Pacific League League Insight, the official web magazine for the six Pacific League teams, brings you videos of impressive plays from the 2025 season so you can enjoy Pacific League even during the offseason! It is updated daily from Monday to Friday with a theme for each day of the week!

Monday... Special feature on memorable "professional firsts and milestones"
Tuesday...Tense "shutout game and Firefighting" Special
Wednesday... baseball 's highlight! "home run" special
Thursday... You'll be amazed! "Fine Play" Special
Friday...A dramatic ending! "walk-off" special

Today, Thursday, November 13th, Saitama Seibu Natsuo Takizawa Let's take a look back at the brilliant defense the players have shown this season!

Played in a career-high 125 games, making a series of great defensive plays to save the team

On August 17th, he started as the second batter and second baseman in the 19th game between Orix and Saitama Seibu at Kyocera Dome Osaka. With the score tied at 6-6 in the bottom of the 10th inning, with one out and a runner on second base, he caught up with a ball hit by Yuma Tongu that looked like it might get through to center fielder, and made an accurate throw to first base from a difficult position. With one hit walk-off win, he made a great play that saved his team.

Next, we present a video summarizing Takizawa's good defense. Among them, we focus on the play he showed in the second half of the video, in the 17th inning against Tohoku Rakuten on August 11.

In the top of the 3rd inning, with one out and two on. Itsuki Murabayashi The player threw a fly ball to the front of the right catch with his back to the plate. Second base runner also popped out, and he was pinch hit for double play.

Takizawa played in a career-high 125 games this season and saved the team with numerous excellent defensive plays. Expectations are building for what kind of play he will show next season.

Tomorrow, November 14th (Friday), we will feature a dramatic ending! "walk-off" hits. We will look back at walk-off hit hit by Fukuoka Softbank 's Akira Kawase!

Written by Riyoko Niwa