English translation:
Tomorrow
March
16, 2015
Tomorrow,
I will undergo right ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction.
A
tendon in my right wrist will be transplanted into my elbow.
It
will take one year to make a comeback.
Looking back, in elementary school, junior high, and high school, I had a low
tolerance for pain, and I was physically susceptible to injury.
Still, I entered professional baseball in 2005, and I think I have thrown a lot over
the past ten years.
Until
the middle of my second year as a professional, I was physically and mentally
weak, but