Munetaka Murakami, a mainstay player for Yakult professional baseball team, complained of tightness in his left buttock during a training camp. He had to cut short practice midway to undergo tests at a hospital.
The 7th was the second day of the second season of the Yakult pro baseball camp held in Urasoe City, Okinawa Prefecture. Coach Takatsu told him to rest the next day and the day after, and to participate in the next session.