Former Giants coach and talent Daisuke Motoki
Photo by Sponichi
Daisuke Motoki (52), who retired as coach of the Giants last season and returned to talent, appeared as a guest on Nippon Broadcasting System’s “Nights the Radio Show” (Monday to Thursday at 1 p.m.) on the 22nd He revealed how he became the coach of the Giants after receiving a direct offer from former manager Tatsunori Hara (65) and his feelings at the time.
Motoki, who had earned the nickname “Hazy” during his playing days, retired at the end of the 2005 season. Subsequently, he turned to talent using his cheerful personality and became popular on variety shows. His appointment as head coach was announced in October 2018 and he was named home defense and shooting coach in 2019. He also served as head coach from 2020 to 2022.
It was during the 2018 season that I received a direct offer from Hara to become my coach. In the parking lot, after playing golf, I received a call from someone who said, “I randomly checked LINE and saw it was Hara-san, so I wondered what it was…”
At the time, it had been about a week since I’d seen a newspaper article that Yoshinobu Takahashi (48), who served as coach from 2015 to 2018, would continue pitching next season, so I thought, “I hope he does his duty”. better,” and told Hara, “I thought it was an invitation to play golf,” he said.
However, when I opened LINE, I saw the words “Please lend me your help.” Yet I thought, “I wonder if Mr. Hara is working on changing coaches to Yoshinobu (who will continue to play).” However, when I asked, “Will Mr. Hara be the director?”, he replied, “I think so.”
“My head was confused. It was published a week ago, but it was in the paper. The paper beat me to it… I thought it must be the truth since Mr. Hara was saying it directly.” …”
However, once I knew this, I made an immediate decision. He immediately replied, “I understand. If it’s okay with me, I’ll do my best.” He promptly accepted the appointment and responded.
“I thought it would never happen again,” he said of his return to the world of baseball. “I was on a variety show and I thought it would never happen again, so I never expected it, really. I didn’t expect it and I was nervous. But I was also very happy. I could wear the uniform again .”That’s what I thought.”
After the official announcement of his appointment, Mr. Hara was criticized a lot, saying: “Why do you have people like that as your coaches?” So, I decided to do my best to avoid clashing with Hara. managed to win the championship the following year, so I was very happy.”
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