Professional baseball / Rakuten Opening of baseball facility for the first time in 40 days Resume voluntary training May 8 18:52
For the first time in 40 days, professional baseball / Rakuten opened the team's facility, which had been closed to prevent infection with the new coronavirus, for the first time in 40 days, and resumed voluntary training from 8th.
As a measure to prevent infection of players and staff, Rakuten has instructed the team to suspend activities from March 30, close the stadium and practice facilities, and refrain from going out unnecessarily and urgently.
However, in response to the cancellation of the request for leave from Miyagi Prefecture on the 7th, the team's facilities were opened to athletes and the voluntary training was resumed from the 8th.
The practice is divided into 6 groups to avoid the so-called "3 denseness". Among them, the practice in the morning at Rakuten Life Park Miyagi in Sendai city is the main spindle Eito Asamura and this season. 14 people including Hiroki Matsui, who is starting from the start, participated.
Among them, Asamura was working hard to strengthen his core at home, and on the 8th, he confirmed the swing trajectory with full-scale batting for the first time in 40 days.
Asamura said, "I felt frustrated that I couldn't play baseball normally, so I was happy to be able to practice in a large stadium. I want to do what I can and play in front of the fans as early as possible." ..