Transfer to Hanshin Pitcher Nakata meets "playing like a newcomer" October 29, 21:44
Pitcher Kenichi Nakata, who transferred from the professional baseball softbank to Hanshin for free trade, held a conference, and expressed his enthusiasm, "I want to play like a rookie and raise Yano."
In his 15th year, 37-year-old Nakata pitcher was an experienced right pitcher who achieved 100 wins in total and transferred from Softbank to Hanshin for free trade without exchange personnel or money.
On 29th, we held a conference at the baseball office in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture, and said, “I was grateful when I received a talk from Hanshin. “I thought,” he said.
After that, he talked about his enthusiasm, “The team is the best, and I want to go up to the mound with a feeling of joy like a rookie.
Nakata's back number was decided to be “20”, the same as the rookie era when he joined Sino-Japan.
The head of the Shukyu Tanimoto team was expecting, “I think he ’s the right number for him.