Senichi Hoshino isn't ready to give up the fight.
Beating the Yomiuri Giants was his goal as a pitcher for the Chunichi Dragons, in his later years as the team's manager and again as the skipper for the Hanshin Tigers.
The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles manager has made a career out of trying to cut the Giants down to size and get Japan's glamor franchise a little dirty.
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