[Yu Darvish September 26 local news]Reunited with Shinya Tsuruoka! Battery during the Nippon Ham era

Shinya Tsuruoka (43), who played for Nippon Ham and Softbank, visited Dodger Stadium on the 26th (27th Japan time) and renewed his old friendship with pitcher Yu Darvish (38), with whom he formed a battery during his time with Nippon Ham. Mr. Tsuruoka, who is accompanying JTB on a viewing tour, met Darvish again on the field and shook hands firmly. He had Darvish autograph the uniform he brought with him, which had the number “11” written on it. Afterwards, the two were both smiling for the camera. Mr. Tsuruoka has supported Darvish’s growth by working as his right-hand man and battery since 2005, when he joined Nippon-Ham.He wore the starting mask in 115 games when Darvish pitched, and won 70 games (20 losses), more than 30% of Darvish’s total of 202 wins. We both grabbed it. After achieving his 200th win, Darvish immediately replied, “Tsuruoka-san, that’s for sure.” “I was feeling flustered, or rather, I didn’t show it at all, even though I was acting disrespectful towards Mr. Tsuruoka, and I think there were a lot of things I was thinking about, but he was patient with me.” I think it was Mr. Tsuruoka who took care of me and was the reason I was able to grow. I’ll never forget that. It was my starting point,” he continued, expressing his youthful and cocky self. He was grateful to Tsuruoka for not getting angry at his attitude and letting him pitch comfortably, which led to his growth. #Darvish #Shinya Tsuruoka #Padres Sponichi Annex delivers the latest news https://www.sponichi.co.jp/ Sponichi Twitter https://twitter.com/sponichiannex