Nippon-Ham Fighters manager Tsuyoshi Shinjo (53) announced on the 27th that he will attack Seibu 's Imai, who will face the opening game, with his "feet" and "face." Last season, Imai was overwhelmed with ERA of 0.59 in four games. "It's hard to score runs. I'm thinking of starting starting line-up that makes use of speed. We'll play baseball that can score runs even if we don't get hits," he said, and will attack his nemesis with an order that emphasizes mobility, including Ichibata and Yazawa.
The results of "Imai's dissection" will be utilized. "There are about two quirks in the preparatory movements. (The players) are shown the video in frame-by-frame order until they are worn out," he said, and the countermeasures are perfect. Iwata, who has a 5.6 second 50m time and is likely to be the leadoff hitter, has already studied "there is a tendency in the timing of breaking ball and the number of pickoffs."
On this day, he attended a press conference the day before at Beruna D. While Director Nishiguchi answered "Seibu ・Nishiguchi's appeal point for his team is "pitcher strength," the boss immediately answered with a straight face, "It's the face. He added, "Our player was on the cover of anan (a weekly women's gravure magazine). In his fourth year at the helm, he is off to a great start with his proud children, who have been dyed in Shinjo's colors. （The team is off to a great start with its proud children in Shinjo's colors.)
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