Yutaro Sugimoto of Orix, the home run king of the professional baseball Pacific League, has released his own training in his hometown of Tokushima Prefecture.
Orix's Sugimoto was picked up in No. 4 last season, which was the first to settle in the 1st army, and hit 32 home runs to win his first title, the Pacific League home run king, and was selected as the best nine. ..
On the 4th, Sugimoto released his own training at the baseball stadium in Anan City, Tokushima Prefecture, where he was born.
While the children of the local youth baseball team, to which I belonged when I was a child, were watching, I took a catch ball and knocked and moved my body in the morning, and then stood at bat for batting practice.
In the batting, cheers were raised from the children who visited the ball one after another by hitting a ball that greatly crossed the fence.
A baseball class was held in the afternoon, and about 180 elementary school students participated.
In batting practice, Sugimoto watched the children swinging their bats in toss batting, and enthusiastically instructed them by showing their own examples.
When asked by the children, "How can I get a home run?", He advised, "Because you have to get bigger first, it's important to eat a lot without dislike."
The 6th grade boy who received the instruction said, "I was happy to meet Sugimoto. I'm glad that he answered what I wanted to hear in an easy-to-understand manner. I want to be a player who can hit a lot of home runs like Sugimoto." I was there.
Sugimoto said, "Last season, the team did not reach the number one position in Japan, so I would like to make efforts in the new season so that I can achieve that goal."