I met a rare sight. Before the open match / Chunichi-Orix match (Kariya) on the 8th of this month. During the batting practice, director Kazuyoshi Tatsunami (52) began to dragonfly to level the ground between Sanyu. He was wondering if he was helping to level the ground after the knock, but it didn’t end. Perhaps the sweat was bleeding, I took off the windbreaker from the middle and continued to level the ground politely. At first, Kobayashi’s public relations with supervision helped, but from the end of the batting practice, other coaches and staff, Shuhei Takahashi, Abe, Kyoda and others joined. I leveled the ground for over an hour until just before the start of ORIX’s batting practice.

“(The ground) was hard, so I wish I could get better. I’m in trouble if I get hurt in the future.” Kariya Baseball Field is not a place to hold professional baseball games on a regular basis. In order to provide a safe stage for the players, he bought the role of ground keeper.

Takaya Ishikawa received an irregular bounce on his face when he was knocked at Nagoya Baseball Stadium on the 7th. He bleeds from near his lips, but it doesn’t matter. Expected cannon candidates have gained experience in practice and games. If you get injured and get out of the opening members, the commander’s concept will go crazy. We also requested the stadium to improve the ground of Nagoya Baseball Stadium, and it was in good condition when the open game was held on the 9th.

Director Tatsunami, who hit 2480 hits in 8th place in history during his active career, won the Golden Glove Award five times in total for his defensive play, second and third bases. Attention to the ground condition is unique to a defensive master. Even before the Hanshin-Chunichi match (Koshien) on the 11th, dragonflies were hung while checking the batter practice of the players between Sanyu, which was the main battlefield during the active era. Two weeks left until the opening round. “In a blink of an eye. I think it will be soon, so I’m afraid of the disabled from here.” The feelings for the players who will fight for a year ooze out in the appearance of maintaining the ground.[Chunichi charge = Daisuke Ito]