「ホームランか三振か」ではなかったラルフ・ブライアント氏

Mr. Ralph Bryant,

I sincerely appreciate that you came to “Love-Spo” talk show as a big guest.
Being a child at that time, actually I don’t remember your playing at stadiums so much. But now I know that your play was so attractive because there were many fans of you at Shibaura House, and they were really enthusiastic.
It was impressive that each of them was enjoying a short conversation with you when you autographed the goods. You and your fans were sharing the same memories ghtfully.

I was really surprised to the fact that you never have the intent to make a home run.
You said that you had made not only homers and strikeouts but also doubles or so
. You may have focused on getting the higher score and having the t
eam win. The success in the hitting is made from the simple thinking, isn’t it? You could have it, so you could hit a home run on the legendary “10.12” I think.

Before you came to Shibaura House, you had taught baseball to children.
They must have so much fun. Is teaching baseball happy for you? If you feel so, we want to learn how to throw, catch and hit, from you.

I also thank to JRFPA for having the talk show. Japan Retired Foreign Player Association is getting many activities for the former players and their fans executed. I’ll be happy if I have the special time with you and your buddies in this association again.
Please take care of your health. Whenever you come to Japan, a great number of baseball lovers welcome you.

Best regards,
Rena Endo

『ラブすぽ』ライター：遠藤玲奈
池田高校のやまびこ打線全盛期に徳島に生まれる。慶應義塾大学法学部卒業、東京大学大学院教育学研究科修士課程修了。選手としての経験はないが、独自の方法で野球の奥深さを追究する。特に気になるポジションは捕手。フルマラソンの自己ベストは3時間31分。