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Nishinomiya Sports
May 10
Tigers make new lineup official

Koshien Stadium, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo - The Tigers have made it official, Kiyoshi Abe is the new starting catcher, and Johjima has moved into more of a mentoring job to him, planning on his retirement in the years soon to come.

- Takaharu Sonada

LINEUP:
1. Kiyoshi Abe - C
2. Matt Murton - CF
3. Takashi Toritani - SS
4. Tomoaki Kanemoto - 1B
5. Kazuteru Tani - RF
6. Takahiro Arai - 3B
7. Keisuke Kanoh - LF
8. Keiichi Hirano - 2B
9. PITCHER

May 14

Tokyo Yakult Swallows (12-25) - 4
Hanshin Tigers (24-12) - 8

Swallows:

Lineup:
1. Yasushi Iihara – LF [RF] (2-5, double, 1 RBI)
2. Hiroyasu Tanaka - 2B (2-5)
3. Norichika Aoki – CF (0-4, DP, 1 RBI)
4. Jamie D'Antona - 1B (2-4, double)
- Umaya – PR [1B] (0-0)
5. Aaron Guiel – RF [LF] (1-4, HR [6], 2 RBI)
6. Shinya Miyamoto - 3B (1-4, SO)
7. Ryohei Kawamoto – C (1-4, SO)
8. Yuji Onizaki – SS (1-4)
9. PITCHER (0-0)
- Shin'ichi Takeuchi – PH (1-1, double)
- Yuhei Takai – PH (0-1, SO)
- Takahiro Araki – PH (1-1)

Pitcher(s):
Masanori Ishikawa (3 innings, 5 runs, 5 earned)
Hye-cheon Lee (4 innings, 3 runs, 3 earned)
Yoshitaka Hashimoto (2 innings, 0 runs)

Tigers:

Lineup:
1. Kiyoshi Abe - C (2-5, HR [3], 2 RBI)
2. Matt Murton - CF (0-3, sac bunt)
3. Takashi Toritani - SS (2-4)
4. Tomoaki Kanemoto - 1B (2-4, 2 HR [11, 12], 4 RBI)
5. Kazuteru Tani - RF (1-4, HR [11], 1 RBI)
6. Takahiro Arai - 3B (1-4, HR [7], 1 RBI, SO)
7. Keisuke Kanoh – LF (0-4)
8. Keiichi Hirano - 2B (1-4)
9. PITCHER (1-3)
- Kenji Johjima – PH (0-1)

Pitcher(s):
Minoru Iwata (7 1/3 innings, 3 runs, 3 earned)
Randy Messenger (2/3 inning, 1 run, 1 earned)
Atsushi Kizuka (1 inning, 0 runs)

MVP:
Minoru Iwata – Great Pitching
Tomoaki Kanemoto – Gave his team the lead in the first, with a 2-run homerun

WP: Minoru Iwata (5-2)
LP: Masanori Ishikawa (1-3)
S: --

Nishinomiya Sports
May 15
Tigers win with the help of Kanemoto
- Tomoaki Kanemoto

Koshien Stadium, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo – The Tigers won yesterday, in a game that wasn’t too special. Kanemoto hit two homeruns, Tani hit one, and Arai hit one. The Swallows are doing very poorly this year (they are 12.5 games back).

CENTRAL LEAGUE UPDATE:
STANDINGS:

TEAM, GAMES BEHIND
1. Hanshin Tigers, --
2. Yomiuri Giants, 2 games
3. Chunichi Dragons, 5.5 games
4. Hiroshima Carp, 6 games
5. Yokohama BayStars, 10 games
6. Tokyo Yakult Swallows, 12.5 games

- Takaharu Sonada

May 24

Interleague play is upon us, and we're playing the Marines today. It's going to be a good game.

