High school baseball and professional baseball are not connected.
How many times have we seen the heroes who excited Koshien take off their uniforms after losing a battle against professional fighters? Every fall, when the draft conference is held, every time the news of the retirement of men who were once heralded as geniuses or monsters is announced in the newspapers, the question “why?” comes to mind.
Why did a star with such a track record fail to make it in professional baseball?
There is probably more than one answer.
In professional baseball, where results are everything, numbers are the only indicator of ability. Players who cannot leave the expected numbers have no choice but to leave this world…
Is “Yoshinobu Takahashi” the last fielder to play a big role?
“Why can’t alumni of the Keio University baseball team, especially fielders, play an active role in professional baseball?”
In response to a question from the editorial department, I tried to trace my memory.
Indeed, with the exception of Yoshinobu Takahashi (former Yomiuri Giants, total of 1,753 hits, 321 home runs, and 986 RBIs), there are few players who have been active as regulars since 1990. Masaki Iwami, who joined Rakuten with much fanfare, will retire at the end of the 2022 season. Toshiken Yokoo, who also played for Rakuten, was recently notified that he was not eligible for active duty.
As a Keio University alumnus who was unable to play professionally, Tsuyoshi Omori immediately came to mind.
34 years ago, “a certain player” from Giant Dragons 1
In the summer of 1983, Omori was included in the starting lineup of Takamatsu Commercial (Kagawa) as a first-year player at Koshien, along with Masumi Kuwata (former Giant and others) and Kazuhiro Kiyohara of PL Gakuen (Osaka), who were ranked number one in Japan in this tournament. He is in the same grade as (former Seibu and others). After entering Keio University in April 1986, he immediately earned a regular position, and in four years, he totaled 111 hits (15th all-time), 17 home runs (10th all-time), and 78 RBIs (2nd most all-time). He won the Triple Crown in the spring of his third year, and was selected to represent Japan at the Seoul Olympics that summer (1988), where he contributed to winning the silver medal. He joined the Giants as the No. 1 pick in the 1989 draft, when Hideo Nomo was selected by eight teams.
2023-10-29 08:36:43
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