As the manager of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks first team, Akiyama Koji hasn't been having an easy time lately.
The coaching staff spent a long time researching and consulting many experts' opinions to mostly resolve Lin Guanglai's usage issues, but a new problem has arisen—and this new issue is even more serious and urgent than the one with Lin Guanglai:
Since winning the opening game 7-1 against the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, the SoftBank Team has not won a game, suffering a five-game losing streak and dropping to the bottom of the Pacific League standings.
Even more troubling for Akiyama Koji than this, is the major issues with the team's starting rotation pitchers:
On March 30th, SoftBank lost 1-3 to Rakuten, with ace starting pitcher, 2012 Eiji Sawamura Award winner Shetsu Shou, allowing 3 runs in 6 innings, with 2 earned runs;
