[Orix] Shumpeita Yamashita first win in 388 days: “I’m really grateful to be able to baseball” | Pacific League

[Orix] Shumpeita Yamashita in 388 days was due to the presence of his draft classmate: “I’m really grateful to be able to baseball.”

Sports Hochi

2025.9.28(日) 05:00

Pacific League: Orix 2-0 Rakuten (27th, Kyocera Dome Osaka)

One day in September, when Yamashita returned to the first team, he quietly muttered, “I’m really grateful to be able to baseball…” He is a hard worker who thinks about baseball 24 hours a day. What strengthened his resolve was the presence of his classmate.

Gen, who joined the team after graduating from high school and was drafted in the same year, has been out of action since late August. He developed a blood clot near his right collarbone and was temporarily unable to play. It was later discovered that if the condition had been discovered later, it could have been life-threatening. He immediately grabbed his smartphone and said, as if praying, “Please don’t die…”

They have been close friends since their rookie days, and are so close that Gen sometimes stays over at Yamashita’s house. At the farm team, there is a group that sees Sano as a big brother, and it is customary for them to all celebrate each other’s birthdays in small groups. In May, he gave Gen a wallet, and in July, he was given a fishing rod and a cap. A strong arm who overcame poor condition of his lower back, his first win in 388 days must have had a special significance. (Orix reporter, Nagata Toru)

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