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Relieved” at new Giants’ victory.

The 141st game of the season, and the first time in history that the Giants have won back-to-back championships. It was the newly born Giants, led by Shinnosuke Abe, 45, in his first year as manager, who won the rare “big game” in the history of the Giants. An alumnus of the Giants confides, “In the championship interview, manager Abe said, ‘I’m going to win the championship.

In the championship interview, manager Abe said he was relieved, but this year was the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Giants, and it was a memorial year for the team. It was a season we absolutely could not afford to lose. I heard that the amount of reward money, such as the manager’s award, paid to players who contributed to the team was raised significantly from 2 million yen per game to 5 million yen. I am sure everyone has forgotten by now, but the acquisition of Oduah (30), a 200-million-yen assistant pitcher with 178 hits in the majors, was another sign of the seriousness of the team. When he left just before the season opener, the team acquired Hernandez (29) and Montes (27) from 3A. I think the pressure on manager Abe must have been enormous, because he had all this support from the team, and if he had missed the V’s, he would have had to go to …….

There were many other reasons for the victory, including the development of relievers and the emergence of young players, but Abe and his Central League rivals all point to Tomoyuki Sugano (34), who went 15-3 and amassed a 12-game winning streak, as the biggest contributor.

The ace’s revitalization plan actually began last year. The plan was devised by Yasuo Kubo, 66, a traveling pitching coach. He is a master at rescuing pitchers who were struggling, such as Messenger (43), who was smoldering as a reliever in his first year with the Hanshin team, and transforming him into a 100-win pitcher. He always says, “Question common sense. He has increased the output of his fastball despite the weight loss, and has raised the release point so high that it looks like a standing throw to the uninitiated, which has increased the sharpness of his slider. He finished last season with a 4-8 record, but he needed time to build a new body and solidify his form. It also took time for Sugano, who has more experience than anyone else, to accept the change,” said a baseball team official.