The giant has achieved the 38th victory for the second consecutive year. After an additional 10 rounds against Yakult, the giant black star disappeared at 3-3. At that time, Hanshin was defeated by DeNA and Draw, and Chunichi was defeated by Hiroshima, so the championship was decided during the match.

Director Tatsunori Hara (62), who has been in charge for 14 years, has won the Se League for the ninth time. The team won the championship for the first time in 6 years, aiming to be the best in Japan for the first time in 8 years in the Japanese series that begins on November 21 at the Kyocera Dome Osaka.

An unusual season in which the opening was delayed by about 3 months due to the spread of the new corona virus. Immediately before the opening, it was revealed that the two main players, Hayato Sakamoto and Takuzo Oshiro, were positive. Although he was hospitalized and adjustment was delayed, Director Hara assembled a team with free tact and overcame adversity.

In the Hanshin (Koshien) War on August 6, he sent infielder Daiki Masuda to the mound from the eighth inning and 1 kill, allowing for a huge 0-11 lead. In the 120-game season, which is a series of battles, the rescue team in the winning pattern was not exhausted. There were voices of pros and cons, but he said it was the “best policy” and looked for the next victory.

In the game against Hiroshima on September 21, he announced that he would be leaving pitcher Daisuke Naoe, who was in his sophomore year of high school and was about to win his first professional victory in the fifth inning, first and second base with a 4 lead. points. As for the batting line, Sakamoto, Yoshihiro Maru and others are also fully committed to the “supreme principle of victory” that gives a sign of sacrifice in developing the game. The batting order is not fixed, and while veterans are given a break, young players like infielder Naoki Yoshikawa and outfielder Seiya Matsubara are actively named. Matsubara, who was born in training, settled at No. 2 after mid-September and played a role in cleaning.

On September 11, Hara was the coach of V9 and scored the 1067 win, beating Tetsuji Kawakami, who has won a total of 1066 wins for the team’s number one coach. He reached the number one director position both in name and in reality.

As a “plenipotentiary manager” who is also responsible for the organization, he completed a maximum of 4 transfers in the league during the season, and had 5 players under control since training after February. Take advantage of this season’s special measures, which have expanded the number of foreign players and the number of players registered in the 1st Army. He created a team to fight the crown crash on and off the ground and stood at the peak of a special season.