Nippon Ham's new stadium "ES CON FIELD HOKKAIDO".
(Taken from the official Twitter of Nippon Ham)
[Sports Center/Comprehensive Report] Koji Kawamura, the president of the Nippon Ham Club, announced his resignation today. He is expected to be transferred to the club as a consultant. The candidate to succeed the president is still undecided. Japanese media also revealed that he took the blame and resigned because the new Ham stadium was almost unusable.
Ham spent 60 billion yen and spent nearly 3 years to build the new "ES CON FIELD HOKKAIDO" stadium, which will be opened on March 30 this year. However, there have been mistakes that violated baseball rules, from the base line to any facilities that would hinder the game. , a distance of 60 feet (approximately 18.288 meters) is required, but the distance from the home plate of the stadium to the home plate auditorium behind is only 15 meters.
Fortunately, the Japanese official held a meeting with the 12 clubs, and through a "special case", the stadium of Ham was allowed to host the game.
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According to the "Hokkaido Shimbun" report, Kawamura Koji was punished and resigned because of this incident.
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