Kosuke Fukudome, 43, the oldest active player who will return to professional baseball for the first time in 14 years, held a press conference and stated his aspirations, "I want to help the team win as much as possible."
Fukudome is from Kagoshima prefecture and is the oldest active player, 43 years old.
He joined Chunichi in 1st place in the draft and won the top hitter twice, and also became the MVP = Most Valuable Player, contributing to the league championship three times in nine years.
After that, he challenged the major leagues, played for five years, and then returned to the Japanese baseball world in the Hanshin Tigers, achieving a total of 2000 hits in Japan and the United States, the sixth Japanese player.
However, this season, he only participated in 43 games in Hanshin, and became a free contract.
Under these circumstances, Konosu and Chunichi, who scored the lowest in the league and whose challenge is to strengthen the batting line, set out to win, and today (18th) they officially signed a contract at the baseball team office in Higashi-ku, Nagoya.
After returning for the first time in 14 years, his uniform number is "9".
At the press conference, Fukudome said, "I'm really grateful to be able to wear the uniform again. I want to tell the young players what they have experienced so that they can win as much as possible. I want to help, "he said.