Why is it 3 per school? The reason was meticulous and considerate
There are about 20,000 elementary schools in Japan. Ohtani announced on his SNS that he would donate three gloves to each elementary school in Japan. A total of 60,000 gloves are donated, and even if the price of one glove is set at 100,000 won, it is 6 billion won. It's a big donation.
Ohtani said, "I hope you have a healthy and enjoyable day through baseball, and I look forward to playing baseball with the children who used this glove in the future." Along with a glove photo to donate to his SNS, he posted the words "Let's play baseball" and a handwritten autograph.
Japanese media said, "It is very unusual for a baseball player to donate from Hokkaido to Okinawa on a national scale. Daesang Elementary School includes not only national private but also special support schools, he said.
However, as I was moved by Ohtani's big donation, I wondered why there were three gloves. Two players can exchange each other if they play catch.
New Balance, which sponsors Ohtani and produces and supplies children's gloves that Ohtani will donate, solved the question.
"Otani has enjoyed baseball since he was a child, and he imagines a scene in which children enjoy catching by donating three junior baseball gloves (two for right hand and one for left hand) to each elementary school across Japan," New Balance said. In consideration of left-handed people, three gloves are donated to each school, including one for left-handed people. Ohtani hits right and left. I didn't forget the children throwing with their left hands.
Ohtani's intention to consider left-handedness was followed by a warm response in Japan. "When I was in middle school, my middle school didn't have left-handed gloves. "Thank you because I remember taking off my glove and throwing it with my left hand after catching the ball from the left," "It's very good like Ohtani to be considerate of the left-handed child," and "I feel careful consideration that there are a total of three, two for right-handed and one for left-handed."
Meanwhile, New Balance will proceed with the delivery process with the aim of delivering it to all elementary schools in Japan from December to March next year.