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December 18, 2022 at 6:00 am
Mizukami pitcher talks about his views on baseball while looking back on his school days and this season’s results
A talk show (sponsored by the Kamiina district baseball association) of Yoshinobu Mizukami, a professional baseball pitcher from Saitama Seibu Lions who was born in Miyata Village, was held at the same village hall on the 17th. The first event since winning the Pacific League Rookie of the Year and Best Intermediate Award. To the elementary, junior high and high school students involved in baseball who filled the venue, Mizukami called out, “Don’t ever forget your love for baseball.”
With the establishment of the Kamiina district baseball association on December 4, it was held to encourage local baseball boys to have dreams. The venue, which has a capacity of about 300 people, was filled with invited youth baseball players from the Kamiina region, junior high school, and high school baseball club students.
The talk show is developed with a commercial announcer as a facilitator. From the second half, the youth baseball club that the water pitcher belonged to, and the advisors of the junior high school and high school baseball clubs joined in and had a “water discussion”.
Pitcher Mizukami surprised the venue by saying, “I had the confidence to win the Rookie of the Year since the spring camp,” and showed that he had been aiming for the award from early on, saying, “I thought I could win if I pitched 50 games.” Before going up to the mound, he said, “Because the shoulder is a consumable item, he pitches as short as possible, with 6 to 7 pitches.” ”, He also clarified his daily attitude.
In addition, Shigeo Osawa, the coach of the Nishikoma Wings, a boys’ baseball team he belonged to when he was in elementary school, said, “I joined the team when I was in fourth grade, but my body was strong.” Reminiscence. Mr. Shuichi Sakai, who was an adviser at Miyata Junior High School, said, “I’ve never seen a troubled face on the mound.” Kenji Akao, the head of Teikyo Daisan High School’s baseball club, said, “He wasn’t big at all, but he had a strong fighting spirit. ‘ he recalled.
The 13-year-old captain of Miyata Junior High School’s baseball club said, “I learned a lot from him focusing on himself without being influenced by his opponents. I want to make the most of this in my future baseball.”
When Mizukami was finally asked about his goals for the next season, he said, “I personally think that I had a good season this year, but the team finished in 3rd place, which was the most frustrating. I want to do my best to win and win,” he said.
