Masahiro Tanaka, who returned to professional baseball and Rakuten for the first time in eight years, joined the camp held in Okinawa Prefecture on the 6th.
Pitcher Tanaka, who has been active in the Major League Baseball Yankees, has returned to the old nest for the first time in eight years since 2013, when he led the team to Japan's first number one as Rakuten's ace.
Pitcher Tanaka, who entered Okinawa on the 5th, joined the 1st Army camp in Kin Town on the 6th of the first day of the 2nd Cool, and arrived at the stadium by bus with other players around 9 am. ..
And I greeted my teammates on the ground before the whole practice from 10 am.
Among them, pitcher Tanaka said, "It was faster to count the age in the team from the top. I have been playing baseball in the United States for 7 years and have various experiences, so if there is anything I can tell you Please feel free to ask me because I want to keep going. Thank you. ”He said with a radiant expression and was welcomed with a big applause.
After this, pitcher Tanaka moved to the subground and relaxed with a different menu from other players.
And in catch ball, while Kazuhisa Ishii was watching, he extended the distance to about 50 meters and threw a stretchy ball from a relaxed form.
Pitcher Tanaka's uniform number is "18", the same as eight years ago, and it's important to see when he will show off his ace number.