I play baseball with 'bab-sim'Japanese rice 5kg - Buy a rice cooker, eat in a hotel room, Japanese national team ace "Taiwan rice feels different"
Nov 18, 2024
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This Premier 12 is different. Hiroto Takahashi (Chunichi Dragons), who started against Korea in the group stage, and Hiroto Saiki (Hanshin Tigers), who started against Cuba, and Dogo are the main starters. The three players ranked in this year's Central League ERA 'Top 5'. Takahashi came in first (1.38), Saiki came in third (1.83), and Togo came in fifth (1.95).
Major League players were missing from the Japanese national team. Hiromi Ito (Nihonham Fighters), who won the Pacific League's most wins this year, left due to an injury just before training for the national team. Sasaki, who is challenging the Major League through the posting system, was also excluded.
Last year, when he won the WBC title, Dogo was once again extraordinary. He won 12 games (5 losses) and had a 2.38 ERA, including two shutouts. Following 12 wins in 2022, he has won double-digit games for the second consecutive year, and has exceeded 170 innings for the second consecutive year. The annual salary jumped from 90 million yen to 180 million yen. He was the first Yomiuri high school pitcher to surpass 100 million yen in his sixth year as a pitcher.
This year, he made his first start in the opening game with the Hanshin Tigers. He pitched six scoreless innings and earned his first win of the season. In the Central League, it was the first starting win for a pitcher born in the 2000s.
On May 24th, there was another runaway against Hanshin 'S Dying Rival'. In 59 years at Hanshin's 'Anbang'Koshien Stadium, he achieved 'No-Hit, No-Run'. He started 26 games and posted 12 wins (eight losses) for the third consecutive year. He lowered his ERA to one point.
In the fifth group match against the Dominican Republic on Wednesday, Dogo will play the final match of the group qualifying round. Japan won all four games and ranked first among six teams in Group B. Regardless of the results of the match against the Dominican Republic, he has confirmed his advance to the Super Round at Tokyo Dome from the 21st.
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It's less burdensome because it's the mound after passing the preliminary round. In an interview with the Japanese media, Dogo said "Everyone is good at pitching and batters are good. I want to continue the good flow. The stadium and the opponent's batter are completely different, but it's important not to pay too much attention."
We have made every preparation ahead of this tournament. He bought a rice cooker and said he was cooking rice in his room. I came to Taiwan with 5kg of high-quality rice from Aomori, Japan. Haruto Inoue (23), a junior a year under Yomiuri, participated.
Dogo says "If you don't eat well, you lose weight. He continued to cook rice in his room. If you don't eat properly, of course, it's difficult to maintain your best condition.
Some Koreans visiting Taiwan also suffer from not being able to adapt to local food. That was the case with Dogo, who participated in Yomiuri's Taiwan friendly in March. "The rice was different." He must have had a hard time with food. He said "I brought it with me when I was hungry at night, but it's quite helpful" Curry and Japanese soybean paste soup were purchased in Taiwan, it said.
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