Oobi Middle School is a school that slipped through the net! Their main force is almost all first-year players, but several of them are local Little League members, which can be regarded as a voluntary sign-up action by the players.
The strength is neither above nor below, but it will not be weaker than a team of Deming's level. Naturally, it can play like this with Akashi.
And Sendou and they ran into each other right here without knowing it.
In fact, Oobi Middle School was secretly complaining that he was unlucky enough to bump into Akashi without any preparation.
"How will you match the ball?"
Akagi Middle School vs. Oobi Middle School, in the top of the fourth inning, two outs, three runners and six batters.
Under the nervous eyes of both sides, the duel began.
"Crack!"
"Good shot!"
"In the center? What does this mean? Are you going to use the speed of the ball? It is true that the ball speed increases when you give up the ball, but is this really good?" Sendou thought in his heart when he saw the opponent's first ball.
"Interesting!" Sendou said after thinking about it, but there was still no instruction.
At this time, the pitcher's arm was raised high, and the second ball was thrown!
"Ping!"
"Out of bounds!" The second ball is still a straight ball from the center, but it is very deflected. This kind of straight ball regardless of the ball control is still very powerful.
And the ball started to be unstable because it was shaking slightly.
"I've completely seized the opportunity to strike! Sure enough, using ball power to suppress it won't work? Damn it! What's going on? Where did this Akashi come from!
Was it completely a first-round team last year? And it was another team that was eliminated in the first round! "Big Tail's catcher, even though he knew that the opponent was not a weakling, was still unwilling to do so. The dark horse bumped into the dark horse. It was simply a mutual disloyalty!
But I immediately adjusted and put on the gloves!
But what he didn't know was that there was some inexplicable feeling in Sendou's eyes when he looked at him, and he immediately called Oomura Signals!
"Huh?" Oomura was a little surprised to see Signals, but he is the type of player who is obedient after all. It can be said that except for a few active players, they are all people with his personality.
Otherwise, it wouldn't be the case in the last game. Only two people, Sendou and Ono, were influenced by hundreds of girls.
So the third goal!
"Phew!"
"Crack!"
"Bad ball!" The batter just watched it without even looking at it!
And this ball is Slider! Changeup who wants to trick the batter into swinging the bat.
"Did you see that? The batter was motionless, wasn't he afraid? He was chased before and almost wasted the chance to score!" The audience behind him couldn't understand.
"After the second ball was hit, I found that my proud straight ball was perfectly timed, and I was chased with two outs. I will definitely use Changeup to trick the batter into taking a bad ball while the impact of the straight ball is still there. Isn't that right? Big Tail's catcher?" Sendou thought about this in his mind, and then the corner of his mouth curled up slightly! He really likes this feeling of seeing through other people's thoughts.
"Then let me guess again! What will you do when you see this situation? With your conservative character..." Sendou thought while giving remote control command to Oomura.
"Crack!"
"Bad ball!"
"... I will definitely give up, then resume control of the ball and use a bad ball as a test!" Sendou said the second half of the sentence in his heart while the opponent was throwing the ball.
That's right, in just a few games, Sendou has already analyzed the opponent's personality and some thoughts and styles through the opponent's ball matching.
The ball combination can speak, and the combination of ball types itself reflects the catcher's character.
Just like when Chris saw Miyuki for the first time, he was able to discover the strength of Miyuki by matching the ball, and guessed Miyuki's ideas to defeat Miyuki in both offense and defense.
If Chris is only good at analyzing and making bold guesses, then Sendou can be said to be an expert in this area.
"It would be great if Oomura could pretend to see Ball Trajectory stop swinging the bat clearly.
But it's not a big problem, the other party is still a primary school student who doesn't have that much thought. "
When Sendou wildly speculated on Big Tail's catcher's thoughts, I actually panicked at home plate.
The opponent's two goals obviously found some flaw and knew the ball type in advance.
"Does the pitcher have any obvious habits?" the catcher guessed, but he probably never dreamed that someone on the other side could see his personality and playing style through his ball distribution, and then forcibly deduce the ball type.
But time waits for no one, so he has no choice but to bite the bullet!
