I’ll never be discouraged! Our team is young and we are struggling now but the support of the fans will get us through this. You guys keep on cheering hard. We will keep on working hard to turn this around! Thank you fans for the support. I love being a Lion and love Lions fans!
Thank you Lions fans for the unbelievable first year of baseball in Japan!! It was a pleasure playing in front of you guys every night at the Belluna Dome! I’ll miss it during the off-season but I’ll keep working hard to get better and come back stronger for next year!
Thank you to the Seibu Lions fans and my teammates and coaches! I had a great time last year competing with you all. Now it’s time for a new adventure in Korea with the family! I would like to thank the Samsung Lions for the opportunity. Go Lions…. Again!!!
#KoreanBBQPower
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@DCMack30
MacKinnon Thank you for The bat!!
I was very happy & very surprised.
マキノン選手から息子がバットをいただいてしまった!
突然のことで息子も私もとにかくびっくり😲
マキノン選手ありがとうございます☺️
#ライオンズ
#Lions
#BaconPower
Good team win!!! Great pitching by Sumida! Thank you Masuda, Tono, and Genda for picking me up after the error in the 9th!! Let’s keep working hard and playing hard! Keep cheering loud Lions fans! We hear you!!
Thank you to my teammates and Lions fan for making my short stay in Korea an unforgettable one. Obviously I wish it worked out differently but I’ll be rooting for my teammates from afar! I made some friends for life with the Lions! Korea and the KBO is awesome! I will miss it!
Hey Lions fans!!! We are now only 5.5 games out of the playoffs and we got 3 huge games against Orix, the number one team in the Pacific League! Let’s pack the Belluna Dome this weekend and get it loud! Go Lions!
#YakinikuPower
Look what I found 😂😂 lol. Kona is such a stud and he’s one of the best teammates I have ever had! He is always pumped up when we make a good play for him and that makes you want to try even harder for a teammate like him!
#YakinikuPower
Both of those balls were marked as hits first with an error. That tells you how good Genda is! The balls were so difficult to field that they were scored as hits. He still got to the ball and almost made two incredible plays. Genda is the best shortstop I have ever played with!
I think 20 days rest would be better. He was really good with 10 days rest. Imagine how good he would be with 20 days rest. I’m sure the hitters in the pacific league would appreciate that more too😂. He’s not a fun pitcher to try to hit. He’s one good 20 year old! Much respect!
Naksan is back in a big way with 3 RBIs!! I guess I do have a little bit of power still. I was getting scared I had
#NoPower
! The Homerun drought is finally over! Go Lions!
#YakinikuPower
This was the most electric I have ever seen a baseball stadium. You could hear a pin drop when Ohtani was pitching but was non stop singing, trumpets and drums when the Japanese team was batting. The WBC means everything and the Japanese fans are on a different level!
I’m happy to be here! Last couple games have been rough for me but it’s always great to know the fans are on my side. I’m grateful for the opportunity to be here and hope to be here for years to come and try to continue compete against the great pitchers in the NPB!!
マキノン100安打到達か
来日1年目で
100安打、2桁HRは優秀
神助っ人
来てくれてありがとう
Makinon reached 100 hits
First year in Japan
100 hits, double-digit HR is excellent
god helper
Thanks for coming
@DCMack30
#seibulions
#マキノン
#Mackkinon
#Yakinikupower
Matsumoto is nasty. Moriwaki is nasty. Hirai is nasty. Sato is nasty. Masuda is nasty. And Bacon has speed…and he’s nasty! Good team win! Let’s build of it!
#NoPower
#Baconpower
What an electric way to end the first round of the playoffs! Congrats to the Marines on moving to the next round, and got to tip your cap to the Hawks for a great season! Also that’s Yasuda’s like 5th walkoff this year!
Last night Tono, Yamanobe, Kishi, Machi, and myself went out to eat Yakiniku for dinner and today the Lions win! Coincidence??? I think not!
