot is already taken.
Background and Key Points of Debate
Hideki Hashigami began this season as offense chief coach, then took over as manager from interleague play after former manager Shinnosuke Abe’s resignation, posting a respectable 52-42-3 record over 97 games. The Giants front office, led by GM of player personnel Yuji Mizuno, tends to fill key posts with alumni who were favored during the Tatsunori Hara managerial era, and the thread pointed to this network of connections as well. Where opinion split was over how to read Hashigami’s treatment: with managerial vacancies scarce at other clubs, some saw his front-office move as the team rewarding and retaining him with generous treatment, while others saw it as being quietly pushed out of the dugout. It’s worth noting that the title “deputy general manager of player personnel” is the same kind of designation as “deputy department head” at an ordinary company, not some Giants-specific demotion — a point that’s easy to misread.
*This article is compiled by excerpting and summarizing the 5ch (Geisoku Sokuho+) thread “[Baseball] Giants: Acting Manager Hideki Hashigami Joins Front Office to Support New Manager Hideki Matsui, Stays with Giants as Deputy GM of Player Personnel.”
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