Orix Buffaloes Hiroya Miyagi pitcher Daiya Miyagi (24) entered "Hinomaru mode" on the 2nd. The seventh-year left-hander, who was selected for the Japanese national team for the WBC in March along with teammates Soya and Wakatsuki, threw 66 pitches to catcher in his first bullpen of the Miyazaki camp. "I thought it was okay, and I felt like I was moving well." Regarding the ball used in the tournament, he said, "The ball feels a little bigger, and the axis of rotation and the number of rotations are a little different from the Japanese ball. I just need to get a feel for it."

At the last tournament in 2013, he won the world championship alongside Padres pitcher Yu Darvish (39) and others. The legend, who underwent right elbow surgery in October 2013, is scheduled to serve as a "temporary advisor" at the Samurai Japan training camp starting on the 14th. In the summer of 2019, when he was a third-year student at Konan High School in Okinawa, the big star, 15 years older than him, praised him on social media, saying, "I love his pitching style, the trajectory of the ball, and everything overall." He expressed his gratitude, saying, "I'm grateful that he took time out of his busy schedule to come to Japan." He also mentioned that during the last tournament training camp, the two enjoyed a "swan boat date" on a day off, and jokingly declared, "I'd like to send him back to San Diego," declaring that this time he would sail the boat to "Dal-san's" home base.

Just as he learned how to grip fork last time, he will also absorb the secrets of his 208 total wins in Japan and the US on pitch side. "I hope to receive a lot of advice and use it in baseball career." After sharing a rich time together, the ultimate goal is to be immersed in the joy of the final not in San Diego, but in Miami, USA. Olympus' proud island ace will be the driving force behind their consecutive world championships. (Nambu Shunta)