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 rookie edition, Tohoku Rakuten Eagles Rui Muneyama scored the highest score among the nominees for the play of Chiba Lotte Marines Misho Nishikawa and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Shu Yamagata, who won the Rookie of the Year.
September 27, Orix Buffaloes vs. Tohoku Rakuten Eagles game, scene of first base with no outs, Kenya Wakatsuki The ball hit by the player goes to the three plays. When Soyama stretched out his left hand to catch up with the batted ball, he twisted his body immediately after catch and throw to second base, forcing runner to first base. For this hard play, Hatsuhiko Tsuji scored 2 points and the other 4 players gave a perfect score, and was recognized as a "super fine play" with a total of 14 points.
Sho Nakata said, "defense Of course, the range is amazing, but there is a sense of calmness. That's about it." Furthermore, Ryota Igarashi also said, "It's beautiful, and I have a certain defense that I like, and it feels light and accurate. It has it all, right? I haven't looked at (the direction of second base) at all since I caught it, but I think I know the position of the base to some extent. It's amazing that you can strike throw so precisely."
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Mr. Nakata, who participated in the recording of Persol Pacific League TV for the first time after retiring from active duty, said, "It was a lot of fun. There were seniors I met for the first time, including Mr. Furuta, and from my point of view, I was nervous at first because I was with all the legends, but everyone was friendly and I enjoyed it."
To the viewers, "Watching the VTR, everyone honestly evaluates the play. From our point of view, there are many times when we say, 'It's a normal play.' While feeling that 'professionals are amazing after all,' I hope you can enjoy the difference between the fans' views and perspectives and the perspectives of professional baseball alumni."
A total of 8 collaboration videos between Persol Pacific League TV's official YouTube channel and Furuta's Equation [Atsuya Furuta Official Channel] have been released on each channel.
"defense range is of course amazing, but ......" Sho Nakata & Ryota Igarashi are also impressed by the good defense of Rui Muneyama
Pacific League Insight
2025.12.23(火) 14:00
![Sho Nakata (left) and Ryota Igarashi (right) appeared on the "Fine Play Deliberation Committee" [Photo: Pacific League Insight]](https://media.insight.pacificleague.com/webp/RJ4gXyQRhKXB7bXNE2tN9KmrRiSjcgHaxPYK3xT0.webp)