December 30, 2023 11:00 Giant Tomoyuki Kanno (Photo taken in April 2022)
The job of a reporter is a special one, and one can be placed in a world that is difficult to experience.
In December 2020, my first year at the company, I was put in charge of the Giants without knowing anything. It’s been 3 years since he left. He will be reassigned to be in charge of DeNA from January next year. The world has changed for him in three years. The height of the coronavirus pandemic has completely subsided. In his fourth year, he had a junior and his bonus increased a little.
The reporting environment has also changed since the coronavirus pandemic. At first, most interviews were conducted remotely, and we were not able to have even casual conversations to prevent the spread of infection. Regulations are gradually being eased and hanging interviews (interviews where interviews are conducted while on the move) are also allowed. This created a unique environment where I was able to immediately ask top athletes any questions I had. There may have been times when the players and coaches wanted to go home in silence, but I can only be grateful to them for agreeing to be interviewed.
I learned a lot in such an environment. Koshien in July. I was interviewing Kanno in the hallway behind the bench. Although she was afraid of the flow of the story, she once had a personal “serious consultation”. When she can’t write a manuscript well, she ends up making excuses and creating a way out. I didn’t have enough time, I didn’t have enough coverage, etc. There was no end to it. I felt like he was looking for a reason to justify himself and not do it. When I confided in him, a young reporter eight years younger than me sent me some words that resonated with me while empathizing with him. “There are many things I don’t want to do.But if I run away, someday it will come back to me twice as much.If you think that it is not good for your goal, I don’t think you will achieve it 100%.” ”.
At the same time, he also said: “That’s a good excuse for my body.I understand how you feel.I have a weak heart like that too.But when I look at myself objectively, I realize that this is no good.Basically, I don’t regret doing it. , I think there are times when I regret something I should have done. Even though I may have had a wonderful life from the outside, I still feel like I should have done something differently. There are times when I wonder if I could have gotten better grades.But I think about it every day so that I can do it less often.”
I still think about it when I feel like running away. Let’s do it first and then think about it.
I learned a lot from other players as well. The consideration of veterans such as Sakamoto and Nagano, the kindness of Sho Nakata, the dedication of Maru to practice, the personability of Kobayashi, the warmth of Takashi Oshiro, the humility of captain Kazu Okamoto, the smartness of Takanashi, and the large number of bodies. Togo’s brightness, Kadowaki’s high level of awareness, Asano’s purity, and the desperation of young players and players under development. I won’t list them all because there is no end to them, but everything was a series of surprises.
Starting next year, he will be in charge of DeNA. I’m excited to see what kind of surprises and discoveries I’ll make. I feel embarrassed when I write about my feelings like this, thinking that my seniors, fellow reporters, and acquaintances will see them, but I’ll try it first. I would like to continue to convey the surprises I felt as a reporter in as much detail and in an easy-to-understand way through my articles.[Giants in charge = Soichiro Kobayakawa]
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