Acting coach Satoshi Nakajima promoted to coach next season Professional baseball

Acting coach Satoshi Nakajima promoted to coach next season Professional Baseball November 12, 15:25

Acting coach Satoshi Nakajima of professional baseball Orix will be promoted to coach next season.

Acting Director Nakajima is 51 years old from Akita prefecture.

In 1987, he joined Hankyu at that time in 3rd place in the draft, and contributed to the ORIX league championship and the best in Japan as a strong-shoulder catcher.

After that, he played for Seibu and Nippon-Ham, and finished his 29 years of active life.

After retiring, after working as a coach for Nippon-Ham Fighters, he has been the second army coach of Orix since last year, but in August, when Norifumi Nishimura (60) resigned due to poor results, he acted as a coach. I took command of the team as.

After taking over as acting director, the team had a record of 29 wins, 35 losses and 3 draws, but in the first year of graduating from high school, pitcher Hiroya Miyagi, who won his first professional victory this month, and a rookie from training, made his first professional at-bat. We have actively appointed young players such as Seiichiro Oshita, who hit his first home run.

While taking command of the team, the team highly evaluated the skill that has trained the players and decided to entrust the rebuilding of the team that finished at the bottom this season.

Acting Director Nakajima, who responded to the interview on the 12th, said, "I think that you have to seriously aim for victory, and you have to notice what is missing. I want the players to be aware of the word" victory "first. The most important thing is how to spend time with regret, "he swore.