Professional baseball player Ginjiro Sumitani remains committed to inspiring seriously ill children, with his project to invite such children and their families to his home games entering its 10th year.
Sumitani, 36, a catcher for the Saitama Seibu Lions in the Pacific League of the Nippon Professional Baseball Organization, or NPB, invited 27 people from seven families to the team’s home stadium, Belluna Dome in the city of Tokorozawa, in the Saitama Prefecture. 26. He had contact with the guests before the day’s match, for example by taking photos.
“I want to keep doing this for as long as possible,” he said.
