Tokyo Olympic Baseball Director Inaba is wary of Israel "Individual ability is high" September 23, 15:36
The Japanese national team coach Atsuki Inaba, who visited the tournament after Israel won the baseball tournament in Europe and Africa and decided to participate in the Tokyo Olympics, showed a sense of caution.
Baseball Europe / Africa qualifiers were held in Italy from 18 to 22 this month, and Israel defeated the Netherlands and Italy, which had participated in the Olympics four times so far, and decided to participate in the Tokyo Olympics next year.
Israel was the first to participate in the Olympics, and it was the first time that Israel had acquired the right to participate outside the host country of the 6 teams participating in the Tokyo Olympics.
Israel is organized around American minor league players, and some players have played in major leagues.
In Otototo WBC = World Baseball Classic, I have beaten Korea and Cuba, which have run second.
Director Inaba, who returned from his qualifying visit, said, “Israel overturned the expectation that the Netherlands and Italy will win. Basically, both pitchers and batters were competing for power. He was good and the pitcher's ball was very strong and the individual abilities were high. "
“The 3rd and 4th batters were very strong and they were also hitting the home run. I'm going to find the weak points, but I felt that Japanese pitchers would be able to catch them if they did n’t throw them well with emphasis on control.” I showed a sense of vigilance.