Aug. 10, 2025
High-school baseball 高校野球
TV broadcasts high-school baseball games live almost every day. When I was a junior high school student, the players in those games all seemed like “big brothers” to me. When I became a high school student, they felt more like “quasi-classmates.” Now that I’m older, I see them as “people born after me.”
These 17-year-olds dedicate themselves to a demanding sport like baseball. It is a life I never lived.
Making it to Koshien Stadium is already extremely difficult. Becoming a professional baseball player is even tougher. Only a small handful make it that far. Japan’s population is said to be shrinking, but competition has always been fierce in fields like this.
I also think about the players who could not make the regular team. I wonder what kind of lives they will lead from here. I hope all of their futures will be bright.
高校野球
高校野球をテレビは連日放映している。中学生のときは、高校球児はみな「お兄さん」だった。高校生になり彼らは「同級生かもしれない人」となり、大学生となった私は彼らを「私の後に生まれた人」として見るようになった。野球という過酷なスポーツを追いかける17歳くらいの人たち。私が生きなかった人生だ。
甲子園に出るのは十分に難しいことだけど、プロ野球の選手になるのは、この中でもさらに一握りなんだろう。日本は少子化だっていうけど、競争の激しい部分はいつだってそうだ。彼らの後ろにいる、レギュラーになれなかった選手のことも考える。これからどういう人生を歩むんだろう？みんなの人生が明るいものだといいと思う。
High-s School bBaseball 高校野球
TV broadcasts high-school baseball games live almost every day.
When I was a junior high school student, the players in those games all seemed like “big brothers” to me.
When I became a high school student, they felt more like “quasi-classmates.” Now that I’m older, I see them as “people born after me.” These 17-year-olds dedicate themselves to a demanding sport like baseball.
It is a life I have never lived.
Making it to Koshien Stadium is already extremely difficult.
Becoming a professional baseball player is even tougher.
Only a small handful make it that far.
Japan’s population is said to be shrinking, but competition has always been fierce in fields like this.
I also think about the players who could not make the regular team.
I wonder what kind of lives they will lead from here.
I hope all of their futures will be bright.
Aug. 10, 2025
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TV broadcasts high-school baseball games live almost every day. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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When I was a junior high school student, the players in those games all seemed like “big brothers” to me. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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When I became a high school student, they felt more like “quasi-classmates.” Now that I’m older, I see them as “people born after me.” These 17-year-olds dedicate themselves to a demanding sport like baseball. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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It is a life I never lived. It is a life I have never lived. |
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Making it to Koshien Stadium is already extremely difficult. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Becoming a professional baseball player is even tougher. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Only a small handful make it that far. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Japan’s population is said to be shrinking, but competition has always been fierce in fields like this. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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I also think about the players who could not make the regular team. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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I wonder what kind of lives they will lead from here. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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I hope all of their futures will be bright. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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