:quality(50)/cloudfront-ap-northeast-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sankei/UNVG36PP5FMTHA5B3ZTNWOSBIA.jpg?w=1920&resize=1920,998&ssl=1 "Yakult’s Tetsuto Yamada was already crying during practice before Norichika Aoki’s retirement match! “Send off with gratitude”")
(Central League, Yakult Hiroshima, 23rd round, 2nd, Jingu) Yakult infielder Tetsuto Yamada (32) gave an interview after pre-game practice, and will be attending the game that will be held as the retirement match for outfielder Norichika Aoki (42). I confessed my thoughts.
“I can’t help but feel grateful. I’m happy to be able to play baseball with Nori-san, and I hope we can all send him off with a sense of gratitude.”
During batting practice, players lined up on two batting gauges and performed free batting. Before defense practice, the players played catch in pairs. “As expected, we’ve been batting side by side for a long time, and then we’ve been playing catch together.When I thought that today would be the last time, I started crying.I can’t do it anymore.I’m already crying,” he said, revealing his true feelings. “I hope I can send them off with a win,” he said with emphasis.
Source: Japanese