April 14, 2024
The truth is, the Hanshin Tigers aren’t that good at Vantelin Dome. But an even greater truth is that in Akinobu Okada‘s six years as Tigers manager (2004-08, 23) they have a winning record in Nagoya four times. Whether that means he simply knows how to win in such environs, or it is just coincidence, is unknown. But the fact of the matter is also that two runs in each game of this series yielded the team a 1-1-1 draw. Not too shabby. Now if only the bats start producing a little more…
(Note: The starting line up on Sunday was quite startling, as Okada went for a completely different look: 1) Kinami 2) Umeno 3) Chikamoto 4) Sato 5) Ohyama 6) Maegawa 7) Morishita 8) Nakano 9) Saiki.)
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