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落合博満氏 says he wants to see 江川卓 manage the Giants
The Yomiuri Giants have not yet named their next manager.
落合博満 backed 江川卓 for the job, saying he wants to see how the former player would lead a team.
落合 is a former manager of the Chunichi Dragons, while 江川 is a former Giants pitcher.
落合 is curious how 江川’s baseball thinking would shape his managing, compared with his approach as a player.
Former DeNA manager 中畑清 said 江川 had once wanted to manage, but added that he may have become too old.
Other names mentioned include 松井秀喜, 高橋由伸 and 原辰徳, though the Giants’ choice is still unknown.
The Giants are expected to consider former club figures, but no appointment or timing has been announced.
Former Chunichi manager Hiromitsu Ochiai said he wants to see how Suguru Egawa would manage the Giants.
Ochiai made the comment on TBS’s Sunday Morning on October 18, as the Giants’ next manager remained undecided.
He said he was interested in how Egawa’s baseball theories and approach would differ as a manager from his time as a player.
Former DeNA manager Kiyoshi Nakahata said Egawa had wanted to manage at one point, but suggested he may now be too old.
Nakahata also mentioned other possible candidates, including Hideki Matsui, Tatsunori Hara and Yoshinobu Takahashi.
- Who
- Hiromitsu Ochiai said he wants to see Suguru Egawa manage the Giants.
- What
- Ochiai expressed support for Egawa as the Giants’ next manager.
- When
- October 18, 2026, during a TBS Sunday Morning broadcast.
- Where
- On TBS’s Sunday Morning television program in Japan.
- Why
- Ochiai said he is interested in how Egawa’s baseball theories and approach would differ as a manager from his time as a player.
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Chunichi’s new manager, Kimiyasu Kudo, held an appointment press conference at a hotel in Nagoya.
On Sunday Morning, Ochiai said he wanted to see Egawa manage the Giants, while Nakahata discussed possible candidates.
- Program
- TBS’s Sunday Morning
- Date
- October 18, 2026
- Giants manager
- The next manager had not yet been decided
- Ochiai’s choice
- Suguru Egawa
- Other names mentioned
- Hideki Matsui, Tatsunori Hara and Yoshinobu Takahashi
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I want to see Egawa's baseball once.
I want to see Egawa's baseball once. I'm most interested in it.
There was a time when he said he wanted to do it, but perhaps he has gotten a little old.