Word: shinya
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...large corporations that finance the teams. Furuya, who had worked since 1955 for the Hanshin Electric Railway Co., the Tigers' owner, oversaw operations at Koshien Stadium before being appointed managing director. Furuya was "too earnest, sincere and had too strong a sense of responsibility," observed noted Sports Commentator Shinya Sasaki. "His title was managing director, but he was just another middle-class manager forced to shoulder heavy responsibility without being given authority to make a decision...