ishii

Yuya Ishii (28), a Yokohama Bay Stars’ pitcher, trained himself alone in
the Yokohama Bay Stars Ground in Yokosuka City on January 19, sweating for
about four hours by catching and the defense practice, etc.

He was appointed to the first stage of the last season and was not able to
make the result, saying, “I want to contribute to victory as a relay next
season”.

The pressure that he has not ever been felt when he was to suppress the
opposite team. And, he felt strongly this time. “If communications are not
taken with the fielder, it is useless”.

Yuya has gone up to the professional world overcoming his own deafness.
However, he had not requested the fielder’s voice like this in a current
mound.

It was not easy for him to get over with his uneasiness amplified to make
it out of the falling vicious circle whenever the batter hit the ball.
Yuya reflects, saying that it would be necessary for him to speak more.

However, the left leg was hurt at the camp last spring and a true slump
was that the lower half of his body had not been so strengthened”, which
was a paramount cause, as he says.

Yuya has vowed to lift up the winning ball in front of the grave of the
late father who recommended him to play baseball. Since father died last
June, Yuya had made neither the win nor save.