Yomiuri wins 9th straight; closes in on Hanshin

Sunday 21st September, 06:48 AM JST

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romulus3 at 03:14 PM JST - 21st September

that was terrible. really terrible. Once again Hanshin will come up short after having all the momentum.
northlondon at 03:41 PM JST - 21st September

Typical Japanese management practice. A great squad of players who took a 12 or 13 game lead, managed by a man given the job because he fits the Hanshin corporation description. When the heat is on and when Kyojin whittled this down to only a 5 game lead then Okada got rattled. I'd like to see a foreign coach get the Tigers job, although he would find it to be a nightmare of a job. Tigers fans deserve much more. In the 9th with 2 outs and losing 9-1 (and after seeing their pennant lead knocked down to 1 game from 12) the supporters were still as deafening as usual. Respect to them.