Hideki Kuriyama, the Japanese national baseball team, has shown his intention to start pitcher Akira Neo in a commemorative match between the selection of professional baseball under the age of 23 and the selection of college and working people on the 1st of next month, which will be his first team. I did.
In 1872, Horace Wilson, an American, introduced baseball to Japan in a commemorative match between professional baseball selection under the age of 23 and selection of college and working people, and this is the 150th anniversary of the introduction of baseball to Japan. , Will be held at Jingu Baseball Stadium on the 1st of next month.
Manager Kuriyama will lead the selection of professional baseball in this match.
On the 6th, Kuriyama said that he would start pitcher Neo in his first commemorative match after inspecting the official professional baseball game, DeNA vs. China-Japan.
Pitcher Neo changed his defensive position registration from an outfielder to a pitcher on the 21st of last month, and has pitched in relief in seven games so far, leaving a record of 3.18 ERA.
Director Kuriyama said, "I told Tatsunami that I'm going to use it as a starting pitcher on August 1st, and he said I understood. My body is getting bigger and growing, and I've been doing various things so far. There will be some regrets from the experience, and I think they will show such things in the game. "
* Akira is the character of "greeting" under "day".