14-year-old Orix Kishida breaks into active life September 29, 22:27
Pitcher Kishida, a professional baseball player who supported the team mainly as a restraint and relay, participated in a retirement match held at Kyocera Dome Osaka and said goodbye to 14 years of active life.
The 38-year-old pitcher Kishida played with Orix for 14 years, mainly as a restraint or relay, but for the past few years, suffered from injuries such as the waist and expressed his retirement only for this season.
On the 29th, we climbed the 9th round of the 4-point lead to the Softbank game, which was the final game of this season in Kyocera Dome Osaka, and we faced the top team Tomoki Takada.
Before the match, he said that the first mound of the first army this season was a retirement match, saying, “It ’s a strange feeling different than before.” I threw it, swung everything and robbed it.
In the match, ORIX won 5: 1, and the retirement game of pitcher Kishida was decorated with victory.
After the match, a retirement ceremony was held, and pitcher Kishida said to fans and teammates, “Orix will be stronger. It will be a long tunnel. Players will meet your expectations of winning. Thank you for 14 years. "I'm sorry."
Lastly, after being raised by teammates and staff near Mound, Pitcher Kishida finished his 14-year active life with ORIX by making one round of the familiar ground.