On October 13, Ginji, Yuji Kaneko, and guest Hatsuhiko Tsuji appeared on the official Persol Pacific League TV YouTube channel segment 'Going to Patere on Mondays,' summarizing the three matches of the 'Persol CS Party' first baseman stage. They mentioned the 'disguised squeeze' set up in the third match.
In the decisive third game of the first baseman Stage, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham led by two runs in the top of the 7th inning with one out and runners on third, and Shu Yamagata attempted a fake squeeze, which led to Hibiki Shinohara pitching wildly and scoring a valuable run. Regarding this unusual tactic, Mr. Tsuji speculated, "That kind of fake is rare. Since the battery is young, maybe they tried to shake things off." He evaluated the strategy as a strategy exploiting the battery gap between second-year pro pitcher Shinohara and rookie Taiga Kojima.
When asked about his predictions for such tactics, Mr. Tsuji replied, "I absolutely believe there is a possibility of squeeze." "If the right pitcher (Shinohara pitcher) had started early, it would have been obvious the moment the right (Shinohara) set up his bunt, and I think he thought it was bad and missed the ball. The ball was fast, and he missed a bit too much. catcher couldn't catch up either," he explained, explaining the cause of the mistake.
On the other hand, regarding Kojima, who couldn't stop his wild pitching, he also pointed out, "It seems tough, but we have to do something about that with the mitt." "There is a possibility of squeeze, but catcher need to prepare. There are pitcher that can suddenly be removed when you see runner 's movements," he advised.
Saitama Seibu Lions narrowly missed the stage first baseman with 1 win and 2 losses. Tsuji-san said, "It's not that I just happened to be unable to hit in a short decisive match, but rather that as a The Lions player, I should think I lacked strength. Since I couldn't show my true ability here, something was missing. I think I need to improve my skills accordingly," summarizing the three matches.
LIVE Streaming Program 'Monday Goes to Patele'
・Streaming date: Every Monday at 21:00~ (scheduled to stream until October during the season)
・Streaming location: Persol Pacific League TV Official YouTube Channel
・Performers: Weekly rotating professional baseball alumni duo
(Ryota Igarashi & Sho Nakata / Ginji & Yuji Kaneko / GG Sato & T-Okada / Motonobu Tanishige & Tomoya Satozaki)
Next week on Tuesday the 20th, GG's Sato and T-Okada, along with guest Hiroyuki Nakajima, are scheduled to appear. Don't miss it!
