Professional baseball Giants honorary life manager Shigeo Nagashima visited Tokyo Dome to watch the season opening game between Giants and Hanshin held on the night of the 29th. He is currently hospitalized at a hospital in Tokyo, where he is undergoing treatment and rehabilitation, and he last appeared in public in November of last year.
He encouraged the team to win for the first time in four years, saying things like, ``We'll definitely win next year. We'll win! We'll wins next year!'