Professional baseball Yakult Motohiro Shima "I want to create feelings and body for the opening day" May 12, 5:05
Motohiro Shima Shima of Yakult, who encouraged the people in the disaster area as chairman of Rakuten nine years before the Great East Japan Earthquake, amid the uncertainties of the opening of professional baseball due to the influence of the new coronavirus, said after the practice on the 11th. As long as there are people who think "Let's see baseball and do our best," we should do it, and we want to build our feelings and body toward the opening. "
Shima played the role of player chairman at Rakuten in 2011 when the Great East Japan Earthquake struck, and in the charity match held the month after the earthquake, he said, "Let's show, let's show the power of baseball." It was.
Kotoshi broke her right hand in a practice game in late March, but she has resumed self-exercise at a baseball facility in Toda City, Saitama Prefecture about a week ago, and has been postponed due to the influence of the new coronavirus. After the practice on the 11th, he said, "I don't think baseball should be done right now, so I don't think it's a matter of starting it quickly."
After that, "I still think that we should do it, as long as there are people who think" I'm glad I had baseball "and" Let's do my best to see baseball ", so I want to make my feelings and body towards the opening of the event" I said.
He also touched on the first draft rookie, Kyunobu Okugawa, who received the ball for the first time in the bullpen on 8th of this month, “It was a great pitcher and far above my image. The ball was spinning and I recently threw it. The accuracy of the fork ball that I started is quite high. If you accumulate the track record, you can become the ace of Japan ”.