JCL Best Manager, Matsui of the Yomiuri Giants
<Hikaru Matsui:coach#988>, skipper of the <Yomiuri Giants:team#292> was voted 2032 Central League Manager of the Year and accepted the award earlier today.

He guided <Yomiuri:team#292> to first place in the Central League with a 83-63 record.

"I'm very happy about this," he said at the press conference, "But I'm more happy about what my boys did on the field. They battled their butts off for me all year. They should get the credit."