Professional baseball 2022 opening special feature
Interview with Hiroshima / Nakamura Scholarship
In the summer of 2017, Shosei Nakamura of Koryo High School, who set a new record for 6 home runs in one tournament at Koshien, has only participated in 43 games in total in the four years since he entered the professional team. This year, which is his fifth year as a professional, he will challenge not only the catcher but also the outfield at the spring camp. He is working on the dual wield of the catcher and the outfield in search of a chance to play. He talked about his professional journey and his thoughts on his fifth year.
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──We are challenging the outfield in earnest from this spring camp.
“To somehow get regular this year. At present, I know that it is difficult to get regular with a catcher. Outfield (Suzuki) Seiya is gone, and (because of Ryoma Nishikawa’s delay), the current situation is vacant. First of all, I am working on hitting and defending, aiming for that so that I can play in the game. “
──Is it because you played 39 games in the 1st Army last year that you became more particular about participating in games than you were particular about catchers?
“That’s right. Until then, I was in the second army for almost three years, and I was more worried about when I could get up. In the meantime, last year I was allowed to play 39 games in one army. I thought. On the stage of the 1st army, the desire to play baseball became even stronger in that large crowd. “
── Looking back, how do you feel about yourself until the third year?
“When I was told that I was seriously facing baseball … I had a lot of thoughts that I wanted to go play somewhere. I didn’t feel it. I feel again that I’m lacking in my efforts. I also had that kind of experience, and by playing in the first team game last year, I gradually became aware of it. “
── You were mentally weak.
“It was sweet and weak. I wasn’t motivated to practice, and maybe I wasn’t serious about baseball.”
