[Nippon-Ham] Manager Shinjo: “He’s going to hit a long ball to right center. He’s always a scary batter.” Congratulations to Asamura for his 2000th hit | Pacific League

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Nippon-Ham Fighters manager Tsuyoshi Shinjo congratulated Rakuten ‘s Asamura, who achieved 2,000 career hit, saying, “Congratulations on reaching 2,000 hit and joining the Hall of Fame.” He continued, “I hope you will enjoy baseball with a renewed sense of purpose, just like a rookie, not like Miyanishi,” the same words he used when he gave the iron-armed Miyanishi, who recently set a new professional baseball record with 880 consecutive relief appearances.

Also, regarding Asamura’s hitting from the perspective of an enemy general, he said, “Just runner being on first base, whether it is right pitcher or left pitcher, I have a scary image of him hitting to the right center field. A hitter who can use his right foot to rotate the axis, or rather, use centrifugal force to push the ball back in after it hits (the bat). He is always scary even if he is not in good form,” he said, praising his high hitting technique.

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