Autumn practice under the direction of Rakuten Ishii Shin "Winning with all my heart" November 16 16:26
Under the supervision of Kazuhisa Ishii, who will take the lead of the new team, Rakuten, a professional baseball team, has begun autumn practice in Sendai City in preparation for a comeback from this season when it finished in 4th place.
New coach Ishii will lead Rakuten while also serving as the general manager responsible for team formation.
In the autumn practice that began at Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi in Sendai City, Director Ishii immediately gathered players and coaches and said, "Putting one ball and one out carefully is closer to winning, so concentrate on it. I want it. "
After that, the players practiced lightly for about two hours, such as running and catching, and Director Ishii talked to many players and actively communicated.
Rakuten ranked first in the league in terms of total score and batting average for the team this season, but they are suffering 32 reversal losses, the most in both leagues, and the main issue is to improve the pitchers.
New coach Ishii said, "I want to communicate with the players and improve the issues. I will do my best to win."
Rakuten's autumn practice will be held in Sendai until November 29th.
Asamura "I want to make Director Ishii a man"
Hideto Asamura, the main player, played with Ishii, who was active at the time, for four years during the Seibu era, and when he transferred to Rakuten two years ago during the off-season, he decided to negotiate with Ishii. Was there.
Asamura said, "I want to make Director Ishii a man, I want to share the joy with everyone, and I want to win the championship in front of everyone in Tohoku. Director Ishii also said that he wanted me to say anything, so I firmly communicated. I want to take it. "