Masahiro Tanaka, who returned to professional baseball Rakuten for the first time in eight years, entered the bullpen for the fourth time at the camp and practiced pitching in front of the owner Hiroshi Mikitani for the first time.
Pitcher Tanaka, who joined Rakuten's 1st Army Camp in Kin Town, Okinawa Prefecture on the 6th of this month, has been participating in the overall practice since the 3rd Cool, which started on the 11th, after making adjustments on a different menu.
On the 14th, the final day of the 3rd course, we entered the 4th bullpen in the camp in the middle of the day, and while the owner Mikitani, who has been visiting from the 13th, is watching, we practice pitching with pitchers Takayuki Kishi and Hideaki Wakui. The we.
Pitcher Tanaka was more conscious of the actual battle, such as having Shinichiro Koyama, a pitcher coach who once played with Rakuten, stand alternately in the left and right at-bat boxes and throw straights and two seams on his chest.
Finally, he threw a powerful straight and finished the pitching practice of 47 balls.
After this, pitcher Tanaka, along with other pitchers, ran six slopes about 70 meters beside the ground to conclude the first cool that he participated in the overall practice.
The 15th is a rest day, and pitcher Tanaka will make adjustments with the aim of pitching in the actual game in February.
Earthquake in Tohoku, etc. Director Ishii "I want to be close to you if possible"
Kazuhisa Ishii, a professional baseball manager based in Sendai who observed a maximum seismic intensity of 5 upper in the earthquake on the night of the 13th, told the press in Okinawa prefecture where he is camping, "If there is something we can do, everyone I want to be close to you, "he said to the people affected by the disaster.
Rakuten's 14th was the final day of the 3rd course of the Okinawa camp, and the 1st army practiced the whole practice for about 3 hours in Kin-cho, which is the base, because the practice game with Nippon-Ham was canceled due to the rain. ..
According to the team, it was confirmed that all the people involved, including the players' families and team staff, were safe, so the players were devoting themselves to the practice in the same way as before.
After the practice, Director Ishii said, "The players were cheerful, but I don't know what the situation will be like in the future. The team has fans cheer me on and push my back, but on the contrary, there is something I can do. I want to be close to everyone, "he said to the people affected by the disaster.