Former professional baseball player Kazuhiro Kiyohara (53) sent a video message to pitcher Fujikawa Kyuji (40), who will be retiring from active duty this season, and recalled that “incident.”

He appeared at the retirement ceremony held after the game. “Speaking of memories with pitcher Fujikawa, that controversial incident at Tokyo Dome. Pitcher Fujikawa is not bad at all. It was the manager (Yano who was the receiver) who gave the signal,” the stadium said with a laugh. Wrapped.

He continued: “It was the first time in my life that I was swinging a bat and the ball passed. It was a total defeat. Bones crushed. I was waving my arms so I could break at any moment.” Rest your shoulders, elbows, and heart and head into a new life. “

That incident was in April 2005. He played Mr. Kiyohara (giant) who had hit 500 homes in total and was hit with a fork. Mr. Kiyohara was angry about the fact that he was racing a changing ball and said, “Is it Ji Poco?” It appeared widely in sports newspapers and became a mess.

In June of the same year, he met up with Mr. Kiyohara, who was related to him in the giant game (Koshien), and was rocked in a direct game with 5 balls in a row. In the second round of the ball banquet (Miyazaki) in July 2006, he challenged an overall straight ball game and stole an empty swing. Fujikawa said, “Mr. Kiyohara raised me. I’m glad I hit a home run.” Mr. Kiyohara took off his hat and said, “The ball of the ball was a ball of fire.”