Professional baseball giant Shigeo Nagashima, Honorary Director for Life, visited the team practice at Tokyo Dome on the 2nd and encouraged the players.
On February 28, the giant launched a one-month camp in Okinawa, and on the 2nd, practiced at the Tokyo Dome, which is the home base, before the open game starting on the 3rd.
Mr. Nagashima, who turned 85 on the 20th of last month, visited the ground and encouraged him before the practice, saying, "Thank you for your hard work. I like this. Win! Win! Win!"
After this, Mr. Nagashima sat in a chair with Tatsunori Hara for about two and a half hours and watched the practice.
Of these, in batting practice, I was assigned the 4th position like Mr. Nagashima, and I taught 24-year-old Kazuma Okamoto, who protects the third, how to leave weight on the axle.
In addition, the 18-year-old rookie who joined the team in 5th place in the draft, Yuto Akihiro, who is 2 meters tall, was given the name of Hideki Matsui, who he taught, "Matsui was better, but the play itself was inferior. "I haven't done it."
Mr. Nagashima has visited Tokyo Dome since September 27, when the retirement match of Shinnosuke Abe, the second army coach, was held.
Director Hara said, "Mr. Nagashima was still watching the practice from a strict baseball perspective. He said,'Win! Win! Win!', And the players may have tightened." I did.
In addition, Akihiro, who received guidance, said, "Mr. Nagashima has the impression that he is a legendary player of a traditional team. He said,'I will do my best, although there are various difficulties.' I want to do my best to build my body." ..
Recent trends of Shigeo Nagashima Lifetime Honorary Director
Shigeo Nagashima, the lifetime honorary coach, has visited Tokyo Dome since the retirement match of Shinnosuke Abe, the second army coach, on September 27th.
It is also the first time that he has appeared in public since the meeting held in Tokyo on January 21st last year to honor Masaichi Kaneda.
Last year, after that, on July 4, Tatsunori Hara set the total number of wins as a giant's coach to 1034, and in response to Mr. Nagashima's record, "I will supervise the Giants until the age of 65. Therefore, Hara's 61-year-old is still young. I would like him to lead the team until the ground of the future Eternal Giants is firmly solidified, "he commented through the team.
Then, on September 11, when Hara won the top 1067 wins as a giant coach, he sent a video message through the team and congratulated Hara, "Congratulations."
Also, when the giant achieved the Central League championship on October 30, he commented, "I was convinced of this consecutive championship. First, let's win the 5th and 10th consecutive championships. Director Hara did well." Did.
However, I didn't visit this spring camp, and there was no message of encouragement to the players, which has been customary for the past few years.