On the other end, after Eijun was kicked out of Bullpen for being too loud, he could only practice with Yui Kaoru on the sidelines.
"Brother is so cruel, even though I don't dare to offend him!" He kept chattering, beginning to ask for approval from his descendants.
"Uh-huh," Yui didn't dare to be sure or doubt, but just responded, "Sawamura-senpai, you really have no airs." ' He doesn't care about his reputation as a senior at all, so he is very honest in front of his juniors.
"What's more, even a catcher should look like a senior in front of the juniors. Why don't I look like a senior!" Haruka Yui listened, and when he didn't know how to answer, the pitcher on the other side had already turned around. "Then let's start with the straight ball. Now the field has one out and one man on base. The hitters have three bats and are hitters. This season's batting average has been stable at just over 30%..."
Yui's heart, which had been loose just now, suddenly gathered, "Is this an imagination exercise?" ' It's incredible. Although he is such a careless person, he can suddenly become serious about pitching. I can't help but admire him even more.
"But the next batter is Hideki Matsui." Eijun's expression was still the same that made people suspect that he was overly excited all day long, but he pointed at the little catcher on the opposite side and said very maturely, "You are my catcher now. The question is how to Pitching Strategy avoid losing points."
"Huh?" Yui panicked. With such a mature Sawamura, he suddenly realized that the other party was a senior from the First Year of High School class. He had been fighting for a year in this hidden dragon and crouching tiger Seido, and to be able to remain in Regulars, he must not be as simple as he appeared on the surface.
"If I were a catcher..." After thinking about it carefully, Yui finally organized his words, "Sawamura-senpai's balls include straight balls, Cutter, Slider, and some that make it difficult to see the release point. Characteristics and tail power. If I were a catcher, I would first use a straight ball to break the batter's rhythm, and then use Cutter to hit the ground ball with the third bat. This is the best result, so that when facing four bats, I can directly walk him and face the next bat."
"Oh - not bad." Eijun originally wanted to use this to educate his juniors. Pitching Strategy needed to have a good understanding of the pitcher's style before, but the other party had obviously done enough homework. Walking four bats is also the best way. He is a soft pitcher. In the Metal Bat period of high school, when the hitting surface was wider, he was most afraid of powerful hitters like Hideki Matsui.
"Then let's imagine the training according to the Pitching Strategy method you just said." Then the smile on the pitcher's face faded and he looked cautiously to the left rear. Over there was the direction of first base, and the runner was getting ready to go.
Yui also imagined the moment when the pressure of the entire stadium gathered at Home Plate, and "pop--" he caught the white ball briskly. The accuracy was not as good as Seido's ace, but it was enough, and he could accurately throw it to the inside and outside corners.
"Nice..." Before Yui could finish his words, he saw the opponent's pitcher looking annoyed. "It's really annoying. He obviously wanted to throw half the ball in the outside corner of the bad zone, but now he threw it all inside. Texas Leaguer, damn, there are people on first and second base, and we have to face four bats!"
"Eh??" The catcher was a little at a loss.
"Young man Yui, come again! Hideki Matsui can now score with just one outfield fly!!"
Eijun's shouts could be heard halfway across the stadium. Kuramochi turned his head and said, "That bastard, how serious is it to compete with the freshmen?"
Looking back again, "Lang Zhi, why did you go to the shortstop to practice?"
Lang Zhi touched his nose and said, "Senior Kuramochi, when I joined the team, my ambition was always to be a shortstop."
Even before the third graders left, someone was already planning to get a position. "You're a bastard too. Get back to the third baseman training team! There will be many games until we retire. If the third baseman can't defend well, don't even think about playing guerrilla."
"Hi!" Lang Zhi's heated mind quickly cooled down. It was all the recent discussions around him that made him covet the shortstop, "But I will never give up the shortstop position!" '
Haruichi watched from the sidelines, not surprised by Lang Zhi's progress. He once heard a saying, that is, don't always think that after you change, your old friends will change accordingly. You should look for new friends as you move forward.
Maybe for Lang Zhi, Kōshū is the friend who has been moving forward. If he doesn't want to be left behind, he must keep up.
'Just like me. '
At the graduation ceremony more than a month ago, Kominato Ryosuke gave his younger brother a new pair of gloves, "Don't always chase me, you have your own way to go."
But there was no trace of his brother in front of him, and there were still two years left in his high school career. After thinking for a long time, Haruichi cut off his bangs and prepared to use his own eyes to see the road.
"The freshmen are all very good. If they can't sit firmly this year, let alone next year," just like other second-year players who have been bypassed now.
One-third of the team is made up of newcomers. Such a team will inevitably have an impact on everyone's psychology.
All the emotions, the feelings hidden in the few words, and the pictures captured by the eyes are like fog covering the entire Seido Baseball Club. It is difficult to write it down with precise pen and ink. Only the players who are in it can clearly feel the change of the wind direction.
With such changes, the entire team ushered in their second game at Spring Tournament.
The first to fight was Seido's trump card—Kōshū.
On April 12, at 10 a. m., Seido of West Tokyo will play against Tachikawa Private of West Tokyo.
After a long absence, several people from Kinoshita Little League met on the court.
Lang Zhi was so gossipy that he grabbed the railing and complained to his brother in the strike preparation area, "Senior Nozawa is too tanned too. He almost looks like an African. Doesn't he have a baseball cap?"
Kōshū looked up and saw Senior Nozawa on Pitcher's Mound smiling. A set of neat white teeth suddenly appeared in the darkness, "Pfft - Lang Zhi, you still have some metaphorical talent, why are you so bad in the exam?"
"Eh? It has nothing to do with this, right?"
When Nozawa left Kinoshita Little League, the ball speed was in the second half of 130. Apart from straight balls, there was only one Slider.
It has been two years now, and my height is still about 1.75 meters, but my weight has increased visibly. I can't even weigh 50 pounds, and my ball speed has increased to about 145.
"Out!" The pitch was so powerful that it was two outs at once.
"Tachikawa Private played against Tomodaiichi. The game ended early in 7 innings. In the whole game, the most shocking one was the Vertical Slider of Tachikawa's ace Nozawa Kai. With the straight ball and the ordinary Slider, the strikeout rhythm was very fast."
Kōshū recalled the content summarized by the Seido intelligence team and slowly appeared on the radio.
In front, the pitcher on Pitcher's Mound is looking this way with his white teeth bared.
"Pfft—" Kōshū recalled what Lang Zhi said.
Monday and two updates are completed, but Tuesday is a bit dangerous, and you may have to fight on the same day