I'm a little late in reporting this but a week ago on September 7th, the Hanshin Tigers clinched the Central League pennant. It was the earliest any team had ever clinched first in the Central League, beating the 1990 Yomiuri Giants by one day. It was also the first time the Tigers won the CL pennant with a first year manager at the helm. (H/T NPB Reddit for the trivia)
Since I don't have many cards from this year, I don't have any cards of that first year manager - Kyuji Fujikawa - as manager but I have many of him as a player. Here's his appearance on the 2008 BBM 2nd Version set's Tigers checklist (#778):
I don't know if it was typical of Fujikawa to lose his hat when he pitched. There's one other card I know of showing him losing it though.
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