(1)Hanshin tips Hoshino to succeed Nomura

(1)Hanshin tips Hoshino to succeed Nomura

OSAKA, Japan - Hanshin Tigers general manager Katsuyoshi Nozaki speaks to reporters in Osaka on Dec. 9. He said the Central League club has decided to offer Senichi Hoshino, who stepped down as Chunichi Dragons manager in October, the manager's job to take over from Katsuya Nomura, who left the Tigers following the arrest of his wife and TV personality, Sachiyo on Dec. 7.

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