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). In the infield defense edition (2), Pacific League regular season "rare play" for the first time in three years was also painfully judged.
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On July 13, 2025, he started against Tohoku Rakuten Eagles by Fukuoka Softbank 's second-year high school graduate, Yugo Maeda pitcher. In the bottom of the 6th inning with the score 5-0, Ryosuke Tatsumi and Daisuke Nakashima players hit repeatedly, and they were in a pinch with no outs on first and second base. In a situation where he didn't want to pass the flow to the opponent, the following Itsuki Murabayashi player's batted ball went to third base. third baseman Downs, who was guarding near the base, catch a grounder and stepped on the base to throw to second base. second baseman Akira Kawase player's transfer to first base was also made in time, and the triple play was established.
Pacific League regular season was the first record since April 10, 2022, but it was not a "fine play" with a total of 7 points. Atsuya Furuta, who gave this play a one-point rating, said, "Well, I haven't done anything difficult. When the third is also defending there, it's like 'I'll go when I come,'" he said, deciding that it was a natural play for a professional and gave him a hard score.
A rare record not seen in three years in the Pacific League, but is the "best play" really a fine play? Atsuya Furuta gives a harsh review
Pacific League Insight
2025.12.15(月) 16:00
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