The second season of the Hiroshima professional baseball camp held in Nichinan City, Miyazaki Prefecture begins on the 6th, with manager Takahiro Arai and newly appointed player chairman Shota Dobayashi trying their luck at a shrine before practice. Did.
From the 6th, the first day of the second season in Hiroshima, four young fielders, including Ryutaro Hazuki and Shosei Nakamura, and two new foreign pitchers joined the first team.
Before the general practice, Coach Arai, players Dobayashi, and others visited Udo Shrine in Nichinan City, prayed for victory at the main shrine, and then tried their luck.
At Udo Shrine, it is said that a man's wish will come true if he throws a small unglazed ball called an undama with his left hand and it lands in a hollow in the rock on the coast more than 10 meters away.Director Arai threw the eighth ball, Dobayashi. The player finally succeeded on his 11th pitch.
Dobayashi, who struggled with the unfamiliar events at the shrine, returned to the stadium and during batting practice, hit a big hit over the fence with a powerful swing, and then moved to the subfield and practiced fielding for about an hour, knocking balls. I was judging the.
Dobayashi said, ``I want to overcome the challenges in the camp and improve my level.Last year was disappointing, so all I want to do is win and be number one in Japan.I want all the players to have the feeling that they can definitely do it and compete for a year. I want to,” he said.