[Nippon-Ham] Takumi Yamamoto volunteered to throw 171 pitches, "I threw 250 pitches and my sense improved"... Making use of his roots from his time Chunichi Dragons

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Takumi Yamamoto shows off his powerful pitch in bullpen (photographer: Goi Furukawa)

Nippon-Ham Takumi Yamamoto pitcher (26) entered the bullpen in Nago, Okinawa on the 4th. He threw 171 pitches with only fastballs. At the same time, Tatsu, Yanagawa, and Kanemura, who entered the bullpen, silently threw in alone while finishing the pitch. "I've been doing relief for a few years, and I felt like I had learned to throw with a little too much force, so I want to be able to throw the first pitch and the 170th pitch at the same speed. It also meant to make them remember, so I was able to throw my ball firmly from the beginning to the end. In that sense, I think it's going well," he said, explaining the intention of throwing that he had planned from the beginning of the camp.

He had gotten a good response from the same kind of practice when he joined the team Chunichi from City Nishinomiya High School, saying, "The Dragons originally had a lot of pitcher to throw and make. The Dragons When I was a student at the time, I threw 250 pitches and had a great sense of feeling better. I would remind my body once more that I could throw without putting in weird amounts of force. I thought it was important for me this year to get back to that point," he said. Chunichi He will use his experience from the past to raise his level of performance.

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[Nippon-Ham] Takumi Yamamoto volunteered to throw 171 pitches, "I threw 250 pitches and my sense improved"... Making use of his roots from his time Chunichi Dragons