It’s become a hot topic on 5ch that not a single player in Yokohama High School’s baseball starting lineup is from Kanagawa Prefecture. The lineup features players recruited from other prefectures — three from Aichi, two from Saitama, and more — and the fact that several players came up through rubber-ball (nanshiki) baseball rather than the standard hardball youth leagues also drew attention, sparking debate over the pros and cons of “baseball transfer students.”
So you can make it to Yokohama coming up through rubber-ball baseball.
>>2
Naruse came from rubber-ball baseball too.
Naruse came from rubber-ball baseball too.
Wonder how much money flowed to the recruiting brokers.
Didn't realize it was this common these days
No wonder Mabuchi's been sounding the alarm (veteran coach known for warning against over-recruiting).
No wonder Mabuchi's been sounding the alarm (veteran coach known for warning against over-recruiting).
>>9
Meitoku's got its own version of the problem too — they're signing kids while they're still in middle school, so that's questionable in its own way.
Meitoku's got its own version of the problem too — they're signing kids while they're still in middle school, so that's questionable in its own way.
Wasn't the DH, Ajiki, from the Izumi Chuo Boys club team?
The batting order was different for the Hanamaki Higashi game, but having Chishima hitting 9th is scary.
Slapping cheeks with stacks of cash to sign players — that's the Kanagawa style.
They enrolled at Yokohama because they wanted to reach Koshien through it
I honestly don't care if the roster's full of kids from other prefectures
Signed, a Kanagawa native
I honestly don't care if the roster's full of kids from other prefectures
Signed, a Kanagawa native
The bench and the guys who didn't make the roster are basically all Kanagawa kids 😂
Wait, Oda's from Fukuoka?
Now that you mention it, I can't even remember who represented Fukuoka this year lol
Now that you mention it, I can't even remember who represented Fukuoka this year lol
Aichi: 3
Saitama: 2
Hyogo: 1
Fukuoka: 1
Saga: 1
Kumamoto: 1
Saitama: 2
Hyogo: 1
Fukuoka: 1
Saga: 1
Kumamoto: 1
Any school tangled up with Juice=Juice ends up like this (Hello! Project idol group — running joke on this board)
Can't they just win with Kanagawa natives?
Oh right, tomorrow's the semifinal
Wonder if Tetsusaburo's starting.
Wonder if Tetsusaburo's starting.
These days pitchers who came up through rubber-ball baseball often actually have less wear on their shoulders and elbows.
There was a Chiba native on the team not too long ago, but they don't seem to be recruiting from there anymore.
It's totally normal for colleges to recruit nationwide, so why is it not okay for high schools?
>>31
Go count how many colleges there are versus how many high schools
Besides, college baseball doesn't have this whole prefecture-vs-prefecture thing going on.
Go count how many colleges there are versus how many high schools
Besides, college baseball doesn't have this whole prefecture-vs-prefecture thing going on.
A lot of Hello! Project members move to Tokyo from the countryside too.
With colleges, you only get called a cheater once they start reaching overseas for recruits.
They left home and spent three years grinding it out in Kanagawa — that makes them a proper Kanagawa resident, doesn't it?
>>34
Lmao what a stretch of an argument.
Lmao what a stretch of an argument.
Oda hit a home run at Kitakyushu Municipal Stadium back in middle school
I assumed that was hardball lol — if it was rubber-ball, that's terrifying power.
I assumed that was hardball lol — if it was rubber-ball, that's terrifying power.
Is spending three years at Yokohama High shagging balls and cheering from the bench actually better for your future college/job prospects than being a starter at your local high school?
>>39
Shagging balls is the Kanagawa natives' job
Shagging balls is the Kanagawa natives' job
>>47
Kobayashi and Ajiki actually get regular playing time though.
Kobayashi and Ajiki actually get regular playing time though.
Honestly, I don't even get what's supposed to be wrong with baseball transfer students in the first place.
>>1
The only names I can actually read are cleanup hitter Haruto, No. 7 Yoshifumi, and No. 8 Taiga.
The only names I can actually read are cleanup hitter Haruto, No. 7 Yoshifumi, and No. 8 Taiga.
Last year they had a third baseman named Tamenaga who came from Yokohama Municipal Mutsukawa Junior High.
Saying it like Saitama's fine because it's technically still in the Kanto region lol
Most regular Kanagawa residents weren't rooting for Yokohama High in the first place, whether they knew this or not.
With Hachinohe Gakuin Kosei, people welcome players from other regions because it spreads the real, Pacific-side picture of Aomori — the "huh, this isn't the Aomori I imagined" effect.
Yokohama, Keio, Sagami — they're all recruiting nationwide, so worrying about where anyone's from is pointless.
High school baseball nerds bash rural schools for fielding a 'foreign legion' of recruits, but somehow never go after Yokohama or Osaka Toin — total double standard.
They say even in the pros, slightly more pitchers actually come from a rubber-ball background
Compared to position players, hardball experience in middle school doesn't seem to give as much of an edge.
Compared to position players, hardball experience in middle school doesn't seem to give as much of an edge.
For reference:
Nihon University Fujisawa
Toko Gakuen
Tokai University Sagami
Nihon University Fujisawa
Toko Gakuen
Tokai University Sagami
Kind of sad there's nobody from the 'peanut prefecture' (Chiba, famous for its peanuts).
>>66
Going back further, Hanshin's Ito Sho is from Yokoshibahikari and Oikawa's from Sosa City
Ito Sho played rubber-ball baseball at Yokoshibahikari Town's Yokoshiba Junior High, and two years behind him was Rakuten's Hayakawa, who went on to Kisarazu Sogo.
Going back further, Hanshin's Ito Sho is from Yokoshibahikari and Oikawa's from Sosa City
Ito Sho played rubber-ball baseball at Yokoshibahikari Town's Yokoshiba Junior High, and two years behind him was Rakuten's Hayakawa, who went on to Kisarazu Sogo.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project board) thread “Yokohama High School Baseball Team’s Starting Lineup… Zero Kanagawa Natives 😂.”
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