Ibaraki GG The Ibaraki Golden Goals is one of the strongest club teams in Japan. Under the leadership of skipper Kinichi Hagimoto, a legendary Japanese comedian, they won their first All-Japan Club Baseball Championship in 2007 and have since won the title three times. The team is currently managed by Ayumi Kataoka.
→Please enjoy photos below from the Club Team Championship final held at Seibu Dome on September 10, 2007. The opponent is NOMO Baseball Club, founded by Hideo Nomo. ※以下の写真をワンクリックすると、選手の拡大画像をお楽しみいただけます！
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Captain Norihiko Iwata calmly observes his surroundings before the game●４番を打つキャプテン岩田紀彦。初回先制タイムリーを放つSkipper Kinichi Hagimoto says, “Luck comes from behind.”●「運は背中からついてくる」と萩本欽一監督Hidekazu Kuwahara cheers after successfully completing a bunt●バントを成功させ喜ぶ桑原秀和Hideya Kitano shows excellent pitching, a no-hitter until the ninth inning with two outs●先発はエース北野偉也。9回2死までノーヒットノーランの快投“Don’t match the pace of NOMO team,” said Kinichi Hagimoto●「相手のペースに合わせるな」と萩本監督Catcher Yoshihisa Sanjo is the key player in defense●捕手の三條能央は守りの要。準決勝では９回、ダメ押しのタイムリー二塁打を放ったKeiji Fukui injected the basics of baseball he learned from the Giants and Carp into GG●野球のイロハをGGに注入した福井敬治は、巨人、広島を経験The NOMO team won the championship in 2005●NOMOチームは、この大会で2005年に優勝を飾っている強豪In the ninth inning, Kitano allowed a hit to the lead-off batter to center field, but otherwise pitched a perfect game●9回惜しくも１番福元にセンター前を許したが、大舞台で１安打１四球の完封勝利を修めた北野Immediately after the victory●勝利直後にマウンドへ集まる歓喜のナインThe NOMO team fought hard even though limited to one hit and one walk●無得点に封じられたが、健闘したNOMOチームAyumi Kataoka missed the match due to injury. She sobbed with tears in her eyes●故障のため試合を欠場した片岡安祐美（現在はGGの監督）。涙がとまらない・・・The joyful tossing of Hagiimoto Kinichi●ナインに胴上げされる萩本欽一監督Kimichi Hagiimoto shed tears of joy●感極まる萩本欽一監督Coach Hirohisa Matsunuma being carried aloft●胴上げされる松沼博久コーチKimichi Hagimoto praises Iwata●萩本はキャプテン岩田を褒め称えガッチリ握手Hagimoto embraces a tearful Iwata●涙の岩田を抱擁する監督Ayumi Kataoka can’t stop her tears of joy●うれし涙がとまらない片岡安祐美Hagimoto congratulates Kitano on winning MVP●北野のMVP発表を祝福する萩本監督
