Pitcher Yu Darvish of the Major League Padres trained in the city on the 16th in preparation for the training camp of the Japanese national team starting on the 17th in Miyazaki City for the WBC = World Baseball Classic to be held next month. .
Pitcher Darvish entered Miyazaki on the 15th, and on the 16th, he trained in Miyazaki City and played catch against Japan's giant Takuzo Oshiro.
He also gave advice to pitcher Shosei Togo of the Giants on the Japanese national team, such as gripping a breaking ball.
Togo said, "I have a lot of senses that I don't have, such as gripping a breaking ball, so I think I will be able to live in my baseball life from now on. I'm just going to do it one by one for the game, so I'm looking for results. I want to do my best,” he said.
Darvish said, "I talked to Togo about how to throw a two-seam ball and a fork ball, and how to spin it to make it turn. I'm the oldest in the team, but I have no intention of pulling him. We all get along well. I think it's good to pull each other," he said.
The training camp for the Japanese national team for the WBC will be held in Miyazaki City from the 17th to the 27th of this month.