Giants manager Tatsunori Hara, who finished fourth in the professional baseball Central League this season, will continue to lead the team next season, the second year of his three-year contract.

This season, the giants took the lead in April and made a maximum of "11" wins, but after that, the number of games where Hayato Sakamoto left and the pitchers were driven increased, and the ranking gradually dropped to 4th place. At the end of the season, we missed the championship for the second year in a row.



On the 4th, Director Hara visited the team office in Tokyo and reported to owner Juichi Yamaguchi about this season's battles.



After receiving the report, the owner Yamaguchi responded to the press interview, "Director Hara reflected on his conceit and expressed a strong desire that it would not end as it is, so we respected that desire and decided to entrust the rebuilding. It was officially decided that Director Hara will continue to command next season, which will be the second year of his three-year contract.



Manager Hara said, "The team's batting average and team's ERA were poor, and there were many things that were lacking in terms of invisible team play this season. I sincerely accept that we weren't a team that could win the championship." I looked back on this season when I couldn't advance to the climax series for the first time.



Then, "It was a very frustrating season, and that frustration inspired me and gave me a new passion, a burning feeling that I couldn't let it end like this. I'm going to do it with the thought of building a strong team." He expressed his hopes for next season.