At the same time, West Tokyo Tachikawa City, in a beautiful suburb, the Tachikawa school gate with white tiles can be seen from a distance.
"... The above is the part of Seido Pitcher Lineup." After the members of the intelligence team finished speaking all the information, there was a moment of silence in the imaging room.
The four current pitchers in Seido all have game records in Koshien, so it is not difficult to find these things.
The reason why the intelligence analysis meeting that was supposed to be held a few days in advance was postponed until now is to prevent the current atmosphere from affecting the players' practice in the next few days.
Tachikawa's supervisor Ōkawa looked around at the expressions of the players and said, "Surprisingly, you seem to be more motivated to fight. Well, from my point of view, it is the best choice for us to face Seido in the first game. Without the fatigue of consecutive battles, the opponent is still the quasi-winner after the return of Koshien. This is the game that best tests our ability. Hmm? What do you think?"
Coach Ōkawa, who came back from professional baseball, likes to communicate with the players very much. He thinks that he has been away from high school for too long and can't remember the various feelings in high school, so communication with these children has become important.
This is consistent with the habits of players from Kinoshita Little League. After Coach Ninomiya received these very obedient children under Japanese education, the first thing they did outside of baseball was to teach them the ability to actively communicate with their elders.
"Hi!" So this time it's Nozawa again.
"Oh, speaking of which, Seido Ace is your junior, can you tell me?" Coach Ōkawa leaned his elbows on a chair with a very relaxed posture.
"In this game, there is a high probability that the opponent will still use the Relay Pitching format. They have successfully experimented with this format in Koshien, and compared to the next few games, Tachikawa is a soft persimmon, and they will definitely not use the ace to pitch the whole game. There is a high probability that the Fastball pitcher will start the game, and the remaining two relievers will take over. If the score is loose, The ace will not play. If the score is only one or two points, Seido will send the ace. This is their consistent pattern in Koshien. I believe Autumn Tournament's game will still have this trace."
"Well, that makes sense. Where is Ido?"
"Hi! Kōshū's pitching has already shown some unique abilities in Little League. I caught it. His feel for the ball is very good. Almost as a beginner, he can already achieve the accuracy that can only be achieved after one or two years of training. The weight of the straight ball I just mentioned is the reason I learned One of the reasons is that his axis of rotation is very positive and there is almost no deviation from left to right. In this way, the energy of the shot is used to move forward, and the ball speed will not be lost. At the same time, his fingers are sensitive and good at dialing the ball, and the rotation speed is very high. This once again adds to the power of his straight ball from the moment he releases it. It won't lose too much speed."
Ōkawa Listening to Ido talking, everyone's expressions became frozen again.
"It's a really good straight shot, so we're going to talk about how everyone should hit it. It starts with one stick."
Tachikawa's Regulars was so good that he was the first to be named to speak at every discussion, which made him nervous before every meeting.
"My thoughts are..."
The contestants used their brains in turn to think of coping strategies. As they talked, the atmosphere became heated. After everyone had talked about it once, basically all the contents were almost listed.
This is a method of discussion. Find ten people to discuss a topic that has nothing to do with their lives and work. Each person talks about a problem to be solved or an aspect that needs to be considered in turn. After going around, in fact, all aspects involved in this problem have been mentioned, and the solutions are not much different from the solutions that professionals think of. This is the power of brainstorming.
Coach Ōkawa slapped the back of the chair, "Yoshi, all the content just now will be recorded by the intelligence team, including everyone's training focus and attack points in the past two days. I said it myself, and we must practice it during the game~ The meeting is over!"
On October 2, in the morning, it rained non-stop since I woke up.
"Furuya, how many linings did you bring?"
"Eijun, stop chirping over there?"
"Did you practice late again yesterday..."
Amidst the noise, Kōshū's bag caught Haruichi's attention.
"Kōshū, aren't you sure you won't be able to play in the first three games?"
"Haha, but the other side doesn't know that. I want to apply to practice shooting at Bullpen to scare them."
"... The supervisor won't agree, but it might be possible to apply for Pinch Hitter."
"Who knows, what if a touch ball comes from the other side? Once on the court, you often have to monitor and control it."
At 8 o'clock in the morning, both sides of the competition have gathered and set off in the car.
Kōshū leaned against the car window, "When will this rain stop? If it continues like this, it's really hard to say what the condition of the stadium will be."
Looking around, although there are some familiar faces in this car, many people are missing. In the front row, there is no senior Isashiki who has a loud voice but is very caring about him. There is also no senior Yuki who occasionally plays shogi in his head. There is only one pink-haired Minato left. Oh, by the way, the person in charge of intelligence analysis has also become Watanabe.
These changes are not so obvious on campus where you can see your seniors. Moisturizing things silently changes the elements of their lives until all these changes converge on this car.
'This seems to be the first game that the new team has to go out of school since its establishment. ' That's why the strange feeling hit me now, 'Senior, their conference has also started, what's going on? '
At 9:40 a. m., it was still raining.
"Furuya pay attention to the warm-up." Miyuki urged like a mother taking her children out. "And you, Eijun, what are you going to do? It's still early to come on the court. Don't let me start pitching from the first inning. It's your turn to come on the court in the end, but you don't have the energy."
Seido attacked from behind, so after the referee checked the field, nine blue figures were scattered on the diamond court.
"Seido will win!"
"Seido!"
"Miyuki!"
The shouts from the support bench seemed to shake the ground beneath their feet. The first-year players who represented the team for the first time couldn't help but smile.
'This is the perspective from the stadium, so cool, so cool. '
Lang Zhi played as the third baseman of Regulars. In less than two months, he could finally stand on the same field as that person.
"Furuya, come on!"
No matter who is standing on Pitcher's Mound in front of him, Lang Zhi at this moment will shout loudly for him to release the ecstasy in his heart.
"Play ball!"
With the order, the atmosphere in the stadium became tense. Furuya nodded to the catcher and threw the first ball.
Seido's first autumn competition has finally begun.