Because there are still three days of preparation time before the third game, after thoroughly studying Mingchuan's characteristics, everyone took their own tasks and scattered around to practice.
Mingchuan's pitcher is a cerebral pitcher. To deal with him, you need to make him mess up. At this time, you need harassment on the base. Yuki led a group of people to watch Mingchuan's video tape to check the pitcher's throwing action when there is someone on the base. Others focused on practicing a wave of Sacrifice Bunt and stealing bases.
As for the pitcher, Kōshū is still doing the routine strength package. He is really not in a hurry to pitch and will be on the court in two days.
Eijun, under the leadership of Chris, After practicing Inside Corner Ball thoroughly, after listening to the words in Kōshū Dugout, no matter how many times he talked about it in the past, it didn't work. This time, he suddenly seemed to have an enlightenment and understood that 'pitching is not for your own happiness, or just to implement the momentum. That's fine, it must be a pitch that is useful to the team. If I want to find my place in this team, I must show that I am useful." Of course, after he said this, he was immediately loved by Chris and said, "That's really harsh. Did Kōshū tell you that?"
As for Tanba, his Forkball has been tested and effective in the game. Now he is still following Miyauchi to study the ball control problem after 70 goals. He got the "cheats" from Kōshū and said that he also wants to try it.
Then there is Furuya——
"Ah, where is Furuya?" As the most worried person in the team, after going through every position on the team, Miyuki suddenly discovered a blind spot. Didn't this guy go for a run? Why couldn't he see anywhere.
Passing by the playground, "Have you seen Furuya?"
"It was there just now and went in that direction."
Passing by the equipment training ground, "Kōshū, have you seen Furuya?"
"No, you haven't looked for it anywhere."
"I'm going to Indoor Training Field to have a look."
"Oh, by the way, Senior Miyuki, that guy has been feeling uncomfortable since the opening ceremony. Is he suffering from heat stroke?"
"Huh? What are you doing now..." Miyuki stopped talking, "That guy just moved to Tokyo from Hokkaido, he must not have adapted to the summer here yet!"
"Ah... maybe so."
Then the team looking for Furuya became two people. As expected, they found Furuya in Indoor Training Field. When they were found, Furuya was hiding in a cool place sleeping.
"Hey, Furuya, what's wrong with you? Didn't I ask you to come to me to pitch after you finish running?"
The person on the other side said sleepily, "I've finished running, but it's too hot, so I want to take a rest first."
Kōshū looked at his appearance and shook his head. "No, this guy hasn't adapted at all." It seems that this summer, Tanba, Kawakami and him, a total of three people, will support Bullpen.
"Wash your face and go get some rest." Miyuki saw that he might really get heat stroke if he continued to practice, so he reluctantly let him go. Anyway, Kōshū would appear in the next game.
"Hi..." Furuya floated out of the training ground.
"Hey——" Miyuki sighed, turned to ask another pitcher, "You——"
"Senior Miyuki, I'm leaving before my strength training is over." Kōshū also quickly disappeared from the door.
"——Do you want to pitch? So what's going on? I haven't finished speaking yet!!" There was no one around Miyuki, and he once again had doubts about his identity as a catcher. It turns out that being able to come and go as soon as he is called means that he is a catcher.
"Well, forget it, just follow the training rhythm of these pitchers." Miyuki comforted himself, "I just have my own time to practice hitting, and I don't have so much time to care about those pitchers all day long!"
In late July, the summer heat gradually showed its power. Shen Qing and the others originally wanted to come to watch the game, but Kōshū persuaded them to go back and let them play a few more games and wait until the duel between Quarterfinals and Ichidai Third came.
"Ah, it's so hot." As soon as Kōshū got out of the car, he was dazzled by the light reflected from the ground, "Why is the sun so conscientious? Doesn't he even have weekends off and no annual leave?"
"Stop saying useless words. At this time, if it's not sunny, it's likely to be rainy. Do you want to pitch in the rain?" Isashiki hung on Kōshū's neck and bent him down.
"Hey, I get it, that's it, sun, please continue to bask in the sun."
Young men wearing blue and white training uniforms filed into the stadium. Today is the third game of Seido, against the Meikawa Academy. Coincidentally, the pitchers on both sides today are Chinese.
"What a coincidence, isn't your pitcher Chinese?" the other team's captain said after the guessing game ended and the two sides exchanged lists.
"Hi, Kōshū is our proud member." Yuki praised Kōshū seriously.
"Haha, Shunchen is the same."
"Then let's have a good game." The captains of both sides shook hands.
Seido guessing failed and was assigned to attack first.
Kuramochi came on the stage with a smirk on his face. He had practiced Sacrifice Bunt well and was ready to play Fast and Furious at the beginning.
"Watch out for hitter Sacrifice Bunt!" The third baseman had already stepped forward as soon as Kuramochi's bat came across.
'Tch, then hit first base! '
But people are always not as fast as the ball, especially Yang Shunchen's reaction is very fast. The whole team seemed to have practiced for this situation many times, and smoothly sent Kuramochi out.
"One out!"
"Shunchen, come on!"
The second one, Xiao Minato, looked at the legendary fellow Kōshū with a smile, "Although we are fellow townsmen, the weather is so hot, so I'll let you sweat a little first." '
After missing 8 balls in a row, Kominato noticed that the opponent seemed to be trying to walk him, "Bad ball!"
"Bad ball!"
"Bad ball!"
The next ball, from Minato's point of view, was another bad ball, but the catcher's unmoving glove confused the referee's senses, "Good ball! The batter is out!"
In a blink of an eye, Xiao Minato understood the opponent's intention. It turned out that those bad balls that hit the corners just now were just to confuse himself. It's too bad that he was fooled.
"Be careful of specious bad balls." He advised Isashiki.
"Tch, is it really like this?" When they were discussing yesterday, Kōshū, a ball-handling player, analyzed several ways to use ball-handling to get batters out based on his own practice.
"The first, and most common, is to study the opponent's batter's information and find the opponent's weaknesses. Because you control the ball well, you can focus on the opponent's weaknesses. The second is to only throw balls that make the opponent uncomfortable, such as corners, from inside to outside, from high to low, in short, to destroy the batter's posture. The third is to expand the range of Strike Zone and use your own ball control. Accuracy allows Strike Zone to expand the distance between the up, down, left, and right balls. The fourth method is to use the existing impression. If the trajectory of the straight ball and Changeup in the same position are very similar in the first half, you can use the impression in the opponent's mind to strike out the opponent. Of course, the last method requires very precise ball control, which consumes a lot of energy."
Originally, everyone just asked in passing, but I didn't expect to ask so many things.
"Insidious."
"How insidious."
"It's scary. A pitcher who controls the ball very well can completely spin the batter around."
Kōshū sweated coldly, what's going on? Didn't I tell my experience that was beneficial to the team? Why are they all reacting like this? It should be said that they are pitying each other. When thinking of the batters opposite Kōshū, many of Seido's seniors also began to feel sad for them.
I seem to.. I can't go home during the Spring Festival
It seems like I really have to celebrate the New Year with my colleagues who are also stranded.
For more than 20 years, even when I was studying, I always went home normally. COVID-19, I hate you!! I hope you mutate and become extinct one day!