Koichi Ogata didn't sound like a manager with a pennant on the horizon after watching his Hiroshima Carp drop two of three against the Chunichi Dragons, a team 16 games behind them in the standings, over the weekend.
"I apologize to the fans," the Carp manager was quoted as saying by Full-Count.jp.
That's what an 11-1 drilling, as the Carp suffered Sunday night, will do to a skipper.