First-Year Managers and Japan Series
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First-Year Managers and Japan Series
This is a quote from the Japan Times yesterday about the first-year managers for the Lions and Buffaloes:Hasn't this been done a couple times before? I believe by Hara and the Lions' manager in 2004?
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Re: First-Year Managers and Japan Series
[ Author: Rocksfan | Posted: Oct 6, 2008 10:24 PM
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I took a quick look at Japan Baseball Daily's list of managers and came up with the following list of managers who won the Series in their first season managing (in addition to Hara in 2002 and Itoh in 2004):
- Tetsuharu Kawakami, 1961 Giants
- Motoshi Fujita, 1981 Giants
- Masahiko Mori, 1986 Lions
- Hiroshi Gondoh, 1998 BayStars
Re: First-Year Managers and Japan Series
[ Author: Guest: guest | Posted: Oct 7, 2008 11:07 AM
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Yeah, I was pretty sure it had been done before. Maybe the writer meant that it would be the first manager in his first year after the Climax Series was introduced. He seemed to be suggesting this, but there may have been an error in the editing process. Given the editing quality of English newspapers in Japan, this isn't a surprise. After all, this article appeared the same day that the Japan Times ran the exact same article on two different pages!
Re: First-Year Managers and Japan Series
[ Author: PLNara | Posted: Oct 7, 2008 4:32 PM
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Wasn't that Gondoh's second stint with Yokohama?
Re: First-Year Managers and Japan Series
[ Author: Rocksfan | Posted: Oct 8, 2008 12:40 AM
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- Wasn't that Gondoh's second stint with Yokohama?
Not according to Japan Baseball Daily. They only have Gondoh managing Yokohama from 1998 to 2000.
- Maybe the writer meant that it would be the first manager in his first year after the Climax Series was introduced.
Itoh won the Series after the Climax Series was introduced in 2004 (although I don't think it was called that), so I don't think that was it. It might be that if the Buffaloes win the Series, their manager might be the first to take over a team in mid-season and win the Series. I don't know if anyone's ever done that before.
Not according to Japan Baseball Daily. They only have Gondoh managing Yokohama from 1998 to 2000.
- Maybe the writer meant that it would be the first manager in his first year after the Climax Series was introduced.
Itoh won the Series after the Climax Series was introduced in 2004 (although I don't think it was called that), so I don't think that was it. It might be that if the Buffaloes win the Series, their manager might be the first to take over a team in mid-season and win the Series. I don't know if anyone's ever done that before.
Re: First-Year Managers and Japan Series
[ Author: Guest: guest | Posted: Oct 8, 2008 4:57 PM
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- It might be that if the Buffaloes win the Series, their manager might be the first to take over a team in mid-season and win the Series. I don't know if anyone's ever done that before.
That seems more likely. But from the context, I don't think that's what the writer meant. Again, it could have just been poor editing. The sports sections in English newspapers here are often full of errors.
That seems more likely. But from the context, I don't think that's what the writer meant. Again, it could have just been poor editing. The sports sections in English newspapers here are often full of errors.
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