Hanshin Takahashi Takafumi pitcher retires "baseball is life itself" September 25, 15:55
Pitcher Takafumi Takahashi, who was active as a professional baseball player in Hanshin and Chunichi, and retired during this season, looked back on 18 years of professional baseball life, saying, “Baseball was life itself”.
36-year-old pitcher Takahashi joined Sino-Japan in 2002 and played an active role as a successor. In 2010, he climbed 63 games and contributed to winning the league.
Even after moving to Hanshin in Japan in 2016, he played an active role as a successor, such as playing 500 games in total, but this season his left shoulder was not up and there was no opportunity for one army.
In 18 years professional, he climbed 531 games with 2 teams, 26 wins, 15 losses, 2 saves, 141 holds, and the defense rate was 3.26.
On the 25th, pitcher Takahashi gave a press conference at the baseball office in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture, and clarified why he decided to retire, saying that he was unable to throw the ball as he wanted and his body was limited.
Regarding the role as a relief pitcher, “I have been thinking only about suppressing the left batter representing the team. Although there was a hard part physically, in a position that can please or impress someone with only one ball I looked back.
In response to the question "What is baseball for Takahashi?"
At the conclusion of the press conference, pitcher Takahashi had the most smiling face when he received a surprise bouquet from Kousuke Fukudome, a teammate from the Chunichi era.