[Be a Tiger]”You can’t do it unless there’s a bad time.” 3 Mistakes Seiya Kinami, what’s important is the next thing – Be a tiger, a tiger, a tiger! – Baseball Column: Nikkan Sports

Last season, he was number one in Japan. It happened when Seiya Kinami played an active role in a visitor game. I did not participate in the expedition because I was not feeling well. Later, when I talked to Kinami about this, he said something like this.

“I see. I thought you weren’t coming (to the stadium). But you can’t do it unless there are times like that.”

This surprised me a little. In her 60 years or so of life, she had never met anyone who said things like that.

When you’re in a bad physical or mental state, it’s normal to hear things like, “Sometimes it’s like that,” and “Everyone has tough times,” and I’ve also said these things before.

However, it is unfamiliar to say, “It’s okay if there are times when it doesn’t work.” For that reason, it sounded like a fitting quote, and I once looked back at the man named Kinami.

Needless to say, I’m writing this story because Kinami recorded three mistakes. No mistakes until the match. Honestly, haven’t you done one yet? That’s what I thought, but I wasn’t wrong.

Kinami participated in 127 games last season, when he made a “complete comeback” as a first-team force. He made 10 mistakes there. One out of every 12 or 13 games is a calculation error. However, he had not made any mistakes in 23 games this season.

I thought to myself, “If only I had done one or two things by now…” but three mistakes in one game is tough. He changed his grip in the fourth inning, made a mistake, and then hit the ground with a cut-man throw. He deflects ground balls seven times. It must have been a tough game for him as a shortstop who is the key to the defense.

In professional baseball, there are certain words that officials are not allowed to say. The phrase is, “There are matches like this too.” Why not? I don’t need to explain it, but it’s for the fans. There are fans who can only watch this game this season. No, there may be some people who can only visit Koshien on this day in their life. That’s why professionals have a responsibility to always try their best to play their best.

But even professionals are human. people make mistakes. No matter how big or small, there is no one who has not experienced failure. If this season ends and Kinami makes fewer mistakes than last season, the three mistakes he made that day might have meaning. In this world, a big loss is better than losing a close game. This may sound vague, but the important thing is the following. (Honorific title omitted)[Hisao Takahara](Nikkan Sports.com/Baseball Column “Tiger, Tiger, Become a Tiger!”)