"Pitching, batting, fielding, baserunning—those things you repeated in training every day were the foundations of baseball.
Since we played baseball, we couldn't afford to neglect those fundamentals.
No matter how great your individual goals were, and no matter how differently each person moved forward, the place the team was headed remained the same.
What you needed to pursue now was not being special. Being able to steadily accumulate effort and silently complete the things that should have been done was true strength!
Only then could you reach the pinnacle of Japan's Number One!
You could look at Sendou's training!
No matter how dazzling one's performance on the field was, it was all built upon ordinary fundamentals!!
Let me ask you again!
What exactly was the pitcher you called Japan's Number One like?
What exactly was the team you called Japan's Number One like?!"
"What exactly was the pitcher you called Japan's Number One..." Reading that far, Sendou glanced at the final section, where the key points had been underlined, then put down Furuya's notebook and looked up at the sky.
"It kind of feels like those words weren't meant for Akatsuki alone!!
That uncle...
Was it just my imagination?!!" Then he casually leaned against the railing and looked out at the scenery.
He happened to be in the corridor outside the dormitory at the time!
"Since I can't figure it out, I won't think about it!!
I'll just treat it as something written for Akatsuki alone!
It was simple, direct advice. There was no room for me to interfere!!
As for those questions at the end, Sunglasses Uncle definitely wasn't looking for an answer!
He wanted Akatsuki to think for himself—not merely write it in his next notebook, but show it through his play!
The point was to make him