At the end of this month, professional baseball and Seibu will lift the ban on indefinite foreign games that was imposed on Ryusei Sato in the second year, saying that he violated speed while he was banned from going out. Announced.
In April, Sato drastically increased the legal speed of 60 km / h in a tunnel on the Metropolitan Expressway in Tokyo on the way to a golf course in Chiba prefecture with his teammate Makoto Aiuchi. I ran over 149 km.
In addition to speeding, the team was playing golf when it was prohibited to go out unnecessarily to prevent infection with the new coronavirus, so in August, the two of them participated in an indefinite foreign game. We have imposed a ban and a ban on wearing uniforms.
Sato was charged with driving at a speed significantly exceeding the legal speed, and was sentenced by the Tokyo District Court in October to three months in prison and a two-year suspended sentence.
The team announced that it will continue to ban driving and will lift the ban on indefinite foreign games at the end of this month, saying that Sato is fully remorseful.
Sato said, "I feel that we are causing a great deal of concern and inconvenience to our fans and team members every day. We will move forward day by day without forgetting our feelings of remorse. I would like to continue, "commented through the team.
Meanwhile, Aiuchi announced last month that he would retire from active duty for the rest of the season.