Series 31st Yips Deep ~ Men who continued to resist the horror Yips
Witness Shinnosuke Abe (1)
I’ve heard the name many times since I started interviewing Yips.
“Abe is also Yips? I knew immediately when I saw it.”
Those who have become Yips in the world of professional baseball can almost always see the “kind”. You can communicate without exchanging words, as if you were perceiving each other the demons parasitized in your body.
Shinnosuke Abe, who joined the giant by reverse nomination as a catcher of a strong shoulder bang from Chuo University …
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It was also well known among those who suffered from Yips that Shinnosuke Abe, a big catcher who has made a name for himself in the history of the ball, was affected by Yips.
After retiring from active duty only in 2019, the inside story that Abe was secretly suffering from Yips has been reported.
But how many baseball fans were aware of Abe’s Yips? I didn’t know until another interviewee told me.
Giants pitchers with a brilliant face
Was it something you didn’t want to touch when you were active? When asked, Abe, who became a giant’s military operation and defense chief coach from this season, wondered, “What is it?”
“I didn’t want you to touch it, but I thought everyone knew it rather than hiding it.”
It is said that the time when Abe developed Yips was “immediately after becoming a professional”.
Abe joined the team in 1st place after reversely nominating a giant at the 2000 draft meeting. In the same year, the giant defeated Daiei and was the best in Japan.
The pitchers were full of faces. Kimiyasu Kudo, Masumi Kuwata, Koji Uehara. There were also Masaki Saito and Hiromi Makihara, albeit in his later years. A new catcher who suddenly came to the prestigious baseball team from Chuo University secretly felt pressure, saying, “I have to return the ball to my seniors.”
One day during the spring camp, Abe was pitched by an older left-handed pitcher with a bullpen. Abe, who caught the ball, tried to return the ball, and the left pitcher lost his position. By the time he thought “oh”, the ball was already away from his fingertips.
The pitcher who staggers to the left cannot catch the return ball, and the ball grabs the pitcher’s head and hits the shutter behind.
“Garn!”
There was a loud noise. Fortunately, he didn’t hurt his senior pitcher, and Abe stroked his chest. However, at this moment, something new had dwelled inside Abe.
