On April 26, the weather was very good, and the competition horn came from Jingu Second Stadium.
"Amakuhisa Boy, the opponent's starter is that genius boy! Does it arouse your desire to win a little bit?" Supervisor Ichidai Third took the opponent's starting list and looked at the court with encouragement.
But the next second, "Oh, no!".
"Bump--" Seido caught a high pitched ball and ran directly to first base.
Supervisor Ichidai Third, who had looked expectant just now, turned into frightened, "The start is still not stable, Amakuhisa Boy..."
"Good job! Kuramochi!" First Base Coach and Kuramochi high-fived. They had been preparing to take advantage of this unstable start to score more points.
The second bat Haruichi hit the ball at the right time and steadily advanced the bases. Although he has a big appetite, he has to chew slowly. Seido's style has always been to only score one point and not be greedy for more.
In just three minutes, there was one out and someone on second base. Amakuhisa looked at the batter who was walking forward with expectant eyes.
"Three bats, pitcher, Kōshū!"
With a "buzz", the noise increased. Male voices, female voices, old people, and young people all mixed together, buzzing about the batter who came on the field.
'Hey, hey, it's too noisy. It's not like I've never seen it before. 'Amakuhisa muttered, 'Oh, I know, is it because you know this is this person's last game? ' He laughed again, 'It's nothing, I'm just talking nonsense. Who knows what will happen until the end of the game. '
Kōshū couldn't hear the pitcher's voice, but he could still see the smile, 'Why, did you forget the last game so quickly? '
Last fall, he changed the pitcher's favorite Slider into Home Run.
"Play ball!" The duel between the two came nearly half a year ago.
Ichidai Third The catcher carefully placed his glove in the outside corner, 'Be very cautious about this guy, I'd rather let him On Base. '
'Okay, okay, long-winded! ' The pitcher, who had been nagged for several days off the court, felt his ears buzzing when he saw the quiet gesture, as if someone kept nagging him, 'I know, I have to be careful, but I didn't admit that I completely lost to him. '
The ball came and rushed towards the outside corner of Kōshū. He hesitated but did not take action.
"Good shot!"
'Huh? Are you picking it up so biasedly? ' Not only the batter, but also the arrester Ichidai Third was a little surprised by today's referee Strike Zone.
Kōshū glanced at Dugout, Kataoka Manager hit Signals to tell him to watch a few more balls and not to worry.
"Huh--" He shrugged his shoulders, and then lowered it with a heavy breath, awakening that state of concentration, and applying Flow State's experience in each game, that is, don't leave it on all the time, and learn to use the steel on the edge.
When you walk onto the court, your ears are noisy and your mind is in confusion. You will notice the softness of the ground under your feet, the burning sensation of the sun on your skin, and the sound and percussion music of the back row.
Until he took a deep breath, there was a clear dividing wall. Before that, all the energy was loosely distributed. After that, the energy was picked up by him.
His attention on everything was disconnected one by one, and he only focused on the bat standing in front of him. His thoughts were like threads entangled in it. Slowly, his arms seemed to be lengthening, and the bat became part of his body.
Then tap Home Plate, Kōshū's mental state at this moment has reached concentration, just between the two points and one line from Pitcher's Mound to Home Plate.
Ichidai Third's catcher was startled and noticed that the attacker suddenly became quiet. The feeling was very mysterious, as if the attacker had disappeared here, or as if the cheetah had lowered its body and hid in the withered grass, just waiting for the prey to come over and kill it with one strike.
'Danger, danger! ' Amakuhisa's antenna simultaneously received this spreading aura, and he felt that a moment of gloom was about to creep into his mind again, 'Can't invest in Strike Zone! but! ' Wouldn't this be giving in again?
The catcher tapped the palm of his glove again, pulling the pitcher's eyes in the direction of Outside Low Corner.
'Outer corner, outer corner! Are you such a man who escapes, Takami-kun! ' But I have to admit that the gloves placed in the outer corners are no exaggeration compared to the fried chicken in front of a dieter. Amakuhisa paused for a second on Pitcher's Mound, neither shaking his head nor nodding.
Then he silently began to prepare for pitching, which made the catcher a little uneasy, 'Did this guy listen to what I said? '
But now they can only let it go. Whoever lets Pitcher's Mound stand is their willful trump card.
After a short delay, Kōshū began to sweat on the top of his head, but he didn't even think about turning it on or off, and just allowed himself to be immersed in this flowing state.
Finally, the ball came.
But midway through the journey, Kōshū stopped again, 'Outer corner again? '
This one was one and a half Outside Corner Ball, but the chief judge finally did not pick it up.
Now one is good and one is bad.
Kōshū took another deep breath and wiped the sweat from his head. 'The pitching gap has become longer. '
He had to quit and regroup, but at this time, the pitcher's actions suddenly became faster.
The batter just raised the bat and saw the trajectory of the ball in the next second.
'This bastard! 'Kōshū hurriedly took out the bat and only hit the lower edge of the ball. However, the swing was very strong and the ball flew backwards very quickly and passed directly between the first and second bases.
After the right fielder picked up the ball, Kōshū had safety On Base.
"Safe!"*2
Kuramochi rushed out the moment the pitcher threw the ball, and successfully scored a point for Seido at the beginning.
"Cheetah, you are the running cheetah!"
Because the goal was achieved, Kuramochi was not even angry at this kind of messy support.
Passing by the four-stick Miyuki, "The rest is up to you, captain!"
Miyuki recognized the three-point threat in the sentence "captain", "Captain or something, if you call him out at this time, you have to score, right?" '
Ichidai Third's infielder took a double-play stance. Kōshū felt the first baseman behind him was getting closer and retracted his stepped foot slightly.
'Today I will pitch a maximum of 4 innings. ' Maybe try running the bases, he was itching.
Amakuhisa, who narrowly missed the choice, couldn't help but feel tired while relaxing, "That guy Tanaka Ine, his observation of people is really accurate." '
Before the game, Amakuhisa inadvertently told him that when Kōshū was quiet, there would be a feeling that made him afraid to pitch. Unexpectedly, a few days later, this first grader came to see me.
"That state is very common among top athletes. The so-called flow, also called the best state, often occurs when a person's body and mind voluntarily reach the limit in order to achieve a difficult goal." Tanaka Ine closed his notebook, "Since it is the limit of the body and mind, why not try to break it."
Nothing happened today, the only thing was that the fried tomatoes and hand-shredded cabbage I made for lunch were so delicious that I couldn't help but finish the rice left for the evening.