Chiba Lotte Marines (25-17) - 8
Hanshin Tigers (26-16) - 6

Marines:

Lineup:
1. Tadahito Iguchi - 2B (1-5, SO, HR [8], 2 RBI)
2. Takashi Ogino – CF (1-4, triple)
3. Saburo Ohmura – RF (2-4, SO, HR [5], 1 RBI)
4. Shoitsu Ohmatsu – LF (3-4, 2 HR [14, 15], 4 RBI)
5. Tsuyoshi Nishioka – SS (1-4, SO, HR [6], 1 RBI)
6. Kim Tae-Kyun - 1B (1-4, DP)
7. Toshiaki Imae - 3B (0-4, SO)
8. Juan Muniz – DH (1-4, triple)
9. Masahiko Tanaka – C (2-4)

Pitcher(s):
Shunsuke Watanabe (7 innings, 1 run, 1 earned)
Yasuhiko Yabuta (2/3 innings, 3 runs, 3 earned)
Hiroki Ueno (1/3 inning, 1 run, 1 earned)
Hiroyuki Kobayashi (2/3 inning, 1 run, 1 earned)
Yoshihiro Itoh (1/3 inning, 1 run, 1 earned)

Tigers:

Lineup:
1. Kiyoshi Abe - C (2-5, SB, 1 RBI)
2. Matt Murton - CF (1-5, double)
3. Takashi Toritani - SS (2-4, HR [4], 3 RBI, double)
4. Tomoaki Kanemoto - 1B (2-4, HR [13], 2 RBI)
5. Kazuteru Tani - RF (2-4)
6. Takahiro Arai - 3B (1-4, FC)
7. Kenji Johjima – DH (2-4, DP)
8. Keisuke Kanoh – LF (0-3)
- Craig Brazell – PH (1-1, double)
- Maeda Yamoto – PR [2B] (0-0)
9. Keiichi Hirano - 2B [LF] (0-4, DP)
- Ivan Adamsky – REPLACEMENT DUE TO INJURY [LF] (0-0)

Pitcher(s):
Atsushi Nohmi (7 2/3 innings, 5 runs, 5 earned)
Kiyoshi Toyoda (2/3 inning, 2 runs, 2 earned)
Kenta Abe (1/3 inning, 1 run, 1 earned)

NOTES:
Shoitsu Ohmatsu – 100th career HR

MVP:
Tadahito Iguchi – Walk-off 2-run homerun in the 9th

WP: Yoshihiro Itoh (3-0)
LP: Kiyoshi Toyoda (2-1)
S: --

Nishinomiya Sports
May 25
Tigers lose in walk-off fashion
- Tadahito Iguchi

Chiba Marine Stadium, Chiba City, Chiba, Kantō – The Tigers lose a heart-breaker. It was such a close, and exhilarating game, the final score being 8-6, Marines. And it’s thanks to the great contributions of Shoitsu Ohmatsu, Saburo Ohmura, and in the bottom of the 9th, Tadahito Iguchi. His homerun was a bomb to center, and sadly, the Tigers ended up losing due to it. Muniz preceded Iguchi with an off-the-wall triple, where Hirano jumped, and hit the wall hard, he stated after the game “I should be fine for tomorrow, I just got the wind knocked out of me. Mayumi-senpai took me out to protect me from any further injuries. It wasn’t anything bad.”

Well, Hirano, we’re glad to see that you’re fine. And hopefully, we’ll be able to win our next game!

Also, it seems that Toritani is finally coming out of his slump, he has been struggling (.240 BA, 3 HR, 19 RBI) but yesterday, he hit a homerun, a double, and had 3 RBI’s. Congratulations Toritani, we wish you the best.

In other news, Shoitsu Ohmatsu hit his 100th career homerun yesterday. It was a homer in the second. And one that gave the Marines an early advantage.

- Takaharu Sonada

Nishinomiya Sports
May 30
Tiger sign rookie outfielder, Riki Kawamoto

Koshien Stadium, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo - The Tigers have just finalized a contract to sign rookie sensation, Riki Kawamoto. Hopefully he will be a big help to the team, he will be the starting center-fielder, Matt Murton will move to left, Keisuke Kanoh will move to the bench, and Ryo Asai will move down to the second string team. Best of luck everyone!

SCOUTING REPORT:
NAME, POSITION, 2ND POSITION, NUMBER, TRJ, CON, POW, RUN, ARM, FLD, E RES
Riki Kawamoto, CF, OF, 88, 2, C, C, B, A, C, B

- Takaharu Sonada (ソナーダ隆晴)


Nishinomiya Sports
June 1
MVP's of May - Tigers

Kyuji Fujikawa - Pitcher of the Month (0.87 ERA, 2 wins, and 7 saves)

Congartulations!

