◆ Practice match: Rakuten Eagles 9-9 Nippon-Ham (15th, Kin Town)

Nippon-Ham Fighters manager Tsuyoshi Shinjo (54) had something to say about the speed gun at Kin Town Baseball Stadium, where Rakuten is Rakuten Eagles camp. From the beginning of the game, the stadium's ball speed display was showing about 10 km/h slower than the actual speed. "I want that speed gun to be fixed properly. If it were me, I would tell them right away. And if it was wrong, they wouldn't show it. This is professional baseball," he said with a sharp look. Starting pitcher Tatsuya's fastball was displayed at about 140 km/h, but the team's speed gun actually clocked it at 150 km/h.

Last season, he pointed out the hardness of the Chunichi ・Agre Stadium Chatan in Chatan, outfield wall and said, "That rubber definitely needs to be changed. The Fighters If the ballpark of the "Mere Old Man" is that hard, I'll pay (for myself) to change it. It's one of the things that shortens the life of a player". Subsequently, it was actually refurbished.