In the 1991 opening game, Mr. Minami Mure directly appealed to manager Hoshino for a trade, which was realized two months later.
At the Minamimure Orthopedic Clinic in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture, the uniform of Toyozo Minamimure with the jersey number “40” from the Chunichi period is displayed. In May 1991, midway through the season, he was traded from Orix to Chunichi. It was a release play that was abandoned by director Shozo Doi, who was on the wrong wavelength, but in fact, it was also a long-cherished wish. This is because Chunichi has been sending love calls for a long time. Surprisingly, he also directly appealed to that fighting general, director Senichi Hoshino, “Please catch me.”
Mr. Minami Mure, who failed in the Okuri bunt and earned the anger of Director Doi. What awaited him was a trade notice from Orix Ino Chongqing team representative to Chunichi. One-on-one exchange with pitcher Yasuhiro Kawabata, a young right-hander. “The representative told me that they would give me time to think regarding it, that they would be prepared, so I might think regarding it slowly, and that I might come up with an answer in regarding a week, but no, I will go. ”.
I was so happy. In fact, in March of that year, Mr. Minamimure “contacted” with Director Hoshino before the start of the opening match at Green Stadium Kobe (Hotto Motto Kobe). “At the time, the last open-air match was the China-Japan match. At that time, Chunichi had former Hankyu coaches Jo Ohashi, Yasuo Kato, and Yoshihiro Iwamoto. “I’ve been saying to Mr. Ohashi for a long time that I want to go to Chunichi.”
During practice that day, I said, “Ohashi-san, hello, there’s still time. Then he said, “I was told, ‘You can’t start the story even if you tell me. Go tell the director.'” “Well, I asked if I might get hit if I said that, and I said, ‘I like that kind of player, so I’m happy, so go.'” So, following Orix’s practice was over, he ran to coach Hoshino, who was in the middle left in his uniform.
