#和田徹 #商品はつくるな市場をつくれ :9784478113639

**「バッテリーに情熱の炎を灯した巨匠」**
和田徹は、1945年生まれの元プロ野球選手（捕手・内野手・外野手）、コーチ、解説者。 Osaka府堺市西区出身。「ぶーちゃん」というあだ名が有名で、息子はフジテレビの元プロデューサーの和田健。
和田は明星高でプレーし、甲子園に出場した経験を持っています。その中で、エース・堀川浩伸とバッテリーを組んでチームを牽引し、春の選抜では下関商に敗退するが、夏の選手権では下関商と再び対決して雪辱の初優勝を飾りました。卒業後、阪神タイガースに入団し、右の強打者として期待されていました。
1965年に広島戦で初本塁打を記録し、同年8月21日の試合では2ラン本塁打でリードを広げました。1966年の安芸春季キャンプではラバーコートを2枚も着込んでハードトレーニングに耐え、食事の際には米飯を抜くなど減量に励んだ。そして同年8月7日のサンケイ戦で初のサヨナラ本塁打を記録しました。
1966年からは辻佳紀と正捕手を争い、1967年に59試合に先発マスクを被る。そして5月31日の巨人戦では1回表に遠井吾郎の適時打で先制すると、二度目の勝ち越しに成功しました。
Q：何をされた方ですか？
A：甲子園出場や、初本塁打やサヨナラ本塁打などの活躍によるものです。
Q：有名な作品は何ですか？
A：広島戦での2ラン本塁打でリードを広げた試合です。
English Summary
**"The master who lit the flame of passion in batteries"**
Toru Wada was born in 1945 and is a former professional baseball player (catcher, infielder, outfielder), coach, and commentator. Born in Nishi Ward, Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture. He is famous for his nickname "Bu-chan" and his son is Ken Wada, a former Fuji TV producer.
Wada played at Meisei High School and has the experience of participating in Koshien. Among them, he formed a battery with ace Hironobu Horikawa and led the team, and although they lost to Shimonoseki Commercial in the spring selection, they faced off against Shimonoseki Commercial again in the summer championship and won their first victory. After graduating, he joined the Hanshin Tigers and was expected to be a right-handed slugger.
He recorded his first home run in a game against Hiroshima in 1965, and extended his lead with a two-run home run in the game on August 21 of the same year. At the 1966 Aki spring training camp, he endured intense training wearing two rubber coats, and worked hard to lose weight by skipping rice when eating. Then, on August 7 of the same year, he recorded his first walk-off home run against Sankei.
From 1966, he competed with Yoshiki Tsuji to be the regular catcher, and in 1967 he wore the starting mask for 59 games. Then, in the game against the Giants on May 31st, Goro Toi took the lead in the top of the first inning with a timely hit, and they succeeded in winning for the second time.
Q: What did you do?
This was due to his participation in Koshien, his first home run, and his walk-off home run.
Q: What are your famous works?
It was the game against Hiroshima where we extended our lead with a two-run home run.
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