After returning home that day, both brothers saw the specialty boxes on the table. "Dad, is he out?"
"Oh, that was sent by Miss Takashima." Mr. Sasaki was cleaning up in the kitchen. "A group of friends came over just now to visit. I have a friend who teaches at Seido, and he brought it here."
"Miss Takashima, I think I heard someone say that..." Then Kōshū thought of Miyuki, who he hadn't contacted much since school started, "Miyuki said she was Seido's scout?"
"Yes, Ms. Scout is such a good person. She goes on business trips and brings us specialties." Mr. Sasaki sighed, and I heard Shen Qing said that she is a beauty.
There was the sound of tearing off the packaging from the side. Lang Zhi took advantage of the two people to communicate and said, "Oh, it's tamagoyaki, let me try it."
"Save one for me!"
There was a series of thumping footsteps from the living room to upstairs. After closing the door, you could still hear them arguing about food.
"In this case, it is almost certain that Takano can go to Seido for free, which is much better than I did back then." Sasaki raised his head and saw Shen Qing attracted by the noise of the fight.
"It's okay, both of them are fine."
At this time, it was quiet upstairs. The two children had already killed the specialty. Lang Zhi was lying on the bed. "You must be Direct Admission. I will admit with a reduced score at most, and you still have to take the exam. I really envy you."
Kōshū said "Hmm", acting very absent-mindedly. He looked at the message in his hand. Three minutes had passed and he still didn't know how to reply.
"What's wrong with you?" Lang Zhi leaned over to take a look, "Isn't this Luan Chuan the person sitting next to Shibasaki in the stands yesterday? Eh? Why did he invite you to compete? Can players invite you to compete? Isn't it all decided by the coaches?"
With a snap, he closed the phone and pushed the face that was close to him away. Kōshū was distressed. "That's why I can't reply easily. I'll wait for Hayakawa's message first."
"I feel like you are always the first to tell Hayakawa everything. Wouldn't it be better to just ask Coach Ninomiya directly?"
The person lying on the bed was crossing his legs and making sarcastic remarks. Kōshū held his cell phone and wanted to deal with him, but the text message came and he had to give up. "Ah, Hayakawa said that Coach Ninomiya agreed and would contact the other party's coach directly, so there is no need for me to coordinate in the middle."
"It's a lie."
So this weekend, I have something to do again. Kōshū has not played an official game for a month, which is just a good time for him to get back into shape.
Because of this, he communicated with Luan Chuan very frequently this week. On the event day, Kōshū had learned a lot about it, including ball speed, accuracy and Changeup type. He also wanted to learn about it. We should dig out some information from Luan Chuan. It is known that Luan Chuan is the one whose ball speed is behind Kōshū. He has a right-hand throw of 136km and is about 1.75 meters tall.
"Luan Chuan-kun, what is Changeup?"
"Probably Two-Seam Fastball and Slider. I've been practicing Forkball recently, but I haven't finished it yet."
Can this kind of news be given to opponents who are playing games on the weekend?
"Forkball, our coach doesn't allow me to practice Changeup other than straight ball, let alone Forkball."
Forkball, among Major League pitchers, the Japanese may be the ones who like to throw the most. This kind of ball requires the index finger and middle finger to be spread wide, sandwiched between the horseshoe-shaped seams of the baseball. After being thrown, it will fall quickly when entering the base. Fast Forkball, known as the last magic ball of the 20th century, is a member of this family.
But now more and more pitchers no longer touch Forkball, but choose to use other types of balls that can also fall quickly when entering the base. The reason is that this type of ball is very hurtful to the arm. However, the changes in the outside world often make it difficult to change the increasingly conservative Japan, so there are pitchers who started learning Forkball when they were young. I really don't know what to say.
Kōshū could only mention it vaguely. "As for Forkball, our coach said that it can be replaced by other types of balls."
"Nomo's Forkball is very powerful, isn't it? The strikeout effect of Major League is also very good." Since Luan Chuan said so, Kōshū couldn't say anything, so he turned to other topics.
This Saturday is Kinoshita Little League's home court again. Kōshū and Luan Chuan briefly said hello and then returned to Dugout on the third base side.
"Did I hear that the opposing pitcher you contacted arranged a practice match?" I don't know why, but the news always ends up like this.
"No - yes - it's the opposing pitcher who contacted me." No matter how it came about, the game had officially begun. Taiyo Little League chose to attack from behind and was warming up on the field at the moment.
"That pitcher's ball feels like it's above 135." Second baseman Yoshino stood in the batting area and communicated with Kōshū, who knew the pitcher's situation.
"Yes, the fastest is 136. There are more Changeup, Slider and Two-Seam Fastball. It's hard to say how complete it is. You should aim for a straight shot this time."
At the beginning of the game, Yoshino was the first pitcher and stood at Batter's Box. He was thinking about Kōshū's instructions, but he didn't realize it. After three bad balls in a row, he said, "This pitcher is really different from our ace. The start is so unstable." '
The last pitch, Strike Zone, was a bad ball in the upper edge. Yoshino didn't even swing the bat, so he just threw it and went to first base. As a result, the umpire was silent for a second and said, "Good ball."
Huh? What happened to the referee's eyes today, but he didn't dare to say it, so he could only go back to Batter's Box, and the result was another ball, good guy, this time it was almost Wild Pitch, and there was no need to say a walk.
In the second pitch Ōno, he was ready to watch a few more pitches, but after waiting for three bad pitches, Luan Chuan finally hit the bases with a good ball, followed by two Foul Ball pitches, which made the count full, and another fast falling ball tricked Ōno into getting out of the bat.
"One out and one man on base."
"Is this the Forkball? It looks so deceptive." Kōshū hasn't beaten Forkball yet. He put on his protective gear. Today he is the fifth batsman, behind Hayakawa.
As for why he is not ranked fourth, part of the reason is that the coach does not want to put too much pressure on him, and part of the reason is that after changing his posture and hitting strategy, Kōshū's swing rate has increased, but as long as he can follow the ball, he will hit it into a long hit or Home Run.
From the data point of view, the On Base rate of the first pitcher Yoshino is very high, above 0.3. As the first pitcher, even if he fails to hit the ball, he will choose a few more balls. He is a hitter who pays equal attention to both attack and skill. The only problem is the lack of Slugging Percentage. The reason is still power.
The second and third bats have the power to hit the front of the outfielder, but his more responsibility is to advance the bases. When it comes to the fourth bat, Hayakawa, his three-dimensional hitting is more beautiful, and he is a player with relatively strong overall ability. Compared with the current Kōshū, who swings a big bat, he is relatively stable.
"Hey, what's going on with this pitcher?" Luan Chuan threw four pinned balls in a row, and it seems that he can't find the feeling of pitching now.
'What is he thinking? It's obviously a match he has arranged for, are you nervous? 'Kōshū swung the bat twice and was very puzzled. He still wanted to try that Forkball.
Summary: The update problem is really a headache. Writing is too slow, so I thought about it today. After it is released, I will be the first to get the perfect attendance award. It is 4,000 words a day. If I write for 3 hours, I worked backwards and it is 23 words per minute.
Today's speed: Today I typed from 2:30 to 10pm, 7.5 hours, a total of less than 8,000 words. The speed was estimated to be 1,040 words/hour, 17 words/minute. This is the result of the investment in the later period and the faster I wrote. It has been maintained at 900 words/hour.
So, again, when anything has a professional level, it will become very difficult. What I can do is to refine the outline a little more, and try to make my thoughts clearer every day and code faster.