Sunday, October 5, 2025

Card Of The Week October 5

Shingo Takatsu and Daisuke Miura have both announced in the past couple weeks that they'd be stepping down as manager of the Swallows and Baystars respectively.  Takatsu was the longest tenured NPB manager, having taken over the team in 2020 while Miura was the second longest, taking the DeNA helm the following year.  That means that the longest tenured NPB manager, the dean of all Japanese field managers as it were, is now this man:

2022 Topps NPB #67


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