Atsuya Furuta and Hatsuhiko Tsuji praised his "bunt handling" - how did Sho Nakata evaluate himself?

Pacific League Insight Yuna Takahashi

2025.12.12(金) 15:45

Sho Nakata appeared on the "Fine Play Deliberation Committee" [Photo: Pacific League Insight]
Sho Nakata appeared on the "Fine Play Deliberation Committee" [Photo: Pacific League Insight]

On Persol Pacific League TV's official YouTube, the second collaboration video with Furuta's equation [Atsuya Furuta official channel] is being released. The second installment was realized in response to the great response to the collaboration video released in May this year. This time, as in the previous article, the "Fine Play Deliberation Committee" is strictly deliberating on whether the plays that are generally considered fine plays are "true fine plays" in the eyes of defense masters, based on the play footage of Pacific League of the 2025 season.

Each of the five "deliberation committee members" evaluates each play on a scale of 0-3 points, and the total score determines "NOT Fine Play" (0-8 points), "Fine Play" (9-11 points), and "Super Fine Play" (12-15 points). One of the practice questions at the beginning was the "bunt processing" of Hokkaido Nippon-Ham OB Sho Nakata, who made a guest appearance. Mr. Nakata self-evaluated the play.

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In the Tohoku Rakuten Eagles vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham game held on August 14, 2016, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham faced it with a one-run lead in the bottom of the ninth inning with no outs on second base. When hitter attempted a bunt, the ball went to first base. Mr. Nakata of the first baseman quickly catch and rotated to third base throw. He showed strike throw in the case of touch play and brilliantly put runner out on second base.

This play scored a total of 9 points and was certified as a "fine play". Atsuya Furuta, who scored 2 out of 3 points, said, "It's a great play that shows the attitude of going to the catch," and Hatsuhiko Tsuji also praised the way he entered the , throw saying, "I can't throw a strong ball unless I turn left."

On the other hand, Nakata recalled, "I always thought, 'Come on,' so I was charging a lot pitcher. Since he always kept his aggressiveness in mind, he gave this play a strict self-evaluation with one point.

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Atsuya Furuta and Hatsuhiko Tsuji praised his "bunt handling" - how did Sho Nakata evaluate himself?