Ryoma Nogami, a professional baseball giant who announced his retirement from active duty this season, held a press conference and looked back on his 13 years as a professional baseball player, saying, "I am grateful for meeting various people."
34-year-old pitcher Nogami joined Seibu in 2009 from Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., a professional baseball team, in 2nd place in the draft. = I exercised the rights of a free agent and transferred to a giant.
Pitcher Nogami, who won four wins in the first year, broke Achilles Ken in the fall of the second year, and last year in the third year he did not pitch in the first army.
The start of this season was the start of the 2nd army, but it was promoted in April, and although he was a losing pitcher on the first pitch, he had 2 goals in 6 innings.
After that, I continued stable pitching with relief.
However, in May, he complained of an abnormality in his right shoulder and urgently dropped out and continued rehabilitation, but on the 26th, the team announced that he would retire from active duty only this season.
Pitcher Nogami held a press conference at the Giants Stadium in Kawasaki City on the 27th, saying, "Honestly, I thought I was retired when I cut the Achilles Ken, but the trainers of the team and various people became kind to me. Training. I came to the goal of throwing in one army again, and I have no regrets because it was thrown firmly at the end. It is refreshing. "
As for the reason why he decided to retire, he raised his right shoulder injury and said, "I was injured in a match of the 1st army. I thought about rehabilitation, but it didn't go well. I'm afraid to swing my arm now. It's big. "
Looking back on his 13 years as a professional, he said, "I am very grateful for meeting various people. I will continue to be able to help people, and when I can help myself, I want to help. I want to thank various people." Was.