tough-love #2
巨人で選手として活躍し，監督としてＶ９を達成した川上哲治氏が東京都稲城市内の病院で老衰のため死去しました。
巨人監督時代の川上氏の指導方針を記事ではhis ruthless, tough-love styleと表現しています。tough-loveは過去に本ブログでも採り上げられていますが，「（友人や家族の麻薬中毒などを治すために）きびしい態度をとること」，いわゆる「愛のむち」という意味です（『プログレッシブ英和中辞典』小学館）。指導者や教育者にとって，この「愛のむち」の使い方が本当に難しい時代になりました。（Koyamamoto）
Legendary Giants skipper Kawakami dead at 93
'God of Hitting' guided the club to nine straight Japan Series titles
Former Yomiuri Giants manager Tetsuharu Kawakami, who led the famed club to nine consecutive championships from 1965 to 1973, has died of natural causes. He was 93.
Kawakami’s relatives said that the man who brandished a red-painted bat and was known as the “God of Hitting” passed away at a hospital in Inagi, Tokyo, at 4:58 p.m. Monday.
In his 18 years in pro baseball, Kawakami won five batting titles, two home run crowns, three RBI titles and had six titles for the most hits in a season. He was the first player in Japanese pro baseball to achieve 2,000 hits and was named the league’s MVP three times.
The Kumamoto Prefecture native, who played for the Giants from 1938 to 1958, ended his playing career with a .313 batting average, 2,351 hits, 181 homers and 1,319 runs batted in over 1,979 games.
Appointed Giants skipper in 1961, he was known for his ruthless, tough-love style. Kawakami guided the Giants to 11 Central League pennants, winning the Japan Series in every case. He sat at the helm during the team’s golden era when sluggers Shigeo Nagashima and Sadaharu Oh led the V9 Giants to nine consecutive Japan Series championships (1965-73).
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/10/30/baseball/legendary-giants-skipper-kawakami-dead-at-93/#.UnEFEijQVqM
