Baseball Tokyo Olympics wins long-awaited gold medal Inaba's selection of players is key January 3, 4:11
Baseball will be revived as an additional event in the Tokyo Olympics for the first time in 12 years. In Japan, Toshiki Inaba's player selection is the key to winning the long-awaited gold medal.
Japan won the international pitch “Premier 12”, which was held in November last year as a preparatory battle for the Olympic Games, with its abundant pitchers.
Baseball has become an official competition since the 1992 Barcelona Games in the Olympics, but since then, Japan has never won a gold medal and aims to achieve a long-cherished wish in its home country.
The national team will be holding a training camp in Sendai one week before the first match for the tournament, but unlike other competitions, there is never a chance for members to gather.
Under these circumstances, Manager Inaba will start inspections at the camp of 12 professional baseball teams next month, and will carefully consider the conditions and conditions of players during the season and proceed with member selection.
The number of Olympic athletes will decrease from Premier 12 to four, to 24, so the pitchers must be thickened or run on the ground to set up an aggressive pitcher relay that worked successfully in Premier 12. Judgment based on team strategy is required to call for players who excel in one art, such as Yukyo Shuto of Softbank.