#YakinikuPower
#WithALargeRice
Tono took the homerun lead for one at bat but I couldn’t let him keep the lead for too long! 10 to 10 Tono!!!! Just a nice friendly competition!
#YakinikuPower
#WithALargeRice
Thank you Lions fans for coming out this weekend! You guys had the the Belluna Dome loud!!!! First win out of the way!! Now it’s time to go!!
@lions_official
The boys played well tonight and Kona pitched unreal as always, but the really story of the night is my first NPB stolen base!! 😂😂😂 🏃🏼♂️🏃🏼♂️🏃🏼♂️
#YakinikuSpeed
Any Lions fans who have bought a MacKinnon jersey and want to get it signed, I will be happy to sign it for you! It’s been really awesome seeing MacKinnon jerseys around the stadium! Thank you for the support!!
This team is full of a bunch of grinders at the plate and dawgs on the mound! It’s been an awesome first 3 weeks of baseball but let’s keep the momentum going! Keep bringing the energy lions fans!
#NoPower
Thank you for the encouragement! I hate failing especially when it means we lose! I’ll work hard to get better and help the team! Thank you Lions fans for the support and encouragement! That game hurt tonight but tomorrow is a new day!
People have no idea how ridiculous it is to hit a ball oppo that far. Most pro balls players struggle to hit oppo homers 2 rows deep. Shohei puts oppo homers into the second deck! He is the most talented player ever!
I know everyone drools over Shohei Ohtani, and rightfully so, but I really don’t think people realize how insane it is that this man just hit an oppo bomb over 450 damn feet to pull within one homer of the MLB lead, while also striking out the second most batters in the AL.
Great story! Great reporter! I will continue to work to make the adjustments I need to in order to have more success! The first 40 games have been great and I’ve learned a lot! Time to make the adjustments and help get the team back on track! Go Lions!!
I might not be swinging it great right now but I will always try my hardest on defense!! Tomorrow is a new day and hopefully I break out of the slump! Go Lions!!
#NinjaDefense
とあるきっかけでマキノン選手
@DCMack30
が来ることを教えてもらって会いに行ってきました✨写真とサインありがとうございました😭
来年もいたいって言葉を聞いて泣きそうです😭😭
Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
I look forward to your success in the future.
#seibulions
How bout the electric fair call by the umpire!!
#YakinikuPower
Lets end the losing streak tomorrow and get back on the right foot! Thank you for your support Lions fans!
Congrats to Japan on the WBC championship! The fans and players of Japan earned this! I’m finding out first hand how awesome Japan is as a country, how supportive their fans are and how talented the baseball players are!
Triple A isn’t even close. Guys that come over to the NPB from the big leagues often struggle and if they were in triple A they would light it up. People have to put more respect on the NPB. There are some unbelievable players here in Japan. The pitching especially is impressive.
It is pretty funny to see the same people who think NPB is worse than Triple-A turn around and say Babe Ruth is the GOAT for setting records in a pre-integration league with guys throwing 80 mph.
Players should be judged relative to their era but Ruth has nothing on Ohtani.
Playing in the NPB has been by far the greatest atmosphere in my career and it’s because of how much the fans care and support their team and because of how awesome my teammates are. It’s been an awesome experience. Let’s start winning again and make it even better!
#NoPower
Here's a feature on David MacKinnon. The observations of coming to Japan and playing. Obvious differences and the strike zone.
#npbeng
He's even chatted with fans at 西武球場前駅
This is why Kona is such a stud! He threw 6 shutout innings and still wasn’t happy that he couldn’t go deeper in the game!! That’s my Ace! I’ll fight behind Kona any day! What a stud!
I think I speak for all hitters in the world that we would prefer he doesn’t learn a curveball. The 103 mph fastball, 90mph slider and 92 mph fork that disappears is more than enough.
61 is low for Yamamoto. End of the season he’ll be top 30. You heard it here first. Also to everyone saying he can’t be on the list because he hasn’t thrown a pitch yet… he has thrown 1000s of pitches in Japan and no one can hit him so calm down.