Kaoru Takara, a professor at Kyoto University Graduate School and a vice chairman of the Kansai Student Baseball Federation, will be appointed as the new president of the Japan High School Baseball Federation. I want to do it. "
On the 10th, Takano Ren held an extraordinary council meeting with the board of directors online and decided to assume the post of Mr. Tora's new chairman.
Tora is 64 years old from Hikone City, Shiga Prefecture.
He is a professor at Kyoto University Graduate School and specializes in disaster prevention technology policy.
When I was a student, I was active as a pitcher in the baseball club of Kyoto University, and after graduating, I was a director and director.
He has also served as Vice President of the Kansai Student Baseball Federation for four years.
Mr. Tora, who met online, said, "Spring and summer Koshien is the dream stage for high school baseball players. We will make use of our experience of being involved in college baseball for more than 40 years so that we can continue in a healthy way, while making a small effort to develop high school baseball. I want to do my best. "
Meanwhile, Chairman Eiji Hatta will retire at the end of this month.
During his six-year tenure, he will reduce the burden on athletes by increasing the number of rest days at national competitions and introducing a "ball limit" that limits the number of balls thrown by one pitcher to 500 or less per week. I did my best.
In addition, in response to the spread of the new coronavirus, we decided to cancel Koshien in the spring and summer last year, while inviting 32 schools that were scheduled to participate in Senbatsu to hold a one-game exchange game.
Chairman Hatta recalled, "I have been working on the idea that innovation is necessary to keep the tradition that high school baseball is a part of education. It was a great pleasure to be involved in the educational activity of high school baseball as chairman." ..
Considering the introduction of "continuous games"
Kaoru Takara, who will become the new chairman of the Takano Ren, said that if the match cannot be continued due to rain, etc., he will immediately consider introducing a "continuation match" that will resume from the point where the match is terminated the next day or later.
In high school baseball, the number of balls per pitcher is limited to 500 balls per week, but in summer national high school baseball, two games will be no games due to rain. Due to this, some teams could play up to 5 games in a week.
At the press conference, Mr. Tora said, "The limit on the number of balls is a desirable limit because health is the first priority. In that sense, even though the game that could not be continued due to rain was caught in the limit, it was canceled even though I threw nearly 100 balls. I also want to avoid throwing from the beginning. "
On top of that, he said that if the match could not be continued due to rain, etc., he would immediately consider introducing a "continuation match" that would resume from the point where the match was terminated the next day or later.