Toritani who joined Lotte "Thank you for playing baseball again" March 11 12:57
Takashi Toriya, who joined professional baseball and Lotte, visited the home base of the team in Chiba City and said, "I want to thank you for playing baseball again."
Toritani, 38, has been playing in Hanshin for 16 years and has achieved a total of 2,000 hits. However, last year he was forced to retire from the baseball team and was retired, and decided to move to Lotte on the 10th.
Toritani visited the ZOZO Marine Stadium, the home of Lotte in Chiba City, in a dark blue suit on the morning of the 11th, and greeted Manager Ichiguchi and his players.
Toritani, who responded to the interview after this, said, "I am very grateful and excited to be able to play baseball again. I do not know how many years I can play and it will not be long. I hope that I can finish my baseball life in a way that I understand I would like to do it, "he said, and revealed that he had decided to retire if he did not decide on his team before the start of the season.
And for the period when the affiliation was not decided, he said, `` I prepared just to be able to move my body firmly at the time I decided '', and said, `` Of course I aim for a regular more than I do, and in an empty position There is only a way to seize the opportunity, so I want to be ready to take any position. "
When asked about the new uniform number "00", he said, "The baseball team told me to start from zero, so I want to make the number" 00 "a nice number with a new feeling. I hope we can help in a different way. "
Toritani is not participating in the camp, so we will first make adjustments to regain a sense of actual combat with the second army.