Softbank Hawks On April 10, team chairman Sadaharu Oh visited the Miyazaki camp and nudged Isami Nomura infielder to revise their goals upward as they aim for short stop a fixed position. I wonder how many home run I'll hit this year?" he said, sitting in his pipe chair and looking enthusiastically at the hitting practice. When he was told by the press that he had set a goal of 20, he immediately ordered, "That's not very many. He encouraged the players to have big ambitions, saying, "Players are embarrassed when they don't achieve their goals, but they won't be fined, so it's better to set bigger goals, like 30 or 40 hits.

Nomura hit a career-high 12 home Home Run last season. The short stop to hit 40 or more Home Run was The Giants' Hayato Sakamoto in 2019.