The tiger pulled Sato! On the 26th a professional baseball draft meeting was held in Tokyo, and Hanshin acquired the right to negotiate with Ama NO.1 Slugger Kindai Sato Teruaki Uchinote (4th year = Incheon Gakuin) after the 4-team competition.

It is the first time in 40 years since Tatsunori Hara (giant) of Tokai University in 1980 (Showa 55) that the four teams of college field students compete. The director Yano Yano (51) who won the winning lottery is Yano Guts of the whole body (Konshin). Teru Sato also set big goals for the rookie king, home run king and triple three, and he promised to contribute to the victory.

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Teru Sato cut both sides of her hair and awaited her fate. When Director Yano won the winning lottery, the expression of tension eased a bit. “I’m glad it was a family team on the home team.” On Koshien’s knee, Nishinomiya’s Ama NO.1 slugger wears Tatejima’s combat clothes.

He received first place nominations from ORIX, Hanshin, Softbank, and Giant. In the top college student outfield player nomination (excluding first place out of the game), four teams competed for the first time in 40 years since Tatsunori Hara of Tokai University in 1980. Koshien visited from a young age and played in Tigers Junior in the sixth grade of elementary school. A mysterious connection attracted Hanshin. Director Yano tightened his expression on the screen, hoping he was a gamer who could give him a dream.

Left-handed outfielder Ichiro himself longed for it. “I think it’s amazing that only one person in the majors is Japanese and the physique is small, but I think he’s a player who gave me a dream.” Now is the time to give a dream as a professional baseball player. “I’ve loved Ichiro since I was little. I want to be a player who can give me that kind of dream,” she said.

He was unknown in high school. There is no participation in Koshien. The turning point is weight training that began in the sophomore year of high school. “My body has changed. From there, I can hit a home run.” In college, under the direction of director Hidemasa Tanaka (63) and others, his talents blossomed. In the Kansai Student Baseball League, he reached 14 bases and set the league hitting record held by former giant Tomohiro Nioka (currently director of the 3rd Army of Giants) for the first time in 22 years. League V also received a fateful draft as a souvenir.

I also thanked my parents for supporting me as a professional at the meeting. I appreciate the words taught by Hironobu (53), the father of the Nikkei University Judo Club (86 kg). “There is an opponent in the game, and the opponent cannot control it. Focus on what you can do.”

The targets set are “Rookie King,” “Home Run King,” and “Triple Three,” and the scale is magnificent. Koshien, who played in college, has yet to bow. “I want to hit a strong ball that won’t get lost in the beach breeze.” Tatejima’s Sato crashes in the V League recapture for the first time in 16 years.[Hayato Okuda]