Mr. Kaneda died Lotte's manager and player silently before practice October 7th 11:08
Lotte coach Motohito Iguchi and 7 players were named after Shinichi Kaneda, who became one of Japan's top coaches for Lotte, who won the unprecedented 400 wins of the national baseball and giants of professional baseball. I gave a silence before the day practice.
Mr. Kaneda retired from active duty in 1969, then served as the director of Lotte for 8 years, 6 years from 1972 and 2 years from 1992, winning the league in 1974 and becoming the best in Japan Led.
In response to the death of Mr. Kaneda on the 6th, in the Lotte autumn practice held at the ZOZO Marine Stadium in Chiba City, towards the photo of Kaneda who has been raised to achieve the best in Japan that was projected on the back screen , Director Iguchi, the players and the team staff gave a silence for about 1 minute.
In addition, the stadium was held with a half flag of the team to express condolences, and the athlete practiced with a mourning emblem on his left arm.
Director Iguchi said, “I felt like I was talking at the Tokyo Dome, and I was talking about it. I had a lot of talk, and when I became the director, I taught what the director was like. If you look at the record, it is 400 wins as a pitcher, but we only have the image of a director.It is also the director when Lotte won the championship in 1974 and became the best in Japan, so we inherited that idea I want to win next year, and I want to be a coach who can pull the players like Mr. Kanada, who was really powerful. ”