Hanshin Tigers.

Nothing quenches the thirst in the hot summer months like beer. Drinking a beer in a stadium is the one of bestests. Now Tigers is in the first place. Marshal support from fans is the bestest in the world. I often lamented over their tameness until 2001. Tigers was floundering at that time. Almost every year, Tigers, the honorable team, were in the lowest place for more than 10 years. We never gave up them. We mustered ourselves. But Tigers got mired always. Tigers is a very unaccountable team. They have been enthralling many Osakans and Japanese.



What exacerbated Tigers is the popularity. Even if they lost, there are the good many fans in the stadium. The number never dwindled.



Hoshino Senichi, who was a field manager of Tigers and is a field manager of Japan's national team, called as 燃える男 (The glowing man), refurbished the team in 2002. His fighting spirits permeated into the team soon. He mesmerized fueled payers and got fans intoxicated. Tigers got the pennant in 2003. We turned back the place of us.



He was not a mere field manager. He elicited marshal support from up front, that was that other field players couldn't. He fueled even the degenerate up front. Nothing quenches the thirst like "win".



If you find the field manager, Hoshino Senichi, on TV, it is the hero of Osaka whom every Osakan respect.



Horosawa Katsumi sang Rokkou-Oroshi after a game.







Have a nice day.



I took the photo at Houkokuji.