To high school baseball players nationwide Hanshin players collect soil from Koshien June 16 16:46
In response to the suspension of the national high school baseball in the summer due to the spread of the new coronavirus, professional baseball and Hanshin players gathered the soil of the Koshien stadium on the 16th to give to baseball members of high schools nationwide It was.
In response to the cancellation of all summer national high school baseball and provincial local competitions, Hanshin and others have keychains containing Koshien soil for about 50,000 third-year high school students who belong to hard and soft baseball teams throughout the country. I will give you.
On the 16th, about 65 people, including Yano and players, gathered at the Koshien Stadium before the practice on the 16th, and began collecting dirt on the ground with sirens that played at the start of the match in the spring and summer competitions.
The athletes scattered on the first and third bases, scraped the soil with both hands, and carefully packed it in a shoe bag.
Koshien of soil that has been collected is encased in a plastic case that is attached to the key chain, is scheduled to be delivered to the national 4000 schools more school to prospect the end of August.
Kosuke Fukudome, who participated in Koshien three times in high school during the PL school in Osaka during the spring and summer, said, "This was my first experience because I didn't pick up dirt at Koshien in high school. I'm glad I could implement it because I think it has meaning. I am happy that high school students can turn their heads forward in the soil they have collected."