And Sendou saw his slightly large movements of looking around in panic, although Sendou could also guess his mental activities.
But after all, the current situation is that one shot wins or loses. If the judgment is wrong, the opportunity will be lost.
I don't know when the next opportunity will come. The catcher's unnatural turning of his head made Sendou completely relieved.
Sendou substitutes himself as the catcher, arranges the distribution of the ball, and then makes corrections by inserting the catcher's personality and distribution habits and other information.
"Ping!" Oomura's swing hit the speeding white ball and passed through the infield. Akashi finally scored first.
For a moment, the world seemed to be on hold!
At home plate, Akio, who scored, had a warm hug with Oyama, the seven-setter, and several people from the bench rushed out and raised their arms in celebration!
"We must have exposed some habits, so we were seen through Ball Trajectory, so we used Diagonal Fastball to decide the outcome!"
This is the result of Sendou's thinking. When he knew the ball distribution in advance, Ball Trajectory was completely bitten!
"In the first half of the fourth inning, with two outs and a runner on third base, six-bat hitter Oomura completely caught the opponent's Ball Trajectory and scored Timely Hit. This score is very heavy!" the commentator explained passionately when Oomura reached second base.
Although the audience for junior high school baseball is small, there are always some people who are unusually dedicated. Why is public security in Japan generally good? There are too many police officers, and nothing happens. They are free to look for trouble.
However, Sendou went back to the bench and sat down after Oomura reached second base.
Sendou's thinking is very contradictory. He likes the pleasure of seeing through other people's thoughts, and he also likes the feeling of using strength to push forward without thinking.
For Sendou himself, guessing people's thoughts is a fun thing to do once in a while, which would be troublesome for senior executives. In addition, Akashi is not a puppet who relies on himself to cheat. The main goal now is to accumulate experience for them.
Now that the lead has been determined, let's continue to accumulate experience! On the other hand, he has already seen that the opponent's Fighting Spirit has begun to decay. If this game continues, the training value for the team will be greatly reduced.
So Sendou will only give Signals to normal tactics such as stealing bases Hit and Run.
"Seven bats, third baseman, Mr. Oyama!"
"Seven bats, third baseman, Mr. Oyama!"
At this time, the sound of the broadcast undoubtedly gave the opponent another psychological blow. The catcher was still suspicious and doubtful about life!
As a last resort, the pitcher called a timeout again!
"What's wrong! Takase!" The pitcher asked the catcher what happened as soon as he came up.
"Nothing! Wait! Let me be quiet!" the catcher named Takase replied.
Seeing this, the others could only cooperate and delay for a while.
"Impossible! I don't see any bad habits at all, but why on earth? He knows our Ball Trajectory for three consecutive goals!
Huh? Could it be said that Signals has been cracked? "Takase slowly figured out the logic in the limited time, but suddenly an idea flashed.
"Yes! I didn't expect that I have never used fake Signals. There are few types of balls and Signals is relatively monotonous. If it is seen, it is not impossible to crack it. The other party should have a guy with good eyesight and a guy with a good brain, or the same person, who can see my Signals clearly and then crack it." Moreover, Takase also made up the reason in his head!
Thinking of this, he became much more confident!
"Our Signals may have been deciphered. They seemed to have known about the last three balls just now, so they were played out. Then we will change to Signals!" After Takase thought clearly, he put the outfield players over and began to change Signals.
It can be said that this is a beautiful misunderstanding, and Sendou does not intend to continue analyzing Ball Trajectory, so this misunderstanding has lost the opportunity to be solved, and it may even never happen, but fate is so interesting.
Until many years later, Sendou has become a baseball fan and recognized idol all over Japan. When he retired at the peak of his career, the interview content of the ceremony, which was later known as the Major League tear party, made everyone at Oobi Middle School understand what today's three goals were all about.
Closer to home, after changing Signals, Oobi Middle School was restored to Fighting Spirit. Even Sendou was a little surprised.
Similarly, even though Takase is so sure, he is not mentally stable, but he can continue to test to know whether his guess is correct.
"Crack!"
"Bad ball!"
"Crack!"
"Good shot!"
"Crack!"
"Bad ball!"
