If he turned professional from Waseda University, he would have played for Orix! ? Although he prioritized the Olympics and went on to play professional baseball…[Nuclear Warhead of the Giants Golden Age: Toshihisa Hitoshi Love Sports Talk Show]

Toshihisa Hitoshi was a core player at Waseda University, even serving as a captain, but we asked him why he decided to play for amateur baseball and play for Nippon Life Insurance rather than going into professional baseball. The big reason is the Olympics. At that time, only amateur athletes could participate in the Olympics, so he thought he would become a professional baseball player after experiencing the Olympics. The Olympics were the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, but Toshihisa Hitoshi graduated from university in 1993. Participating in the 1996 Olympics means that he will have to be in the professional baseball world for at least three years. It was during his second year at Nippon Life that he began to feel that those three years were a long time. Although there are no clear rules, the customary age limit for players to enter the professional baseball world is to graduate from adult baseball after two years. So, at this time, he changed his mind and decided to quit his third year of adult baseball and join the Giants as a reverse pick. In the end, Toshihisa Hitoshi was drafted to become a professional baseball player in 1995, but never went to the Atlanta Olympics. By the way, Orix had been actively calling out to him since his days at Waseda University, and he also talked about how Orix’s Toshihisa Hitoshi could have been born if fate had been a little different. . ↓ Click here for the Love Spo site ↓ https://love-spo.com/