◆ Pacific League Rakuten vs Softbank (1st, Rakuten Mobile)

Rakuten Eagles Kenta Maeda pitcher (37) participated in pre-game practice wearing a "Maeken Painter T-shirt" on the 1st.

According to the club, the right-hander came up with the idea of giving it to his teammates, which led to the wearing of this time. Before practice, I took a commemorative photo at the pitcher camp dressed in matching clothes. He was congratulated on the 2500 innings pitched in Japan and the United States that he achieved the day before. Ken Maeda said through the team, "I want the stands to fill the stands with this T-shirt on the day I throw!　You can wear it even in plain clothes."

This T-shirt features characters and other designs created by the artist himself on a black background. Although there were no plans to release it initially, it has been decided that a professional model T-shirt, featuring the number of a favorite player, will be sold. The order period is from 10:00 AM on the 2nd of this month to 11:59 PM on the 16th. The price is 5,000 yen including tax.

Ken Maeda, who played in MLB until last season, returned to Japanese baseball this season for the first time in 11 years. Rakuten Eagles He was entrusted to start the season opener on March 31, Softbank Hawks but was blacked out in the middle of the fifth inning in 5 hit 5 Walk 2 runs innings, his first loss in Japanese baseball in 3846 days since September 19, 2003, when he played for Hiroshima Chunichi (Nagoya D).