- Takaharu Sonada (ソナーダ隆晴)

June 1


We're playing the Lions today! We haven't played them in a while...

Hanshin Tigers (31-17) - 11
Saitama Seibu Lions (25-27) - 14

Tigers:

Lineup:
1. Kiyoshi Abe - C (2-5, HR [4], 3 RBI, SB)
- PITCHER (0-0)
2. Matt Murton - LF (3-5, HR [9], 1 RBI)
3. Takashi Toritani - SS (3-4, BB, HR [6], 2 RBI)
4. Tomoaki Kanemoto - 1B (0-5)
5. Kazuteru Tani - RF (4-5, 3 HR [13, 14, 15], 4 RBI)
6. Takahiro Arai - 3B (1-5, double, SO)
7. Riki Kawamoto - CF (2-5, picked off, 1 RBI)
8. Keiichi Hirano - 2B (2-5, SB)
9. PITCHER (0-2, sac bunt)
- Kenji Johjima – PH [C] (1-1, double)

Pitcher(s):
Seth Greisinger (7 innings, 5 runs, 5 earned)
Shen Jin (0 innings, 4 runs, 4 earned)
Kiyoshi Toyoda (0 innings, 3 runs, 3 earned)
Atsushi Kizuka (1 inning, 2 runs, 2 earned)
Kenta Abe (1 inning, 0 runs)

Lions:
1. Yasuyuki Kataoka - 2B (2-6, SO, 2 triples, 3 RBI)
2. Tomoaki Satoh – LF (3-6, double, 1 RBI)
3. Takeya Nakamura - 1B (2-4, 2 HR [13, 14], 3 RBI, IBB)
4. Hiroyuki Nakajima – SS (1-5, double, DP)
5. Takumi Kuriyama – CF (2-5, 1 RBI)
6. G. G. Sato – RF (3-5, 3 HR [5, 6, 7], 6 RBI)
7. Tohru Hosokawa – C (2-5, double)
8. Takuya Hara - 3B (3-5, double)
9. PITCHER (1-2)
- Yutaro Ohsaki – PH (0-1, DP)
- Hiroyuki Ohshima – PH (1-1)
- Taketoshi Gotoh – PH (0-1)

Pitcher(s):
Ryoma Nogami (1 2/3 innings, 5 runs, 5 earned)
Shuichiro Osada (2 1/3 innings, 2 runs, 2 earned)
Hsu Ming-Chieh (1 inning, 1 run, 1 earned)
Yoshihiro Doi (2 innings, 1 run, 1 earned)
Jun Yamamoto (1 inning, 0 runs)
Taiyo Fujita (2/3 inning, 2 runs, 2 earned)
Brian Sikorski (1/3 inning, 0 runs)

MVP:
Yasuyuki Kataoka – Gave his team the lead with a bases-clearing triple in the 8th

WP: Yoshihiro Doi (1-0)
LP: Kiyoshi Toyoda (2-2)
S: Brian Sikorski (15)

Nishinomiya Sports
June 2
Tigers bullpen loses it
- Yasuyuki Kataoka

Koshien Stadium, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo – The Tigers lost another heart-breaker yesterday. It involved a 9-run 8th for The Lions, giving them a lead, and they would never look back. Rookie Riki Kawamoto did well today, he had an excellent diving catch in center, along with his first ever major league assist, and let me tell you, it was a beauty. He caught the hard line-drive, whipped it home, and Abe applied the tough tag to seal the deal. Although that along with Tani’s 3 homeruns were the only bright sides in this game. Honestly, the bullpen is really bad, the 4 best in there, Fujikawa, Toyoda, Kizuka, and Abe are doing well, for the most part. Toyoda is in a slump, but, luckily Fujikawa is on fire, with a 1.88 ERA so far this season, if we can get to him, he’ll close it out, for sure.

- Takaharu Sonada (ソナーダ隆晴)

The Tigers got quite the signing there in Kawamoto. How old is he?

