“Showa Professional Baseball Workers Talking to Reiwa” 19th Tokuji Nagaike, Part 2(Read from the first part >>)
Those who know the time are nostalgic, and those who are told only the legend are “Showa professional baseball players” who stir their imagination. In a series that discovers their valuable past interview materials and approaches the essence of them, Tokuji Nagaike (Atsushi Nagaike, until 1978, Tokuji Tokuji), who was called “Mr. Braves”, conveys the words. ..
What is the “Spencer Memo” that triggered Mr. Nagaike, who joined Hankyu (currently Orix) as the fourth candidate, to open his eyes? And how was the “hit form with a chin on the left shoulder” that brought about the titles of 3 home runs and 3 RBIs?
Nagaike (center), Hisashi Yamada (left), Yutaka Fukumoto (right), who won the second half of 1973 and are in charge of Yukio Nishimoto (photo = Kyodo News)
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Daryl Spencer, who has been active in Hankyu for a total of seven seasons, stole the habit of the other pitcher and wrote down the “Spencer Memo”, which was also reported to Mr. Nagaike’s colleague,[Pinch hitter]Yasuhiro Takai. was hearing. Mr. Nagaike found a small notebook in the corner of the bench and “decoded” it through an interpreter. He began to imitate and take notes, which led to improved batting performance.
“Spencer is a player who is full of fighting spirit, always positive, and comes from the United States, a developed country of baseball. Everyone, not just me, learned a lot. One of them is habit stealing, but in the end I became Spencer. I was in a position to teach. I was told, “You see that kind of thing.”
I also searched for a batting pitcher habit in practice. I taught this to everyone on our team, but he said, “You can’t just play a match, you have to do it from the time of practice.” When I request the curve myself, I have to find the difference from the straight one. “
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