Think about it and play baseball. When a player who didn't respond to a hit-and-run sign was out, the angry manager notified him of his second-tier trip a month after the trade

Jun 13, 2025

Richard was notified of his second leg after the match against Softbank on the 12th. Will he move from Softbank to the trade and go back to the second division in a month. Photo capture =Miuri Giants SNS

I could forgive him for not playing well, but I couldn't stand this head play. Manager Abe Shinnosuke of the Yomiuri Giants drew a sword. He sent infielder Snaga and Richard (26) down to the second division. Immediately after the interleague game with the Softbank Hawks on the 12th, he announced that he had directly notified him of his move to the second division. There would have been a rebuke and an order would have been followed. The expected trade effect was glistening.

Three consecutive away games in Fukuoka. On the last day, he had a blood fight in the 12th inning of overtime. It was an all-out battle with six pitchers, but it ended in a 0-0 draw. Starting pitcher Iori Yamasaki pitched eight scoreless innings. The batters had only four hits.

In the top of the sixth inning, No. 7 Masuda Riku hit a right-handed hit against left-hander Tomohisa Ozeki. It was his first hit after three outs in a row in the 1st to 5th innings. The 16th batter got on base for the first time. Softbank starter Ozeki was strong. He completely overpowered the Yomiuri batters with 55 pitches until the fifth inning.

No outs, first base. No. 8-3 baseman Richard is at bat for the second time. The Yomiuri bench signed a hit-and-run sign from the first pitch. In some way, he had to send the first baseman to second base to lead to a scoring chance. First baseman Masuda started with second base. But an unexpected situation happened. Richard let go of the first pitch. I watched the forkball fall down the low course. Running to second base, Masuda screamed and died. The chance for no outs flew away.

Richard was out with a fly ball to center field with one out and no runner. After striking out swinging at his first at-bat, he had no hits in two at-bats.

In the bottom of the sixth inning, Abe took out Richard and put in Makoto Kadowaki. The replacement of the censure led to the expiration of the first team. Outfielder Louis Mitsuka (21), a former nurturing player, will join the first team after converting to an official player. Abe said, `I will focus on young players.

Softbank club SNS, which announced Richard's transfer to Yomiuri on May 12th.

The ridiculous main head play triggered Abe's anger. However, it should be seen as a result of accumulated sluggishness. On the other hand, some point out that it was unreasonable to sign Richard, who has poor contact ability, from the beginning. Richard is not a good contact hitter. Yomiuri recruited him in anticipation of a long shot.

Richard, who was in the softbank second division, moved to Yomiuri on 12 May. Yomiuri gave up infielder Akihiro Yuto (22) and left-hander Ryu Sei (26) and brought him. No. 4 hitter Kazuma Okamoto (29) left due to injury and needed a power heater. Richard is a home run hitter who became the home run king of the Western League (second-tier league) for the fifth consecutive year.

in one's eighth year as a professional. The Central League also confirmed '2nd Army Batter'. He played in 18 games for the Yomiuri Giants, batting average of 0.095 (44 for 42) with two homers and four RBIs. He hit a home run in the early days of the transfer, raising expectations, but it quickly cooled down. Abe's patience has reached its bottom. I got enough opportunities, but I couldn't save them.

Yomiuri drew 0-0 with Softbank in the 12th inning. Photo capture =Miuri Giants SNS

While starting, the slump deepened and changed to a replacement. For Richard, the game between Softbank and Interleague would have been special. He would have wanted to show a different side in front of his old teammates who he had been with for a long time. However, he had no hits in three at-bats in two games with Softbank. He went 0 for 11 in six games in June.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.