Mr. Ichiro (47), special assistant and instructor to the president of Mariners, gave a lecture at the 73rd newspaper convention sponsored by the Japan Association of Newspapers in the city of Kobe on the 26th. For the media staff of the member companies of the association. The tasty “Ichiro-bushi” after a long time is next.

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-Is it special to finish active duty with the Mariners?

Mr. Ichiro Of course. After that, it doesn’t make much sense if some team is quietly 50 years old. The purpose is to do it until age 50. As a result, I am glad I got there. But a little far from Seattle, New York, Miami … Finally, it’s kind of fun to have that kind of fun. That feeling can no longer be betrayed. So, no, I don’t want to try elsewhere.

-Relationship with the media

Mr. Ichiro This was 1994. It was 1994 or 1995, but at one point they asked me “How do you feel?” After the game, when some record was stopped. Well, I thought what kind of feeling was kinda rude, and I’m still in my 20s. Well I have to do my best now, I think it’s been a year since I did my best and became a regular, maybe 1994 in relation to the record. It’s the year I first became a regular, and I have to do my best for a year to figure out what kind of records and what kind of numbers will come out. That’s why I can’t call it a disk. In the year I had to see what the results would be, when I said, “Why don’t you stop recording?”, “No, I don’t know what to do.” At the time, he was looking at the newspaper. If he were away, he would be happy at that time. I was seeing. It was expressed as “keeping the true intention wrapped in Oblate”. No no no. I’m real. Don’t write with your own subjectivity. What I found out was that the article was already decided and my words were simply put on “”. There would be no “wrapping the real intention in Oblate”. I thought they would fit me this way (laughs) because it’s my true intention. From there, my perspective changed. The appearance has changed.

My superiors used to say, “They get along well with the media.” What does it mean to get along? I didn’t understand what it meant. I said that and left. So let’s look at it. I began to observe my elders. I’m talking to people in the media. So, you are doing it in a friendly way. “Get it right” is something like this. But for me, this shouldn’t be “getting it right”. In other words, there is no tension. It seemed they were too close.

In other words, I don’t think this is a good relationship if we can’t be strict with each other. Rather, it would be a bad relationship. Several older people taught me that way, so I think they all took that position. That makes young people uncomfortable. That’s not what a good relationship is when I build relationships with people in the media. Relationships that can be mutually improved. I think that kind of posture is ideal. However, it is difficult. Because it uses energy. It’s hard, me too. If you answer in any way, it will be the easiest. So we can’t move on with each other.

That’s why I think the people around me were tough. However, reporters who left active duty and were interviewed near me said, “I was hearing the story every day in Ichiro, so now it’s a little easier.” If you succeed, it is your wish. I’ve never heard of it. If there were one or two of those people. This is definitely not possible in many cases. Like two people.