"With that first pitch, calling the rest of the pitches will be much easier!" Sendou said happily.
"Why are you the one who's happy?" Senior Kuramochi quipped.
"It's a battle of wits! The batter will probably hesitate a little. Should he give up looking for the fastball against a pitch like that?! Asada's fastball is easy to hit!!"
"What would you call if it were you?" Senior Kuramochi was interested as well. He knew that when it came to pitch calling, even Miyuki might not be as devious as the guy in front of him.
Although Miyuki had a wicked sense of humor too, his pitch calling was generally forceful.
But this guy completely took pleasure in messing with batters!!
He lured them into looking for certain ball trajectories, then toyed with them using pitches they never expected.
"Pfft!"
"Whoosh!"
"He threw the same pitch twice in a row?"
"Smack!"
"Strike!"
"Just like that!!" Sendou said, pointing at the batter who had swung and missed at the curveball.
Senior Kuramochi broke out in a cold sweat!!
It might not have looked like much normally, but after talking with Sendou just now, Kuramochi realized that after two consecutive curveballs, it really became difficult for the batter to decide what pitch to look for.
With that curveball in play, there would be no problem even throwing three curveballs in a row.
Especially since he had heard Sendou say before that although Okumura could seem a little dull, he was actually very smart and knew how to think!
"Very nice! This way, they can make full use of the fastball!" Yui spoke up.
Meanwhile, Tetsu's Younger Brother beside him had already started fidgeting restlessly.
"He made the upperclassmen swing and miss!! That pitch is pretty good!!"
"His control is good too!!"
"Seidou really