Why the continuous 3-ball slider that was hit first? Giant Battery “Pitfalls” Cited by Former Receivers | Full-Count

Comment from Toshihiro Noguchi, who played for 21 years for Yakult and Hanshin

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In the first round of the “SMBC Japan Series 2020” held at Kyocera Dome Osaka on the 21st, starting pitcher giant Tomoyuki Kanno, but became a defeated pitcher with 6 hits and 4 runs in the sixth inning. It appears he was hit by a catcher, Ryoya Kurihara, who has 3 hits and 4 points, including 2 runs in the first inning. Toshihiro Noguchi, who has been active as a catcher for 21 years in Yakult, Nippon Ham, Hanshin and Yokohama (now DeNA), analyzed Kanno’s psychology.

It was a shocking first shot. Kanno welcomed Kurihara from the “right fifth flank” at first base without dying in the second inning. The first ball is lifted and the second ball has a slider in the inside corner, counting 2-0. Here, the slider selected by three consecutive balls entered the center and was carried to the right wing seat.

On this day, the receiver who led Kanno was Oshiro. Of the 20 games Kanno released this season, he wore a mask in 19 games. Mr Noguchi said: “The impression I saw was that the drummer saw Kurihara’s reaction to the second ball, decided he was ‘waiting for a ladder’ and continued with the slider with the intention of outwitting him.” I suppose. “In this way, the ball thrown with the idea that it will not hit is the most dangerous. Even if it is the same type of ball, it is different from the ball thrown with the mind that it can be aimed. I am also active when I was a catcher. , I was in a lot of pain with that, “he said.

“I think the slider that hit Yanagida in one shot was just one or a half ball different from Kurihara’s hit, but it was sharp,” he said. Additionally, Mr. Noguchi estimates the pitcher’s psychology.