The official Pacific League TV YouTube channel is currently releasing a second collaboration video with Furuta no Hoshiki (Furuta Atsuya Official Channel). This second collaboration video follows on from the overwhelming response to the collaboration video released in May of this year. Following on from the previous video, this time titled "Fine Play Review Committee," the video uses footage of Pacific League from the 2025 season to rigorously review whether plays generally considered fine plays are truly fine plays in the eyes of defense masters.

Each of the five "councillors" will rate each play on a scale of 0 to 3, and the total score will determine whether the play is a "Not Fine Play" (0 to 8 points), a "Fine Play" (9 to 11 points), or a "Super Fine Play" (12 to 15 points). In outfield defense edition, we will look at Saitama Seibu Lions' 2019, who won the Mitsui Golden Glove Award for the first time this year. Manaya Nishikawa The players also received perfect scores.

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On April 9th, at the prefectural Omiya Stadium, Saitama Seibu Lions vs. Chiba Lotte Marines Chiba Lotte Marines game, there was one out and no runner on base in the top of the seventh inning. Misho Nishikawa The ball hit by the player seemed to fall in front of center fielder, Manaya Nishikawa The player immediately jumped and made a great catch, catch just above the ground to save the team.

Regarding this play, Okada Yukifumi praised Nishikawa's strength at the ball, saying, "I think it's a difficult play. The ball hits the tip of the bat, and the hit is unconventional." Continuing, former Saitama Seibu Lions manager Tsuji Hatsuhiko added, "I think Nishikawa has made a lot of plays like this this year." He speculated that Nishikawa's unique strengths may have led to this play, saying, "After all, players who started out as infielder are good at diving catch. Also, it's natural turf, and he's been playing baseball here since his high school days (at Hanasaki Tokuei High School)."