The professional baseball giant announced the coaching staff for next season, and Michihiro Ogasawara will be appointed as a new batter coach for the 2nd army.
On the 15th, the giant announced the coaching staff for next season aiming to be the best in Japan for the first time in 10 years.
Of these, Mr. Ogasawara, who will be newly appointed as a hitting coach for the 2nd army, is a 48-year-old from Chiba prefecture, joined Nippon-Ham in 1997 with a draft of 3rd place, played with giants and Chunichi, and was the top hitter 2 In addition to winning the titles of the times and the home run king and the hitting point king, he marked a total of 2120 hits.
After retiring, he served as the 2nd army coach of Chunichi, and was appointed as the head coach and batter coach of Nippon-Ham in the off-season, but he retired last month due to the termination of the contract.
In addition, Norihiro Komada, who has been called "Grand Slam" by the OB and has hit a total of 2006 hits, will be appointed as the 3rd army coach, and Kamei who has played for 17 years with a giant and retired from active duty only this season. Mr. Yoshiyuki will be newly appointed as an outfield defense and base running coach of the 1st Army.
In addition, Masahiro Kawai, who holds a professional baseball record of 533 sacrifice bunts as an OB, will be invited as the farm manager who is involved in training young players belonging to the 2nd and 3rd armies.
For the giant who missed the third consecutive title in the Central League and finished third in the season, training young players is one of the challenges, and expectations are high for the leadership of the newly appointed coaches in addition to the current staff. ..