The oldest in action Lotte Fukuura retires and finishes with fine play September 23 23:30
Kazuya Fukuura, who is the oldest active Lotte player, went on a retirement match on the 23rd, and finally finished the match with a fine play from himself, wrapped in a great cheer of fans. I ended my 26 years of active life.
The 43-year-old Fukuura, who also serves as the 2nd-attacking coach, announced his retirement only in this season in January, and on the 23rd, Nippon Ham was held at the ZOZO Marine Stadium in Chiba City as the last match. I started in the battle with the 7th designated hitter.
All the Lotte players participated in uniforms with the same number “9” as Fukuura players in order to make the retirement game exciting, and the first ball was the second son of Fukuura ’s fifth grader.
Fukuura, a native of Chiba and a 26-year-old Lotte player, was a short goro in the first batting, a pitcher goro in the second batting, a light fly in the third batting, a catcher fly in the last four batting, and it was a no-hit on the 23rd. However, every time I was at the batting, I was applauded by fans and teammates.
In addition, in the 9th time, he was defensive at first, dive-catching the last batter's sharp liner, and ending the retirement game with fine play.
Fukuura gave a speech at the post-game ceremony, saying, “The cheering of the fans helped me, gave me courage, and moved my body until today. The same 9 times, he was raised and was smiling.
Fukuura participated in 2235 games in 26 years of professional career, with a batting average of 20: 8: 4, 118 home runs, 935 RBIs, and 2000 hits.