And as his agent, I'm ecstatic to see that Fujikawa is living up to his "awesome" label.

Come on, sign a great rookie pitcher now!

Kawamoto is 19! And he's quite the ballplayer.

And as the GM, I'm also happy Fujikawa is living up to his "awesome" label!


I'm trying to make a good one, and there isn't a really good one that I can trade for without trading Fujikawa, which isn't happening.
Moriyama is probably the best starter I have. I made a reliever, which I plan on importing soon, he's pretty good.

June 4

Continuing on interleague play, we're playing the Fighters today!

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (27-25) - 9
Hanshin Tigers (32-18) - 4

Fighters:

Lineup:
1. Atsunori Inaba – RF (3-5, HR [15], 2 RBI)
2. Hichori Morimoto – LF (0-4, 2 SO, sac bunt)
3. Yoshio Itoi – CF (3-5, double)
4. Tomohiro Nioka - 3B (1-4, double, 1 RBI)
- Arada – PR (0-1)
5. Makoto Kaneko – SS (2-5)
6. Kensuke Tanaka - 2B (2-4, SB, triple, 2 RBI)
7. Eiichi Koyano - 1B (3-4, HR [3], 2 RBI)
8. Shinya Tsuruoka – C (1-4, SO, double, 1 RBI)
9. Shinji Takahashi - DH (2-4, double)

Pitcher(s):
Kazuhito Tadano (5 innings, 4 runs, 4 earned)
Naoki Miyanishi (2 innings, 0 runs)
Masanori Hayashi (1 1/3 innings, 0 runs)
Hisashi Takeda (2/3 inning, 0 runs)

Tigers:

Lineup:
1. Kiyoshi Abe - C (1-3, double, BB)
2. Matt Murton - LF (2-4, HR [10], 2 RBI)
3. Takashi Toritani - SS (2-4, HR [8], 1 RBI)
4. Tomoaki Kanemoto - 1B (0-4, DP)
5. Kazuteru Tani - RF (1-3, HR [17], 1 RBI, BB)
6. Takahiro Arai - 3B (0-4)
7. Kenji Johjima – DH (1-4, double)
8. Riki Kawamoto - CF (1-3, double, BB)
9. Keiichi Hirano - 2B (0-3)
- Kodai Sakurai – PH (0-1, DP)

Pitcher(s):
Tsuyoshi Moriyama (6+ innings, 4 runs, 4 earned)
Kenta Abe (1/3 inning, 2 runs, 2 earned)
Kiyoshi Toyoda (0 innings, 3 runs, 3 earned)
Atsushi Kizuka (1 2/3 innings, 0 runs)

MVP:
Tomohiro Nioka – Gave his team the lead with an RBI double in the 7th

WP: Naoki Miyanashi (1-1)
LP: Kenta Abe (1-1)
S: Hisashi Takeda (10)

Nishinomiya Sports
June 4
Tigers have another bullpen implosion


Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Hokkaidō – The Tigers bullpen once again, loses the game for them. Moriyama went 6 innings, giving up 4. The Tigers handed it over to Abe. He did okay, but ended up getting the loss. Although it should have went to the struggling Toyoda. He, once a gain, wasn’t able to record an out. We spoke to him afterwards. He had this to say: “It seems that nothing I’m throwing works, I should have gotten the loss today, not Abe.”

At least he knows that he’s struggling.

- Takaharu Sonada (ソナーダ隆晴)

Moriyama expressed his anger with the bullpen. But he also says it is his fault as well. He hopes that the bullpen will pull through, eventually.

OH YEAH!

I just remembered about how I said that people could be parts of the front office...

Here's what I have so far:

[tm]: Senior Advisor, Todd Michaels
PPJ: Scouting Director (right?): [Name to be determined on]
maccrash, you were something too right (sorry for my poor memory...)

