Hideo Nomo, who is visiting the professional baseball team Lotte's camp on Ishigaki Island, inspected the pitchers in the bullpen and gave advice on things like how to grip a forkball.
Lotte's camp, which was the second day of the second season, was rainy in the morning, so the focus was on the indoor practice field, and the pitchers played catch indoors, then pitched in the bullpen.
On the 8th, Mr. Nomo, who was a teammate of Manager Yoshii during his active days and who won a total of 201 games in both Japan and the United States using forkballs as his weapon, inspected the pitching staff. After pitching, pitcher Dykstra would run up to Nomo to ask for advice and learn how to hold a fork.
In addition, pitcher Aki Sasaki entered the bullpen for the third time in this camp and threw a total of 35 pitches, including 23 straight pitches, 7 fork pitches, and 5 slider pitches.He also checked with the bullpen catcher about how the fork fell, etc. After pitching, he was seen going indoors and talking with Nomo.
On the other hand, in the afternoon when there was a lull in the rain, actual seat batting was held. Riku Yokoyama, a side thrower who last year was selected to represent Japan in an international match centered on young players after scoring his first professional victory and first save. A pitcher took the mound.
Pitcher Yokoyama showed excellent pitching, mixing in his naturally shooting fastballs of mid-140km/h and the cut balls he has been working on in this camp, with one hit hitting the four batters.
Pitcher Yokoyama said, ``I was able to throw the breaking balls very well.It was good because I was able to hear and confirm the trajectory of the cut balls I was working on, as well as the batter's impressions.''