Saitama’s high school baseball power map, which has been led by Tokuei Hanasaki and Urawa Gakuin, may be repainted this year. This is because Shohei High School, which has never participated in Koshien, won the prefectural tournaments last autumn and this spring.
Haruki Saito, Shohei’s “No. 3 catcher” and the team’s spiritual pillar See photos related to this article
[Existence feared by teammates]
Haruki Saito, the captain of the team, is leading the new talent. As a catcher with strong shoulders and strong hits, he has been selected as a candidate for the Japan High School National Team.
“I think I got scolded the most after joining the new team.”
Regarding Saito’s existence, Tatsuha Sato, the second-year right-hand man who formed the battery, answered with a wry smile after the finals of the spring prefectural tournament. “Honestly, I’m scared,” he says.
Sato is 184 centimeters tall, and his angled straights have already weighed over 140 kilograms. In the final of the spring tournament against Urawa Gakuin, he pitched well, giving up one run in the sixth inning, but Saito was the one who supported him. After Sato said, “I’m scared…”, he continued.
“If I look at Haruki-san and throw it away, I can think that it will be okay.
From these words, you can see the magnitude of Saito’s presence. In recent years, the phrase “reading the atmosphere” has become common, and more and more people are looking at their surroundings more than necessary. It’s a phrase I often hear from teachers.
Saito, however, observes the other person’s situation deeply and can say what he has to say without hesitation at the risk of being disliked. When I asked him, “Why are you so angry?”, he replied:
“The reason why we can be very cautious is, for example, when we make a mistake, we want people around us to listen to what we are saying, not just the person who made the mistake.
Coach Yosuke Kurosaka talks about the reason why other players follow him even when he is bombarded with such harsh words.
“It’s probably because he’s someone who works hard (in baseball). In addition, he’s popular, so he’s like, ‘If Haruki says that, it can’t be helped.'”
2023-07-11 07:11:11
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