Orix Buffaloes On January 10, Mamoru Kishida, the manager of the Japan Professional Baseball League, congratulated Hiroya Miyagi pitcher who announced on the same day that he had married a woman of the same grade and also from Okinawa. When the press asked about the left-hander, who is in his seventh year as a pro, he smiled and said, "Congratulations. When the press asked about the newlywed ace, he immediately said, "I think she will do her best with even more determination. I believe that he will do his best with that very feeling of "nekketsu. I have high expectations for him." He called for a great performance that would embody the catch phrase "Nekketsu #Bassion2026" for the next 26 years.