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That's Two Teams' Worth!
It was reported in today's Sankei Sports that Hanshin yesterday fired their 13th and 14th players. Add that to the 4 who "retired," and that's two teams! Sure, for the most part they were the chaff among the wheat, but 18 people is a lot.

However, I'd say they won't be hiring 18 people to fill those spots - not if they've got to pay for Kanemoto, Nakamura, and Petagine, as Hoshino-kantoku is hoping to do .

It's a good sign, though. Those firings, and the fact that we've hired a few good coaches over the past few days (Hiroshima's former Tatsukawa-kantoku was taken on as battery coach last night) are good signs that Hoshino is serious about restructuring the team and the organisation.
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  • Author: torakichi
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