On December 18th, Seibu’s Natsuo Takizawa and Toruaki Fujisawa (Ueda Nishi High School), Seibu’s bullpen catcher (former player and team employee) from Ueda City, attended a baseball class for boys held at Saku Stadium by the Chikumagawa Baseball Club on December 18. – Ode Matsumoto) served as a lecturer.
Takizawa, who is from Joetsu City, Niigata, played against Chosei Saku in the second round of the Hokushinetsu Tournament in the fall of the second year of Sekine Gakuen High School (2020) and contributed to the come-from-behind victory.
Takizawa, who was nominated by Seibu in last fall’s draft as the 2nd place in training, will participate in the 1st army as soon as he is registered under control in May this season. Despite being a small soldier of 164 cm, he played in 48 games with outstanding speed and defensive sense, leaving a batting average of 20%, 2 minutes and 4 minutes.
↓ Takizawa showing off his batting toss from Mr. Fujisawa
↓ Takizawa watching over the child’s batting
We asked Takizawa to look back on his first season like a Cinderella story.
We also asked Mr. Fujisawa, who served as the bullpen catcher for the 1st Army since last year, about Yoshinobu Mizukami, a pitcher from Miyata Village who won the Rookie of the Year.
▼Click here for an interview with the two▼
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