Rakuten Eagles Hideto Asamura infielder (35) showed his determination to make a comeback on the 11th by playing in all games & achieving 20 or more. He opened his voluntary training in Okinawa Prefecture. Last season, while he achieved a total of 2,000 , his batting average was .239, 34 and 9 sluggish. His consecutive appearances stopped at 1,346 games. He is determined to play in all of the games so that he can keep up his record. Home Run hit RBI Home Run

The wind is blowing in their favor. Their home stadium, which changed its name to "Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi" on the 1st, has installed new outfield wall, moving the left-center field fence forward by up to 6 meters and the right-center field fence forward by up to 4 meters. "There's a possibility that things that didn't go in before will now go in," he said, welcoming the change, and looking ahead to achieving 20 home runs for the first time in three years, he added, "I want to hit 20 or 30 again."

He also has motivation. In December last year, he attended his first Hall of Fame general meeting in Hawaii, USA. He received some golden advice from his seniors: "Many of my seniors told me, 'You shouldn't think about it now that you're a veteran. If you start thinking about it, you'll suddenly become older,' and 'You're not old enough to fall behind yet, so have more confidence.'" This season, in his 18th year as a professional, he has these words of wisdom engraved in his heart. He will sound the starting gun for a counterattack at the "strongest" home stadium. (Miyauchi Kota)