After Red and White Game, Kanto Tournament in May is coming soon.
"Chris, Miyuki, what do you think of Kōshū?" Kataoka Manager sat behind his desk, with the half-year plan Kōshū made by himself.
"I have watched him grow up all the way. He first came into contact with baseball in the second grade of junior high school. It only took two years for his ball speed to reach 140+. He has his own pitching system. For a First Year of High School student, the completion of pitching is quite good. And according to his physique, it is only a matter of time before the ball speed reaches 150+. Measured in various aspects, They are all geniuses." Miyuki put away his playful smile in front of the supervisor and answered seriously.
"What about you, Chris, I heard that you participated in this half-year plan?" Kataoka Manager gave the copy to Chris.
"Ah, he does often come to me to discuss some issues, but I didn't know he would use it here," Chris flipped through the document. "He knows a lot about kinesiology. He seems to have taken relevant courses in Little League, and he can also talk about some insights on rehabilitation. My first impression of him is that he likes baseball very much, so he knows so much about related things."
"Well, Kanto Tournament, I will let him appear. Depending on the situation, I will let Furuya try it. There is another pitcher, Sawamura Eijun. His qualifications are also very good, but it takes time." Kataoka Manager finally got to the point. "These three pitchers are the ones I have inspected and thought are worthy of training. As for Kōshū, he has his own ideas, so you just need to communicate with him more. The remaining two, Furuya, go to First String. I leave them to you, Miyuki."
"Hi!"
"Sawamura will stay with Second String first, so I leave it to you, Chris."
"Okay."
After Red and White Game, the biggest change for the first graders was that Kōshū no longer trained with them. First year five-man group became a group of four. Even Furuya, who later announced that he had joined First String, was also running with them.
"Damn it, we only do physical training and running every day, but that guy can already practice with Bullpen. I'm so jealous of him." Eijun dragged the tires while running as usual, kicking up a burst of dust behind him.
"Eijun, don't run ahead of us!" Lang Zhi surpassed Eijun. He felt that Haruichi was becoming more gentle to him recently, and he didn't know why.
Since they partnered up in the second game on Red and White Game, Lang Zhi and Haruichi have often practiced their tacit understanding in Kōshū's former secret base, and occasionally chatted about the people around them.
"Haruichi, that Senior Kominato of First String, turns out to be your brother."
"Well, in this case, both of our brothers will be at First String."
"Hey, I also want to go to First String. At that time, Takano got Direct Admission, and I only got Recommended Admission. I really don't dare to think back on those six months."
"That's great——" Just when Lang Zhi looked painful at the memory, Haruichi looked at him and laughed.
"Speaking of which, you brothers are all in the same position, so you can't play in the same field."
"Yeah, but I still want to be a second baseman. I'm used to it, looking at his back like this."
"Well, it's also in another sense for me to look at his back. After all, his back is to me when he pitches." Lang Zhi deliberately misinterpreted Haruichi's words. He felt that the other party was a little unhappy when he spoke just now.
"Haha." Haruichi feels that sometimes Lang Zhi is very sharp.
"By the way, my brother and Furuya-kun both went to First String, and only Eijun couldn't go. I wonder if he would be depressed because of this." After Red and White Game, he went back to his dormitory. I don't know if he was quietly disappointed behind his back.
"Probably not. He seems to be in good spirits today, and his tires have been replaced with three."
"First String, what would it be like to train there." The two children couldn't help but imagine.
But Kōshū, who was thought about by two children, was really not relaxed at all. After entering First String, he was no longer tolerated because of his status as a first-year student. The requirements for him were the same as other seniors.
Probably to temper his arrogance, Kataoka Manager first asked him to start with pitcher's fielding practice. The time was tight and the task was heavy. Kōshū also had baggage in his heart. He didn't want to perform worse than others, so he had to work overtime every day.
Originally, Seido Baseball Club's schedule was to get up at 5:30, do morning exercises at 6:00, have breakfast at 7:30, start the day's study at 8:30, and not start practicing until 3:30 in the afternoon. He practiced independently from 8:30 to 11:00 in the evening, and the whole sleep time was only 6 and a half hours. He would get up half an hour earlier to go for a run, which further compressed his sleep time.
