Professional baseball giant Mathison pitcher resigned October 25, 19:22
For this season only, pitcher Mathison, who left the baseball / giant team, attended a press conference and expressed his appreciation for "the eight years played as a giant is the highlight of his baseball life".
Machison pitcher was a giant, mainly as a relay, climbing to 421 games in 8 years, marking 27 wins, 29 losses, 54 saves, and 174 holds, winning twice as the best relay title.
Just after the fourth round of the Japanese Series, Toshitoi, pitcher Mathison announced that he would retire from the giant as long as this season, and retired after aiming for the Tokyo Olympics as a representative of his home country, Canada.
On May 25, pitcher Mathison went to a press conference in Tokyo and explained the reason for his retirement, “I couldn't imagine the performance I had last year because of my knee surgery.”
After that, “I had three surgeries before coming to Japan, and I was in the bottom. I was able to reaffirm my love for baseball by touching Japanese baseball. The eight years I played as a giant is the highlight of my baseball life.” talked.
At the end of the conference, Shinnosuke Abe, who retired from the current season, appeared, and handed a bouquet of thanks to the pitcher Mathison and shook hands.