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YC&AC Baseball 2023 Report

May 16, 2024

Words: Yasutaka Nakanishi, YC&AC Baseball Captain

In 2023, we were unable to play for about two months due to a broken net, but we played 28 games and had 19 wins, 9 losses and 1 draw. We were blessed with good weather for the big events, and it was a wonderful season

The team has about 30 members and plays two baseball games every week during the season. The 2023 awards are as follows:

2023 Award
MVP Koike
Cy Young Yachi
Best Hitter Koike
Gold glove Yasu
10th man Hiro
Rookie Yohei
MIP Ray

Field Of Dreams: On June 24, our baseball team’s big annual event “Field of Dreams” was held in clear weather. This event dates back to May 1896, when the former Daiichi High School, the predecessor of the current University of Tokyo (Todai), and YC&AC held their first international baseball game in Japan. A student from Y-Ko (Yokohama Shogyo High School) who was watching the game was presented with a bat and ball by a player from the University of Tokyo, which led to the establishment ofthe Y-Ko baseball team.

YC&AC Baseball Captain and MVP

This year, our YC&AC team played the first game against Y-Ko OB, and despite the tenacious pitching of Koike-san, we were losing by four runs until the final inning. And although we were forced to two outs in the final inning, pinch hitter Nagai-san’s timely two-run double tied the game! The first match ended in an 8-8 draw. The second game was against Todai-OB. With Yachi’s good pitching and solid defense (no errors!), we ended in a 6-4 victory, continuing the winning streak from last year.

YC&AC Annual Baseball Tournament: Aiming to win the championship, our team’s first round opponent was the Eagles. The bats scored six runs in the first inning to take advantage of the game, and ace pitcher Yachi pitched four innings of two-run ball to secure a comfortable 10-2 victory. In the final game, the Angels, the previous year’s champion team, took a seven-run lead at 1-8 in the top of the fourth inning due to an error, but they started to fight back in the bottom of the fourth inning and had a chance to tie the game at one point, but the result was a 5-12 loss. Unfortunately, we finished as runners-up, but in 2024, we will aim to reclaim the title!