The result is that in Class C, there is one more student who is lamented by the teacher. "Kōshū-kun, why are you like this? You are number one in the class!"
'Ah, are there mosquitoes this season? ' Kōshū couldn't wake up even if he shook it in his sleep.
After struggling like this for several days, Furuya also joined First String's defensive practice, but compared to Kōshū, his performance was not even satisfactory.
Everyone at Pitcher Lineup was speechless. Senior Tanba came over to give guidance. "After the ball is released, you must immediately think of filling in. Now you just need to train to develop muscle memory. Mr. Kōshū, can you set an example for him?"
"Okay," after actually joining First String, it is really hard for Tanba to hate such a hardworking junior like Kōshū, and this junior is not as arrogant as he was before. His appearance was actually very polite, and most importantly, there was no explicit ambition for an ace in his eyes. Before he knew it, Kōshū had a very good relationship with the other two pitchers First String.
"Ah ha, how to get along with seniors, let Sawamura become Kōshū's teacher and learn from it." Kuramochi from dormitory No. 5 said to Sawamura has been having a headache all day long. I heard that he and senior Chris have been having troubles recently. Should you let Kōshū take care of him?
However, when Kuramochi and Kōshū are alone, they are always a little unsure of what this guy is thinking, and they feel like they are being observed. Especially after hearing that Kōshū has a younger brother who is also a shortstop at Second String, that feeling becomes even stronger. This guy is not looking for his weaknesses so that the first grader named Sasaki can replace him, right?
When Kōshū finally passed the transition period of integrating into the team, he could breathe a sigh of relief and see what his brother was doing all day long, "What are you practicing?"
In the corner of the indoor practice room, Haruichi is standing next to a basket of balls, playing Coach's Bat to Lang Zhi at the end.
"Kōshū, this is what Lang Zhi wants me to do." Lang Zhi over there has been holding a ball in his right hand and constantly catching ground balls with only his left hand. Generally, ground balls are caught with the left glove and the right hand protects the glove to prevent the ball from running out. He does this and requires that he must catch the ball very accurately every time.
"Lang Zhi, what are you doing?"
"During the team test, I made a mistake when catching an irregularly bouncing ball. I asked Coach Ninomiya how I could improve my catching ability. The advice he gave me was this exercise."
The most fearful thing about ground balls is that the upper body is alive but the lower body is already dead. If you encounter an irregularly bouncing ball, no matter how much you stretch your arms, you may not be able to catch it, so you must keep your feet flexible. Now, without half of the assistance for catching the ball, you can only force yourself to keep your feet flexible and find the best point to catch the ball.
"It's a good practice, Haruichi. I'll play Coach's Bat. You can also practice."
Haruichi had already felt the difficulty when watching Lang Zhi catch the ball, but when he really started to do it, he realized that it was much more difficult than imagined.
"I know what happened to Furuya recently, but what about Eijun? That guy didn't do anything stupid in Second String, right?"
"Senior Chris is teaching him, but he seems to be a little dissatisfied with his senior." Haruichi helped hand over the scroll that day. It was Chris who gave it to Eijun, but Eijun threw it aside.
"Are you dissatisfied with your seniors, or are you dissatisfied with yourself for not getting into First String?" Kōshū can't do anything about this kind of thing. He hasn't established a foothold in First String yet, and he really doesn't have the experience to get into First String. This is for Eijun, but senior Chris is a very powerful person. He will definitely be able to teach Eijun a lot of things. After Kanto Tournament's first game is over, you should find time to persuade him.
I have a very big question. I don't know if it's a BUG.
[Question] Can three hits in one inning result in four runs?? In the game against Hengxue, Tanba had three hits and lost 4 runs in the seventh inning??
I'm thinking that the score in baseball depends on the number of people on base. If it is Home Run, it includes the batter.
How to score three hits, two hits + one Home Run, the most is 3 points, unless there is a strikeout or an infield fielding error, but in Hengxue's game, Seido's number of errors was 0
When I reviewed the first game of Kanto Tournament, I couldn't figure it out. What do you think?
Thanks for the answers in the comment area. I forgot about the four bad balls that touched the ball.