Yosuke Hiraishi, who became the new batter coach of professional baseball Seibu, met at the baseball team's facility on the 9th and stated his aspirations, "I will do my best to support the baseball life of each team and each player in a positive direction." rice field.
This season, Seibu finished at the bottom for the first time since 1979, 42 years before moving its headquarters to Tokorozawa City, Saitama Prefecture, and changed the coaching team significantly in order to aim for the league championship for the first time in three years.
On the 9th, the newly appointed 1st Army batter Hiraishi hitting coach at the baseball team's facility met.
Former Rakuten coach Hiraishi, who served as Softbank's batter coach until this season, stated his aspirations, "I will do my utmost to support the baseball life of each team and player in a positive direction."
In addition, as the reason for accepting the coach, after clarifying that there was a senior head coach of PL Gakuen, Kazuo Matsui of the 1st army, "I became a player together at Rakuten, and then I became a coach. I had them go out with me, but I think it's a relationship where I can talk about anything, and because I'm a big person, I think it's a relationship where I can get along with each other. "
Also, regarding pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka of the same grade who retired from active duty only this season, "I will leave the team, but I think that I will probably be involved in Lions in some way." I wish I could do it with. "