Shohei Otani, who joined the Japanese national baseball team, hit the top of the outfield seats at the batting practice before the send-off match against Chunichi on the 4th, and excited the audience.
The Japanese national baseball team will play a send-off match against Chunichi at Vantelin Dome Nagoya in Nagoya City on the 3rd and 4th as part of strengthening for the WBC = World Baseball Classic.
Ohtani, who joined the national team on the 3rd, did not participate in the send-off match on the 4th, but did participate in the pre-match practice.
After playing catch on the ground and moving his body, Otani performed free batting while his teammates, including Munetaka Murakami, were watching him. I hit the book.
In addition, Nootvar, who was in the same group as Otani in free batting, made 25 swings and hit 4 homerun-like hits, and also hit a sharp hit.