Hanshin Fujikawa retires and breaks up in active life with "Fireball Straight" November 11th 0:29
Professional baseball pitcher Kyuji Fujikawa of Hanshin, who made a total of 245 saves in Japan and the United States, finished his retirement game at Koshien Stadium on the 10th and said, "I was able to live the most wonderful baseball life." Say goodbye to life.
Pitcher Fujikawa played an active role as a middleman and restraint, such as shining in the most saves twice with a floating fastball, which is also called "fireball straight", and officially announced his retirement in September.
Then, on the night of the 10th, he went up to the last mound of active duty in the 9th inning of 0-4 in the giant game held at Koshien Stadium, and both of them took a strikeout from giants Hayato Sakamoto and Hiroyuki Nakajima who were appointed as substitutes. All the balls were struck out in a straight game, and a big applause was sent from the stand.
At the retirement ceremony after the match, he said, "The fireball straight I throw is filled with the passion of the Koshien light stand cheering squad and the Tigers fans all over the country."
"I think baseball player Kyuji Fujikawa was a lump of everyone's feelings. Thanks to you, I was able to have the most wonderful baseball life," he said.
After that, he threw the last ball from the mound into Yano's mitt, who assembled the battery when he once won the league title, and went around the ground to say goodbye to the fans.
Pitcher Wada of the same generation Softbank "Thank you very much"
About Hanshin Tigers Kyuji Fujikawa In the same Matsuzaka generation, Softbank pitcher Tsuyoshi Wada said, "I saw the last pitch and I was told that I really enjoyed baseball. Today's pitch is just a great word, and that straight throw I wonder why I quit because I was able to do it, but I think it was today that I quit when I quit. I also lived the rest of my baseball life without regrets and prepared a mound that can be thrown with a smile at the end I wanted to be a player who could be a player. I want to say, "Thank you very much." "I commented through the team.