Akihide Hitachi High School's baseball club runs out of metal bats. Maybe club members sold them?

It has been learned that the baseball club at Akihide Hitachi High School in Ibaraki Prefecture, a high school baseball powerhouse, has run out of metal bats, and the school is consulting with the police. According to officials, multiple club members have so far told the school that they have sold their items to a thrift store.

According to Akihide Hitachi High School in Hitachi City, the baseball club ran out of metal bats last month, and metal bats with similar characteristics were found for sale at a recycling shop in the city.

According to officials, several club members have brought several metal bats to the school and offered to sell them to a thrift store.

Last month, the school held an emergency parent meeting for the baseball club and reported on the incident.

According to officials, the baseball club has had baseball equipment and personal items go missing from dormitories in the past, and the school says it would like to ``consider how to deal with this in the future.''

Akihide Hitachi High School's hardball baseball club is a strong school that has participated in Koshien consecutively in spring and summer.

The Ibaraki Prefecture High School Baseball Federation said, ``We received a call from the school that equipment had been stolen.We instructed them to confirm the facts and report.''

Parent: “I had heard that there was theft from the time I entered the school.”

In an interview with NHK, a parent of a student attending Akihide Hitachi High School testified, ``In the club, I have heard from children that members' belongings have gone missing in the past.''

Regarding the situation at this emergency parents' meeting, ``I heard that several students raised their hands and said that they had done it.They also explained that they would be coordinating with the police.'' "It was done," he said.

A parent said, ``I've heard that since the time I entered the school, there has been theft between individuals, and baseball equipment, personal belongings, and money have been lost.I want the baseball club to be cleaner.''