Let’s know the work of a baseball player! At the 2021 Olympics, the Japan National Baseball Team won a gold medal for the first time in 37 years and became a hot topic. If you have a big dream and do your best, you may become a player who can fly to the world!
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Hiroshima Toyo Carp Masato Morishita
What is the job of a baseball player?
What kind of work is a baseball player?
Players who have contracted with a professional baseball team will participate in two league games, the Central League and the Pacific League, and compete in the pennant race. Some players are active in the American Major League Baseball.
Where do you work
Professional baseball players who play in Japan belong to one of the 12 baseball teams and play games at baseball fields all over Japan.
What are some useful feats?
People with high observing ability to see the habits and habits of opponents such as batters are advantageous!
What are the essential items and clothes for your work?
■ Bat
It is a rod-shaped tool for hitting the ball thrown by the pitcher. Made of wood or metal.
■ Uniform
The clothes you wear during the match. It is unified by the team, and the color and design are different for each team.
■ Gloves
It is a tool to receive the ball when defending. Use it by putting it in the opposite hand to your dominant hand.
■ Shine
It is a protective gear to protect the shin, which is said to be a vital point because it hurts when the ball hits it.
- I like baseball
- I like effort
- People who can continue
- Working time:8：30～19：00
(For day games) - qualifications:none
- salary:Maximum annual salary 900 million yen
(2021 Professional baseball player’s highest annual salary) - Activity:★★★
I asked a baseball player about this! Q & A
What have you done to become a baseball player? I also asked him what he was happy about.
Q: When did you start? How did you get started?
I’ve been on a local baseball team since I was in elementary school.
Q: What did you do to become?
When playing catch, I threw it on the opponent’s chest.
Q: What do you always do every day?
Stretch your body to avoid injury.
Q: What is important?
It is a pleasure to have many people support us.
Q: What was good?
I participated in the Olympics and won a medal!
Q: What was the pain?
I was injured when I was a college student and couldn’t play the game for a year.
Message from seniors
Hiroshima Toyo Carp Masato Morishita
“Have a goal and do your best while imagining that goal!”
Please cherish the relationships with the friends and many people you will meet. And let’s have a solid goal. Do not give up what you want to do and go on the path you want to go. I will do my best as a member of Hiroshima Toyo Carp so as not to lose to everyone, so please support me.
There are so many!Baseball field work
At the baseball field, there are not only the players who actually play the game, but also the managers and coaches who lead the team to victory, and the cheerleaders who cheer up the support. In order to deliver the latest information to baseball fans nationwide, the profession involved in the press, writing articles on TV broadcasts and newspapers, is also an important role.
player
● Flower-shaped occupation to play in a team
Participated in the game,Demonstrate your ability in the assigned position, Play against the opponent team. Daily practice and effort are essential to winning in collaboration with your teammates.
trial
● Keep the game fair
BaseballThe role of smoothly advancing the match according to the rulesis. Behind the catcher, there is a ball umpire who looks at the ball and three base umpires who stand beside the first to third bases and judge the play.
directed by
● The big black pillar that watches over the entire team
Comprehensively command the teamIt is a person. Sometimes we decide which members to play in the match, and sometimes we stand in front of the media as the face of the team. Many of the people who have been active as players in the past have been appointed.
coach
● Strengthen the team and support the manager
While practicing the team, how to hit and throw the ball to the players, etc.We will teach you according to each specialty.. It also plays the role of a runner coach who directs base running during the match.
trainer
● Responsible for the body care of athletes
Play games throughout the yearSupporting body building for athletesTo do. We maintain and manage the muscles needed to play, and provide guidance and massage to prevent breakdowns.
Grand keeper
● Prepare the ground
On the day of the matchHarden or soften the ground soil according to the weatherTo do. Just before the game, the soil will be leveled to create an environment where players can play safely.
Sports cameraman
● A close-up of the decisive scene
Never visit the player’s fine play againTake a photo of your photo opportunity.. We also shoot players and managers in games, practice, and events.
Sports interpreter
● Helping foreign players talk
Come from overseas and belong to the teamInterpret for foreign players.. There are many players from the United States, and mainly English interpreters. I am also in charge of the daily life of athletes and interpreting for their families.
Cheerleader
● The goddess of victory supports
Participate in events held at the stadium, dance during the game,Entertain the fans with a cheering performance.. There may be a cheerleader dedicated to the team.
Commentary / Announcer
● Bringing the heat of the game to the whole country
The live announcer is watching the game on the spot whileAccurately convey the development of the game on TV and radio broadcasts.. The commentator is the role of analyzing the play and explaining it with information.
reporter
● Report baseball
On the day of the match or at the practice field, I write articles by writing the content of the match as a manuscript or interviewing players and managers.To the newspaperFull-time reporter in charge of each teamThere is also.
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