On January 17th, 10 new players from the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles professional baseball team visited the Minamisanriku 311 Memorial.
< From the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles official website, 2023 new players visit the area affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake (Minamisanriku Town) >
＜ Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Official YouTube [Minamisanriku Town] Newly joined player visits disaster area ＞
As part of the new player training that is held every year before the team camp, we toured Minamisanriku Sansan Shopping Street, Reconstruction Memorial Park, and the former disaster prevention government building centering on the memorial, and Mayor Hitoshi Sato and hotel staff showed us around. I was.
During the learning program , questions such as, “Are the usual discussions and preparations really useful in the actual event?'' seemed to leave a strong impression. We have something in common," the players said in unison.
In addition, atMinna no Hiroba , the town mayor introduced an episode in which Minamisanriku received a lot of support during the 11 years of reconstruction. Tatsuya Taira, who is from Okinawa Prefecture, seems to have heard for the first time that a postbox from the Utatsu area found on Iriomote Island in Okinawa Prefecture returned to Minamisanriku-cho thanks to his kindness and support. I was surprised. I'm happy that my hometown is useful for someone."
In 2013, the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles won Japan's No. Mao Ito, who was born in Kitakata City, Fukushima Prefecture, said that the appearance of the players at that time left a strong impression on her. He says he was also encouraged by the other players. "This time, I think I'm in that position. I don't just want to become stronger, but I want to follow that example and become stronger," he said with deep emotion.
Each victory of the team gives Tohoku a great impression and courage. While we had high hopes for the success of the players, we were also determined to move forward together with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
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