Anyone else who like to be something, I'll gladly add you

I'll update the story a little bit:

June 5
"Well, with the recent struggling with the bullpen, we've decide to make some changes, Tomoyuki Kubota, and Hirotaka Egusa have been called up from the second string team. Although when calling people up, sadly, you have to send people down as well. We have sent down Jason Standridge, Shen Jin. We have also finalized a trade with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, to send Ryo Watanabe over for Yoshinori Tateyama. Hopefully, he will be able to add to this struggling bullpen. He is sporting a 1.46 ERA as of right now. He should be of great help. Atsushi Kizuka was sent down to make room for the new addition."

Finally, my press conference was over.
I heard my phone ring, it was the owner.
"Moshi moshi." I said (it is a custom in Japan to say that)
"Hello Jack, it seems that Todd Michaels has finally showed up, we actually forgot about him here...so...um...yeah. But, regarless, he's here now, and waiting for you in your office." He said to me.
"Alright, I'll be right over."
I hung up, and rushed to my office, to see Todd Michaels.
When I got settled, I started the interview.
"Hi, my name is Jack Allen." I said
"Hi, I'm Todd Michaels, I would like to apply for the job of senior advisor." He said to me, in a determined tone.
"Okay, cool, we actually just lost our previous one due to retirement. Tell me, why do you want this job?"

[tm], answer however you wish:
1. The money!
2. The title!
3. To help a team that's been struggling as of late
4. Because I love the game of baseball, and I hope to improve it in any way that I can.

I'll say: "3. To help a team that's been struggling as of late"

Right. I can't wait to help out as the scouting director!

June 5
"To help a team that's been struggling as of late" he said.
"Alright then, excellent. You know, you've already been appointed for the job, so this interview is pointless." I said to him
"Really?! That's great! Thank you sir, thank you! But if I may ask, why did you present that question to me?"
"Well, I wanted to see who we were hiring, and it seems that we made the right choice. Welcome to the team Todd."
"Thank you sir. Thank you very much."

So now [tm], you can tell me stuff that you think I should do, and if you want to do any real research (you don't have to, but if you want to) go to this site: http://japanesebaseball.com/
It's really cool, and has all of the teams and stats.

Another possible site is: http://www.npb.or.jp/eng/
It basically does the same thing, so either choice is fine (again, this is fully optional).
PowerPro Jr wrote:
Powerprosfan31 wrote:
PPJ: Scouting Director (right?): [Name to be determined on]


Right. I can't wait to help out as the scouting director!

June 7
As I was leaving my house to do some grocery shopping, my phone rang, and guess who it was... The owner.
"Moshi moshi" I said
"Jack, come to the office, we have someone for you to meet." He said
"Okay, I'll be right there"
He hung up, and I dropped everything, and drove as fast as I could to the stadium, as the way the owner said that sounded urgent.
When I got there, I saw someone new, someone who I've never seen before sitting in Shigeru Kanda's seat. He was our scouting director.
I asked the owner, "Hey, who's the new guy, and what happened to Kanda-senpai?"
"Kanda will be away for a long time, his wife has come down with an illness, and a bad one at that." He said to me
"Well, that isn't good. But, who's the new guy? His replacement I would assume."
You have assumed correctly, he is his replacement. His name, I don't remember..."
"What? How do you expect me to hire him if I don't know his name?"
"Wing it."
"Wing it?"
"Wing it. It's the only thing you can do."
"Okay sir, I'll do that."
So, I made the decision to "wing it" and went over to talk to him.
"Hello, my name is Jack Allen, I'm the new GM here."
"Hi, my name is Preston Greene" He said to me
"(Thank god he told me his name) Hello Preston, how are you doing today?"
"Good sir, how are you?"
"Fine, thank you for asking. I hear your trying to become the new scouting director, huh?"
"Yes sir. I heard that there was a spot open and-"
"Speak no more, welcome to the team."
"You're not going to interview me or anything?"
"Nope, you look qualified."
"Jack!" The owner gave me the look-of-death.
"Sir, I'm sure you'll understand, this man looks fully qualified, plus we need a new scouting director, and he's the only one who applied." I said back to him.
"Fine, but if this is the wrong decision, you're in for it Jack."
"'It'?"
I disregarded his statement, and hoped that it was the right decision.

Preston Greene will be my name, as I have used this alias in both stemmy's (dead?) log, and in my Backyard Baseball log, so why stop now?

And hiring me WILL be the right decision.