Nippon-Ham’ Taikai Hiromi Ito is moved by Shohei Ohtani’s announcement to play in the WBC: “Even though he’s exhausted after all that performance…”
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2025.11.26(水) 06:00
Nippon-Ham On March 25, Hiromi Ito pitcher (28), a member of the Dodgers, pledged to fight together with Otani, who has announced his participation in the WBC next March. I’m glad as a baseball fan that he is participating in the WBC even though he is fatigued after such an active season. I was moved by the spirit of the superstar.
The right-handed Sawamura Award winner, who is also a strong candidate for selection in the tournament, has already been selected as the opening pitcher for the game against Softbank on March 27th next year (Mizuho PayPay). If he were to play in the WBC, the schedule would be extremely tight with only eight days between the final on March 18th, but he renewed his determination to win the tournament for the second time in a row, saying, “If I’m selected, I want to give it my all.”
On this day, he attended the award ceremony for the Best Battery Award with Fushimi in Tokyo. He and Fushimi both wore light blue ties, the color of Nippon-Ham Fighters, which Fushimi had prepared, and said, “I’m happy because it was an award that we had promised each other.” Next season, Fushimi will be transferring to Hanshin Tigers, but “if possible, I would like to play against Hanshin Tigers in the Japan Series. I hope we can get there.” He vowed to win the league championship for the first time in 10 years and become the best in Japan. (Kawakami Haruki)
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