Some coaches are different than others. Some take a more laidback approach, others are more serious and some like to have fun with their job. To say the Nippon-Ham Fighters manager Tsuyoshi "Big Boss" Shinjo is having fun in his role is the understatement of the season century.

Since Shinjo — a former New York Met and San Francisco Giant — became the manager of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), he has done some rather unique things. For starters, he asked reporters to address him as "Big Boss." And he is living up to his name.

Shinjo is a character and every move he makes keeps the fans and players entertained — even if his team is off to an 0-5 start. Let's take a look at four ways he is keeping things interesting in a season that has barely started.

 

1. Asking reporters to call him 'Big Boss'

Not only is the name a statement, but so was Shinjo's outfit at his introductory press conference in November after getting the job. This red suit and the popped collar does not exactly read "subtle."

During his introduction he asked reporters to call him "Big Boss," and he was already showing off his personality and giving a solid preview of what was to come.

"Please everyone, don't call me manager. 'Big boss.' Please make it big boss. I like big boss. I don't need 'Manager Shinjo.' I'm not really very managerial, right? Please call me 'big boss.' I want the players to call me that, too," he said. "In Indonesia, in Bali, I was called that. That's all. That's just the way my life goes. Things occur to me and I go with it. I've been pretty much that way since the time I was in sixth grade in elementary school or my first year of junior high."

When asked what his answer was when he was offered the job, Big Boss said, "I gave them one line: 'Please! I'll do it.'"