"Ping!"
"Out of bounds!"
Up to this point, when he saw the batter taking a bad ball and hitting it out of bounds, Takase felt that the hidden danger of being seen through had been solved!
This is also true, it is indeed "solved"!
"Steal a base!"
"If you want to steal it, steal it!"
"Crack!"
"Good ball! The batter is out! Change the field!"
The referee's passionate shouts boosted the morale of the Big Tail players, and they finally survived the crisis.
The off-field commentators also affirmed Oobi Middle School's performance.
"One point difference! Eijun! You can shoot a little easier now!"
"It's only one point difference! It's not safe no matter how you look at it?" Sawamura's loud voice immediately retorted, and the rebuttal was quite right. Sendou didn't know how to answer him for a moment.
They say this is just training, I don't care about winning or losing, it would be nice to play a few more games Extra Innings! If this is the case, will it be more exciting for the team than the De Chuan game? If you say that, I'm afraid Sawamura will fight with him!
So,
"Well! You're right! I've already reflected on it, come on! Eijun!" Sendou said seriously, but his tone was always a little weird, as if he made his voice thicker on purpose.
"Leave it to me! Hahaha! Because I am the ACE of this team!" The key point is that Sawamura didn't hear Sendou's antics at all, then it was a success.
"Come on! ACE! sama~!" Sendou continues to be weird!
"Be careful! The opponent's top players are on the line in the second round. Suppress them." After Sawamura rushed out, Sendou immediately gave a serious explanation. He had already known that Sendou would give instructions to everyone who was waiting.
"We understand! Don't worry!"
What Sendou said was right. The top shot in the second round caused a lot of trouble for Akashi. Fortunately, the opponent did not study Sawamura's ball at all, which resulted in a strange feel and inability to hit Long Hit. The infield play was also very different from his own ideas, but he didn't know why.
But even so, two hits were still recorded. Fortunately, everyone at Akashi kept an eye out and allowed no runners on the bases when the second hits appeared.
Sendou was also completely sure that the opponent did not notice the quality of Sawamura, so with a wave of his hand, all the infield and outfielders stepped forward to crush the game.
After that, the two sides entered into a tense battle again. In the first half of the fifth inning, Takeda and Wakaba were eliminated one after another. Ono hit an infield fly ball Three Up Three Down after struggling with 6 balls.
Similarly, Big Tail, who was completely defensive and unable to hit the ball, still failed.
Big Tail, who firmly believes that he will catch up, also showed his well-trained training from a Little League background in fielding.
Totally into the pitching war!
Due to the problem of smooth play, Final Inning and Akashi started with six bats. Although Oomura got a hit again, it still ended in a change of fields.
In the second half of the seventh game, Big Tail was the last chance to counterattack!
Because they started with the second baton, they can't be better and smoother.
It can be said that success or failure depends on this!
At this time, Sendou smiled, as if he thought of something fun, called a defensive timeout, entered the court himself, and called the outfielders over.
Although everyone who watches football knows that he is the coach.
However, his apparent identity is the team's substitute Back Number 10, so the commentator can only talk about the coach who guest-starred as the messenger, or the messenger who guest-coached, and turned it into a jingle that rhymed in Japanese, making the audience happy.
However, their joy did not last long. When Sendou walked off the court, Akashi's change of formation was completely dumbfounding.
It can be said that the whole audience was in an uproar!!!
Because there were nine people standing in the infield area!
Sendou just thought of the plot of a comic I saw in my previous life, Nine-Man Infield. Although the pitcher was much worse, but Sawamura's ball did not find the ball system, unless it was a hitter of Sendou's level, it would be almost impossible to be hit to the outfield.
"What did I see? I saw nine guys in the infield, Nine-Man Infield!!!
Is this Akashi's secret weapon? How random is this?
Although Oobi Middle School has hit zero balls to the outfield so far, is Nine-Man Infield saying that we should give up if we hit the outfield?
Although Akashi is in the lead, it is only one point! If flying to the outfield is a three-base hit or even Inside-the-Park Home Run, is it necessary to do such a risky thing? Akashi?
This is the risk of giving up victory! "The commentator has already roared loudly!