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One legged shot method to be inherited, "Keep in mind" remaining in mind. What Shinpan Katahira left for girls professional baseball.

It is a very simple word often encouraged to encourage "okay" people and to push their backs. However, words are strange and their weights are multiplied by how many times they emit by someone else. For Saitama Astraea players, Mr. Shinpei Katahira 's "Okay" was a word that gave me such important weight, sense of security.

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The last figure was on the ground several months ago. I was surprised at the sudden death.

2018年1月22日、日本女子プロ野球リーグ・アドバイザーを務める片平晋作氏が膵臓がんのため68歳で亡くなった。 Actively active in the Nankai, Seibu and Yokohama Ocean, he fascinated people with a beautiful single-shot method similar to Mr. Oji Sadaharu's form.

Particularly in the Seibu era, he won the league four times in five seasons, contributed to the top three in three times, and was one who built a golden age. After retirement, he worked as a coach / organizational manager and two army director at Seibu and kept watching the players as commentators.
In women's professional baseball, East Astraea
(現・埼玉アストライア)初代監督を務めて以降、リーグのアドバイザーとして同チームの指導を行なっていた。


筆者が最後に会話をしたのは昨年の秋のこと。ちょうどアストライアが連勝を重ね、ライオンズが上位を窺っていた時期だ。ちょっとした会話の折に片平氏と縁の深い両チームの好調具合に触れると笑顔を見せていた。ほんの数ヶ月前に会話した記憶があったが故に、訃報を聞いた時には私自身大変驚いた。  

The words left to each, the tradition of one legged method.

冒頭の言葉は今回の取材にあたって、片平氏が残した印象的な一言としてアストライアの選手のみならず、スタッフからも挙がったものだ。それぞれが片平氏との思い出を持っているにもかかわらず、共通の言葉を挙げるということは、この一言に多くの人が救われていたということだろう。  

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"Mr. Katahira always made a joke, excited the place, motivated the players with positive words, I always head to the team after having taken care of as a captain I was told to do. "

そう話した川端友紀選手は片平氏とアストライア初年度の2013年に監督とキャプテンという立場で接し、ティアラカップ優勝を共に勝ち取った。 自身はその年から遠ざかっている首位打者の奪還を目標に掲げているが、それは片平氏との約束でもある。チーム最年長となった今年に懸ける想いは強い。  



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Miwaki Nanaoka who served as the captain when Astraea won the queen for the past year is the last trader of Mr. Katahira's one shots. The battle strong blow and Mr. Kataei Mr. Director's form is pulling the batting line.

"Mr. Katahira said that everything will be decided when you set it up.If you think you can strike when you think you can strike when you standing, you can not hit if you think that you can not hit, so it was said that you are ready to strike at any time "

Batting, which leaves results at important points where runners are in, is a gift of exercises we 've worked on with the way people have conscious taught by Mr. Katahira. In the year before last year, I was aiming at winning the first hit point this year, receiving the result that it is the 2nd ranking of the hit points for the second consecutive year.
    
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Wear a special uniform to remember Mr. KatahiraTakaoka players.   


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Although suffering in recent years due to injury, Misori Iwatani who showed great success in the last season Astraea and received the Guinness Record Certificate after winning the world's first blow three crown queen. I will transfer from this year and will serve as the captain of Kyoto Flora, but I was with each other to have Mr. Katahira take me to a shop where I can go.

"I had something together with Mr. Katahira that there was a delicious ramen shop, and then I got married and came when I contacted you when I go private, so I told you to eat and wait I ordered a lot of ramen, fried rice, dumplings ... I'm already full I've got a lot of stomach coming soon ... I thought that I finally came to a sushi shop when I thought that it came and it was hard to say I was truly "(laugh)

During the game against Tokorozawa on September 18th last year, Mr. Katahira watched over commentary at the comment seat, shooting the home run over the fence. Mr. Katahira who served as an explanation delighted, "Are you listening to Grandpa, Hokkaido's Grandpa! "Talked to the family of Iwatani who was born in Hokkaido with excitement.
"I thought it was really nice to see Mr. Katahira in front of me when I think now," I told her with a smile while looking back on her memory.


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Japan Women's Professional Baseball League:https://www.jwbl.jp/
Saitama Astraia:https://www.jwbl.jp/astraia/
 
Katahira Shinsaku (former professional baseball player, baseball leader, commentator
1949Born August 5th year. From Uemiya High School through Tokyo Agricultural University, joined the Nankai Hawks in the 1971 Draft 4th place. From 1982 he moved to Seibu Lions. Contributing to Japan's best for the second consecutive year, etc., laid the Seibu Golden Age. He moved to Taiyo Hoires in 1987 and retired from his career in 1989.
Total 1181 hits, 176 home runs, 601 strikes, batting average.274.
After retirement, after serving as Seibu 1 Army Striking Coach, 2 Army Striking Coach, 2 Army Supervisor etc., he became the first coach of the women's professional baseball East Astraea (now · Saitama Astraea) to lead the tiara cup championship in 2013 It was. After the following year as an advisor as an advisor remain in the league, he taught the players. Died because of pancreatic cancer on January 22, 2018. Year of age 68.