Last Tuesday the Giants beat the Carp 7-2. It was Tatsunori Hara's 1035th victory as manager of the Giants, pushing him past Shigeo Nagashima for solo possession of second place for most victories in Giants history. Number one on the list is Tetsuharu Kawakami with 1066 wins so Hara will probably be first on the list by the end of the season. This is Hara's 14th season at Yomiuri's helm, the same number as Kawakami and one behind Nagashima for most in the team's history.
I thought I'd share cards of Hara, Kawakami and Nagashima this week. The Kawakami and Nagashima cards come from a subset featuring all the Giants managers in the 2000 BBM Giants set while Hara's card is from the 2002 BBM Giants Central League Championship box set which celebrated the Giants winning the pennant in Hara's first year as manager:
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| 2000 BBM Giants #G93 |
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| 2000 BBM Giants #G94 |
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| 2002 BBM Giants CL Champions #YG1 |
Hara has had three separate stints running the team so he is the Giants 13th, 15th and 17th manager.
2 comments:
Its hard to believe Hara has been in the position that long (not continuously of course), my brain still thinks of him as having only recently replaced Nagashima.
Yeah, I'm kind of the same way. I'm keep thinking "He hasn't been Giants manager all that long. He just took over for Nagashima"...looks at Baseball-Reference..."18 YEARS AGO!"
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