The NPB rookie training session was held at a hotel in Tokyo on the 9th. Lotte's first draft pick, pitcher Genki Ishigaki (Kendai Takasaki), along with other rookie players, toured baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and attended a lecture by Atsushi Nomi, pitcher coach for Samurai Japan.
During his first visit to the baseball Hall of Fame Museum, he was once again shocked by the stats of Masaichi Kaneda, who pitched in a total of 944 games for the Japan National Railways and The Giants, with 400 wins, 298 losses, 4,490 strike out, and an ERA of 2.34. "What impressed me the most was Masaichi Kaneda's stats. It was amazing to pitch like that. It was inspiring, but I didn't know if I would ever pitch that well," he said, unable to hide his surprise at the extraordinary numbers that the legendary left-handed pitcher, who once served as manager of the Lotte Marines, had achieved during his playing days. The day strengthened his resolve to "do his best" to become a baseball Hall of Famer in the future.
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