Seibu, the only team out of 12 professional baseball teams not yet in camp, arrived in Miyazaki Prefecture ahead of the start of the game on the 6th. Manager Kazuo Matsui expressed his enthusiasm, saying, ``We want to go in with a strong desire to win.'' Seibu's regular season opening day is almost the same as last year, which was delayed due to the WBC, so this year the camp-in schedule will be shifted and it will start on the6th.
Last season, Matsui's first year as manager, they finished in 5th place.