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[Nippon-Ham] Manager Shinjo: “There are four strategies to crush Moinelo” – Final stage of CS starts tomorrow

Sports Hochi

2025.10.14(火) 18:49

Manager Tsuyoshi Shinjo (right) and Players' Association President Go Matsumoto show their enthusiasm ahead of the final stage of the CS (photographer: Masahiko Ikeuchi)

The final stage (S) of the 2025 Persol Climax Series Pacific League will begin on the 15th at Mizuho PayPay Dome.

Nippon-Ham Fighters manager Tsuyoshi Shinjo, who held a press conference on the 14th, spoke passionately about how to deal with Moinelo, the opposing starting pitcher for the first game. “In the case of Moinelo, we have about four different strategies to block him, but he has about 32 signs, so we can’t increase that. Anyway, we have to wait for a straight pitch. We have to wait for a straight pitch and see how we can respond,” he said.

He then turned to Go Matsumoto who was also in the room, and asked, “Is it that fast? Is the quality different? Can’t you wait for the straight ball and hit that curveball? Wait for the curveball and then what about the curveball?” When Go Matsumoto answered, “Wait for the curveball and then you can hit the curveball,” the manager changed his strategy, saying, “Then that’s it.”

He also mentioned that pitch style is completely different between ESCON and Mizuho PayPay, and made everyone laugh by saying, “It’s really different. From ESCON. What is it, food?”

Last season, the team was eliminated after three straight losses, but he envisioned, “If there is a God out there, I hope The Fighters will win tomorrow, and then Softbank will win the next day, and so it will be a series where we alternate wins and it will be down to who will win at the very end.It wouldn’t be fun if we won too much, so I want to have a heated battle.”

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