2024-06-06 14:30:00
Mr. Hiromitsu Ochiai
Photograph by Sponich
Hiromitsu Ochiai (70), who received the Triple Crown 3 times as a participant and led Chunichi to 4 league titles as a head coach, posted an pressing video on his YouTube channel “My Type Ship by Hiromitsu Ochiai” on the sixth. On the identical day, within the recreation towards Rakuten held at Tokyo Dome, he cheered for Giants infielder Hayato Sakamoto (35), who hit his 2,372nd hit, surpassing his personal whole of two,371 hits in skilled baseball.
Sakamoto hit the correct fielder within the ninth inning of the identical recreation held on the fifth day earlier than, which was his 2371st hit, breaking his present file. This tied Mr. Ochiai’s file of twelfth in NPB historical past.
When Sakamoto hit his 2,372nd hit in proper area, surpassing his profession whole, Mr. Ochiai, who was watching from house in an orange jacket, exclaimed “Oh!” and gave a thumbs-up. Then, with a glass of wine in hand, he smiled and stated, “Cheers to Sakamoto.”
Mr. Ochiai took a breath and continued, “Nicely, talking of data, once you break somebody’s file, the identify of that individual all the time seems, which is a blessing for the one who broke the file. It feels good to be surpassed.” He expressed his ideas with a relaxed expression.
As a result of it was an emergency video, the interviewer who forgot to carry a microphone requested him: “Are you cheerful?” He replied: “Sure, I’m. This is essential for the one who is being chased.” Breaking that individual’s file. “It is a blessing,” he stated once more.
Within the sixth inning, Sakamoto hit the primary pitch from Rakuten’s No. 3 hitter Sawada, a 146-kilometer low inside nook fastball to proper area. He defined, “It was successful in entrance of proper area, and it felt just like the bat instinctively went out to catch the ball. It wasn’t one thing I used to be ready for.”
Subsequent, the interviewer talked regarding an announcement that Ochiai had made up to now, “Sakamoto is a pure hitter.” Mr. Ochiai responded, “Possibly it’s a pure means, however every part takes observe.”
Along with his hit of the day, Sakamoto moved into twelfth place in whole hits. His subsequent purpose is to achieve 2,432 hits, which is ready by Takuro Ishii, who’s eleventh in the identical league, however he stated, “As for Sakamoto, I believe it is a good suggestion to intention to surpass Harimoto — that manner, the Japanese skilled baseball world will probably be revitalized once more. If we are able to surpass this file (Mr. Harimoto’s 3,085 hits), I believe there will probably be a participant who can surpass Sakamoto. Subsequent time, I hope you may break Mr. Harimoto’s file. My final purpose is to cross the following one.” He has excessive hopes that he’ll surpass Harimoto’s skilled baseball file.
Mr. Ochiai tilted his glass with a smile and stated, “Ah, I’ll have a great drink tonight~”, and at last stated, “I am nonetheless sufficiently old to do my finest. I nonetheless have 7 years. Or 8 years till I am 45 (really 10 years), I hope you are able to do your finest.” As he stated this, he cheered Sakamoto on.
Sakamoto, who lined up with Mr. Ochiai the day earlier than, stated respectfully following the sport, “I’m nonetheless far behind (Mr. Ochiai). The totals might also be equal, however the degree distinction is just too large to say something.” He was speaking. After the sport that day, he vowed, “I’ll proceed to do my finest and hit each ball.”
【NPB whole click on rating】
First place: Isao Harimoto (Rakuten) 3085
2nd place Katsuya Nomura (Seibu) 2901
third place: Oh Sadaharu (Big) 2786
4th place Hiromitsu Kakuda (Daiei) 2566
5. Yoshio Kinugasa (Hiroshima) 2543
5. Fukumoto Yutaka (Hankyu) 2543
seventh place: Tomonori Kanemoto (Hanshin) 2539
eighth place: Tatsuba Kazuyoshi (China and Japan) 2480
No. 9 Nagashima Shigeo (Giants) 2471
No. 10 Masahiro Doi (Seibu) 2452
eleventh place: Takuro Ishii (Hiroshima) 2432
twelfth place: Hayato Sakamoto (Giants) 2372
No. 13 Ochiai Hiromitsu (Japanese Ham) 2371
14th place: Tetsuji Kawakami (Giants) 2351
No. 15 Yamamoto Koji (Hiroshima) 2339
*Affiliations are ultimate, solely Sakamoto is at present energetic.
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