For the first time since Hideki Kuriyama, the Japanese national baseball manager, took office at Tokyo Dome on the night of the 5th, he visited the official game of professional baseball and said about Yakult No. 4, Munetaka Murakami, "I want you to aim higher. I believe that I can make good grades. "

Nippon Professional Baseball coach Kuriyama, who took office last December for the WBC = World Baseball Classic of baseball scheduled for next year, will visit the official professional baseball game, Giants vs. Yakult, for the first time at Tokyo Dome on the night of the 5th. Did.



In the pre-match practice, Kuriyama was also seen talking to giant Tatsunori Hara and Yakult's Shingo Takatsu, who directed Japan at the 2009 WBC and led Japan to victory.



Manager Kuriyama, who responded to the interview after inspecting the game, was a no-hit on the 5th, but so far as Yakult's No. 4, 29 home runs and 78 RBIs, which are the top of the 12 teams, are all about Murakami. I want you to aim. I believe that he is a player who can aim for a higher level without worrying about his current results and can achieve outstanding results. "



In addition, about the giant Naoki Yoshikawa who showed a good play in the second defensive with 2 hits in 3 at bats, "I think that the defensive is calm and speedy and can be hit. The team is stable if there is an offensive player in the second. It's a big existence because it does. "