Go to Kamagaya to see Shibata Lion, Nippon Ham's Dora 1st! The appeal of this now is beyond catcher psychology
Tamura Fujio (65), who has trained young players as a Chunichi 2nd-Tail battery coach until 2019, checks out the current situation of players who have caught their eye on the farm and the promising young players. This time, we will be focusing on Nippon Ham rookie pitcher Shishi Shishi (19, Fukuoka University Ohori).
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Honestly, I felt that the batting of Nippon Ham's No. 1 draft pick, Shibata, the high school graduate rookie, was a must-see.
Perhaps it's the roughness of a 19-year-old that you can only see now. Looking back at three at-bats, full of charm.
Shibata Shishi's batting experience teaches a lot of things about batting, like me, who have a long experience as catcher and who observes batting while speculating on batter psychology and pitcher psychology. It still made me feel that I still lacked imagination and observation.
The result of “7th DH” having two hits in three at-bats and his first home run in official games didn't make much of a big impact on me.
Rather, he felt like he got a glimpse of the incredible fearlessness that only a high school graduate rookie can have with his sudden strikeout and unexpected full swing.
He faced left-handed pitcher in his first at-bat. He hit a straight ball low and then fouled. The swing was quite conscious of being a puller, and from this point onwards I could see his passion for hitting at bat.
He saw the second pitch straight away and 1-1. On the third pitch, he missed the outside slider. The ball was clearly visible the moment I threw it, and I took the plunge and swinged for a one-bounce ball. This forced me to go 1-2.
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Born on October 24th, 1959 in Narashino, Chiba.
He joined Nippon Ham as the sixth pick in the draft from Kanto No. 1 to 1977. In 1993, he won the Golden Glove Award for the first time.
In the 1993 off-season, Giants' manager Nagashima received a love call from him as a free agent (remaining at Nippon Ham), and in the 1996 off-season, then manager Oh (current chairman) decided to transfer to Daiei (now SoftBank) directly via telephone. From 2007, he joined the cabinet at the request of Coach Chunichi Ochiai.
The catcher was highly praised by ON and Ochiai, but Tamura firmly adheres to the stance that “it's not something you'll ever tell anyone about this story.” After 42 years of professional baseball, he became a commentator. He has played in a total of 1,552 professional games, 1,123 hits and 110 home runs.
