It’s a pity that no spectators are there, but … The arrival of ball spring, which is exciting for all baseball lovers, is near. The giant of the staff meeting, Wakakoma is a dynamic Yakult, and Nippon-Ham announced the slogan. The reporter in charge sends the highlights of the camp.
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【Giant】
The highlight of the With Corona camp is here! Giants spring camp greeted by no spectators. Because you can’t watch the game locally, you can enjoy camping at your stay home.
Each news station will devise a way to deliver the players. NTV, which broadcasts camps on Nippon Television every year, covers the movements of athletes. This year, not only Miyazaki of the 1st Army main corps, but also the video of the S group camp starting at Tokyo Dome is being adjusted so that it can be broadcast in the program. Checking the mainstay is also indispensable.
During the broadcast time from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm, the images received from both grounds will be picked up and broadcast. We will meet the needs of fans who cannot come to the stadium, centering on the trend of assistant pitcher Masumi Kuwata (52), who will make his debut as a coach through the sleeves of a giant uniform for the first time in 15 years. It will also be streamed live on the Giants LIVE stream.
On the first day of the camp last year, 23,000 people, the largest number of 12 teams, visited Miyazaki Sports Park. There are many young people in Miyazaki aiming for the second camp in Okinawa this year as well. Yokokawa, who is aiming for his first victory, and Matsubara, who made a break last season, are also required to make a desperate appeal, and Hara is also keeping an eye out for the famous “Hara Tower”.
Even if you don’t go to the stadium, the team will also distribute videos on SNS including YouTube. Information on Tokyo Dome and Miyazaki, which are about 1200 kilometers away, arrives more and more. Let’s enjoy baseball with the whole family from the heated house.[Soshin Kuninaga]
[Yakult]
This year’s Yakult 1st Army camp will be a fierce survival venue. From the bottom for the second year in a row, Director Takatsu said, “I will absolutely compete. It is this world where good guys will remain. I want everyone to compete and get a small number of slots.” talked.
There are 22 pitchers. Compete for 6 starting rotation slots. Many young people such as Okugawa, Terajima, Takahashi, and Kanakubo are in the army. From the rookie, Kizawa in the first draft and Yamano in the second place were listed. How much fresh members can break in. The commander foretold, “I want to create an environment where everyone really wants to see a small chance as a big success at the last minute.”
The fielder is a fierce battlefield for shortstops. Escobar, who had been in place last season, has left the group. It is proof of expectation that Motoyama, who is in 4th place in the draft, has been entrusted with the uniform number “6” since Shinya Miyamoto. It will be in the form of competing with Nishiura and Hirooka.
Director Takatsu has experienced the best in Japan four times during his active career. Comparing the golden age with the present, he complains that the sense of competition is “I do not say that it is fading, but I want you to do it more violently. Change the color of your eyes.” “Whether you say it or not, it may be necessary to make it easy to understand that you are on the same level.” I hoped that even my friends would become a team that would enhance each other with the bees.[Katsuhiro Yumoto]
[Nippon Ham]
The theme of Nippon-Ham’s spring camp is the competition to return to the origin.
Young people who will lead the next generation were listed one after another as members of the 1st Army. Nomura showed signs of a break last season, led by Kiyomiya. Yoshida, who had not won last season but is expected to awaken in earnest, started the first army with 12 players, accounting for one-third of the total. Manager Kuriyama said, “The players in that area are in a big game. I will do my best from the beginning for this year, and I have the image that I will compete.” Expectations are high for the rugged young appeal battle.
The existence that spurs the competition is the rookie quartet of pitcher Omi Ito (23 = Tomakomai Komazawa Univ.), Who was selected as a member of the 1st Army and is the first draft from a university / worker. Until now, Kuriyama has often changed his policy, although newcomers have often slowly become accustomed to professional water. “In order to raise the level of the core players, I think it would be dangerous if the rough stones entered there (and the core players). That is the best for the players,” he emphasized. How will the trend of ready-to-use newcomers lead to raising the level of teams trying to make a comeback? It’s a point of interest.
And can you see Kuriyama’s determination from the camp? “As a premise this year, I’m really going to play a game, so I’m not in a situation where I’m putting up with something. I think the players know that,” he said, with a policy of identifying players with an emphasis on results. I’m looking forward to how the commander, who pushes the rigor, manages it.[Daisuke Kinoshita]
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