[Practice = in Hatta, Iga City]
Activities based in Iga City
“Miki House Baseball Club” will participate in the “93rd Intercity Baseball Tournament” (sponsored by the Japanese Baseball League and Mainichi Shimbun), which will be held at Tokyo Dome from July 18th, as the third representative of the Kinki area. (Yao City, Osaka Prefecture). The players work at the company’s distribution center in Hatta, Iga City, Mie Prefecture, while practicing on the adjacent ground. With the support of the Iga area, he is sweating for his long-cherished “first victory against the city”.
The base is Yao City, but since its founding in 1995, the base of activities has not changed to Iga. After suspending activities and forming a club team, he relaunched as a corporate team at the end of 2018, and is now in his fourth year. There are 31 players from 21 to 33 years old, and in the past, pitcher Masaru Yoshizaki (former Nippon Ham, retired) and pitcher Kohei Mantani (former Yokohama DeNA, same) have been produced at the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). is doing.
Director Masato Jinda (43), who was also a player, will take command from June last year. There is no conspicuous long-distance batter, but captain Tomoya Onishi (28) takes the pace from the tenacious defense, and pitchers such as Takumi Kuriyama, the oldest combination of the team, and Kohei Takahashi, who joined the transfer last year, make a match. Is a characteristic.
Last year, when he made his first appearance to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his founding, he played against the winning team, Tokyo Gas (1st representative of Tokyo) in the first round. Although he was thinned with two timely hits from the development that was led by 3 points, 1 point was far away due to the opportunity at the end of the game, and he lost one step further. Coach Jinda said, “Everyone enjoyed the joy of playing at Tokyo Dome, and the goal was raised by one level, saying,’I want to win next time!’. It’s worth it if you continue to play.”
A sense of unity in the company
Because of the response on the big stage, the players have seen various changes in their lifestyles and attitudes toward work and practice, and in addition, the interaction between baseball team members and employees has deepened, and a sense of unity as a company has been fostered. It is said that it was. “There are no stars, but we have come up with such a peculiarity that we can exert our strength in a bundle,” said Jinda and Captain Onishi.
In the Kinki area qualifying, he stepped on while winning the 1st national team deciding match, but defeated Nippon Life 11-5 in the 3rd national team deciding match. With the first round against Toho Gas (Nagoya City) on Friday, 22nd, Captain Onishi said, “I want to play as usual even on a big stage and take the lead to keep pace.” Said.
From page 4 of No. 823 dated July 16, 2022
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