In an effort to encourage local support for Major League Baseball Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Bizen City, Okayama Prefecture, where Yamamoto is from, has included 60 million yen in the new fiscal year's budget for the cost of a cheering tour inviting children from around the city. I included the yen.
At a press conference announcing the budget, the mayor of Bizen City wore a Dodgers jumper and said, ``We have so many talented pitchers from our hometown, so I want our children to have dreams.''
Bizen City has planned a support tour to Los Angeles, the team's home base, to support local pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who will be joining the Dodgers this season and competing in the major leagues.
The tour is scheduled to be held around August this year, inviting 200 children from the city.
Bizen City has included a total of 60 million yen (300,000 yen per child) as the cost of support tours in the new fiscal year 2020 budget proposal, and will submit it to the regular city council meeting in February starting on the 20th of this month. I'm doing it.
At a press conference about the budget proposal, Mayor Takeshi Yoshimura, wearing a Dodgers jumper, said, ``We have so many talented pitchers from our hometown, so I want children to have dreams.I want them to have the chance to go to the Dodgers stadium.'' I want to give it to you.”