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Sōsuke Genda
is a Japanese people, Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Saitama Seibu Lions of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). Career He got Pacific League Rookie of the Year in 2017, he was named as Best Nine and got Golden Glove Award in 2018. He was selected for the . International career Genda represented the Japan national baseball team in the 2017 Asia Professional Baseball Championship, 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series and 2019 WBSC Premier12. On October 10, 2018, he was selected Japan national baseball team at the 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series. On October 1, 2019, he was selected at the 2019 WBSC Premier12. Personal life In October 2019, Genda married actress, ''tarento'', and former Nogizaka46 member Misa Etō, whom he met when she interviewed him for a professional sports news program. They have one child. References External links NPB.com 1993 births Living people Nippon Professional Baseball Rookie of the Year Award winners Nippon Professional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Infielder
An infielder is a baseball player stationed at one of four defensive "infield" positions on the baseball field, between first base and third base. Standard arrangement of positions In a game of baseball, two teams of nine players take turns playing offensive and defensive roles. Although there are many rules to baseball, in general the team playing offense tries to score runs by batting balls into the field that enable runners to make a complete circuit of the four bases. The team playing in the field tries to prevent runs by catching the ball before it hits the ground, by tagging runners with the ball while they are not touching a base, or by throwing the ball to first base before the batter who hit the ball can run from home plate to first base. There are nine defensive positions on a baseball field. The part of the baseball field closest to the batter (shown in the diagram as light brown) is known as the "infield" (as opposed to the "outfield", the part of the field furthest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
