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A baseball boy’s experience in major league “If more power…”

Camping has started in Japan, and the spring has finally arrived. The World Baseball Classic will be held this year.

The first round, which starts the earliest, is POOL “A” with Chinese Taipei, Netherlands, Cuba, Italy, and Panama. The first match will be held on March 8th.

Japan is POOL “B”, and their first match against China on March 9th. Although they have advanced to the top 4 or higher in all of the past four tournaments, they have failed to win two tournaments in a row.

Can “Kuriyama Japan”, which has Shohei Otani and Yu Darvish and is said to be the strongest member in the past, hope to regain hegemony?

Among the members, Seiya Suzuki of the Chicago Cubs is expected to play a major role as a fielder. He is Shohei Otani’s classmate, and his experience on the international stage is outstanding.

We will unravel the key players of Samurai Japan in all three episodes.

Japanese baseball and American baseball

“If (Japanese players) have more power and speed, I wonder if (Japanese baseball) will get more exciting.”

That one word left an impression on me.

I don’t think Seiya Suzuki himself, who spoke the words, wanted to emphasize that point.

When the author asked about what he felt after experiencing Japanese and American baseball, he said, “Both Japanese baseball and American baseball are different in a good way, and it’s fun.” become.

Suzuki said about Japanese baseball, “For example, there is a sense of connection, and it’s fun to play as a team.” bottom.

Although it deviates from the purpose of this paper, just in case, the situation is as follows.

“I’ve been playing Japanese baseball for a long time and wanted to see a different kind of baseball, so (going to America) made me think about a lot of things. Yes, but I think Japanese baseball would be more exciting if it had more power and speed.I think there are good and bad in Japan, and there are good and bad in America, so both of them are. I was wondering which one, but both are fun.”

Maybe America is right for you? That’s what I thought myself, so even if I asked similar questions, the answer was the same.

“Both really fun”

Going back to the topic, the reason why these words left an impression on me is that Suzuki is a seeker with an unconventional spirit of inquiry (hence his practice is mind-boggling), and he always wants to become good at baseball. This is because the image of “baseball boy” was strong.