Senior Director Morinaka Senior Director to leave the team only this season Oct. 1 20:04

Mr. Shigekazu Mori, who was a director in front of professional baseball and Chunichi and was the senior director of the team that was responsible for the acquisition of foreign players, etc., will be leaving this season only.

Mr. Mori is 64 years old from Chiba Prefecture.

During his career, he worked as a pitcher for Seibu and later became a leader.

Among them, in the middle of Japan, he was coached for 11 years under the supervision of Hiromitsu Ochiai and Shigenobu Tanimoto, acting as a director in the middle of the 2016 season, and the director for the next two years from the following year to last year. It was.

On the other hand, after having retired as a senior director of the team, he showed his strength in acquiring foreign players such as Bissiedo, who had a thick pipe in Latin America and won the top batter last season. I was in charge of acquisition.

However, the team decided that a contract was not made with Mr. Mori next season, and told one Japanese that the front desk needed to train young people.

“You can't rely on Ms. Mori for a long time. Thank you for working for Chunichi for a long time,” said Hiroya Yano, president of the team.

On the first day of the day, we told five people, including veteran catchers and Shingo Takeyama, that they will not sign a contract next season.