Yudai Ohno, who won the Sawamura Award last season in professional baseball and Chunichi, is preparing for the opening at his own pace, such as entering the bullpen for the first time on the 4th of the 4th day of the camp.
Pitcher Ohno won two titles, the best ERA and the most strikes last season, and won the Sawamura Award for the first time.
In the usual camp, I have been in the bullpen since the first day, but this year it became my first bullpen on the fourth day.
Pitcher Ohno's camp theme was to improve everything, and in the practice of pitching with a bullpen, he tightened with 22 balls, which is the same as his number, to check the "balance of form".
In the afternoon, Atsunori Inaba, the Japanese national team coach for the Tokyo Olympics, visited the campsite.
Pitcher Ohno waited for his visit last year and kept throwing with a bullpen, but this was just a greeting.
Director Inaba said, "Pitcher Ohno said,'I'm in good shape. I'll do my best to be selected as a member of the Olympics.'"
After that, he said, "I don't say how many people there are in Chunichi, but there are candidates for representatives."
Pitcher Ohno said, "Because I am a member of Chunichi, my goal is to contribute to the gold medal in Japan by being selected for the Olympics after a solid opening dash."
The middle day camp will be the first holiday on the 5th.
In response to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, Okinawa Prefecture, the campsite, decided to extend the prefecture's own state of emergency until the end of this month, and during this camp, both the 1st and 2nd armies will be unattended. Was announced.
In addition, regarding the open game scheduled in Chatan Town on the 27th and 28th of this month, we will discuss with NPB and the local government while observing the future infection situation whether to include spectators.