Ace of Diamond: Golden Cleats and Silver Bat
Chapter 257

Media Hype

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Inajitsu Supervisor's Room

"Is it really Tanba who will be the starter the day after tomorrow?" Inajitsu Baseball Club Minister Hayashi Tenmasa said.

"It's hard to say! Tanba's straight ball occasionally throws hittable Ball Trajectory! What will Coach Kataoka think of his ball control?

However, due to the influence of that Hit-by-Pitch, it is amazing to be able to recover to this extent! "Coach Kunimoto explained.

"Then, I'm afraid we will adopt a tactic of pitcher rotation!" After hearing Coach Kunimoto's words, Hayashi Tenmasa spoke again.

"What about continuing pitching? On the bright side, the pitching staff is deep!

The worst part is that there is no pitcher to trust in important situations!

First, we must defeat Seidou's pitching staff! "

"The next thing is how to resist their strong lane attack!

To be honest, this line cannot be completely suppressed!

If the war is delayed, no one can say who the winner will be!

Although I could imagine that first grade would be a formidable enemy for us, I never thought it would be this year.

The combination of him and Yuuki, combined with a high-level hitting line with a high on-base rate (I'm talking about the starting line from Ryo-san) will put a lot of pressure on our defensive lineup.

The game the day after tomorrow will be a battle for points.

Defense will become particularly important. Our pitchers and line are very strong.

But Seidou is a bit extreme. The hitting line is a bit unreasonable, but the pitching staff is not that reliable. "

"That's right! It's really unimaginable that two Harada level hitters are on the same team!"

"Harada level...?" Coach Kunimoto was noncommittal about this. He always felt that Sendou's progress was a bit too fast.

This is obviously a rapid evolution after being exposed to professional baseball without receiving professional training before.

Moreover, the degree of evolution in every game is astonishing, so there is only one possibility: his talent is too outstanding, which makes Coach Kunimoto feel very unsure.

Because he didn't know how many changes Sensen Match would bring to Sendou. This unknown was too scary.

"Each of their pitchers has obvious weaknesses and the line is capable of scoring enough runs.

But to suppress their line play, it all depends on the performance of Narumiya. "Finally Coach Kunimoto concluded.

Always so to the point!

It is not unreasonable for Narumiya Mei to choose Coach Kunimoto.

In just five years, he led an ordinary college to become the top eight of Koshien.

It has been ten years since I became the coach of Inajitsu and I have entered the terrible record of Koshien fourteen times.

For ten years, even if West Tokyo can get one ticket for Spring Koshien every year, there will only be twenty places in spring and summer. Of course, it cannot be ruled out that Teitou will be killed. West Tokyo has only two Spring League places, but it is true that Inajitsu has occupied more than half of Koshien's opportunities in ten years.

And when he just took over, even if Inajitsu was strong enough, it would be impossible for him to be like an arm and a finger. If he failed to enter Koshien a few times at that time, then the subsequent dominance of Inajitsu, or the dominance of Coach Kunimoto, would be extremely terrifying.

The next day was Inajitsu's media open day, which caused reporters to swarm in. There is no need to elaborate on what happened.

Mine Fujio once again realized from the interview how terrible Inajitsu is.

Coaches with actual results have a fatal attraction for outstanding players. Their strong guidance ability allows new teams every year to quickly become stronger and achieve more results.

All this virtuous cycle brings about Inajitsu getting stronger and stronger.

The players' confidence is getting deeper and deeper, and their performance is getting better and better.

From any angle, Inajitsu is in a virtuous cycle.

[It is natural for us to fight in Koshien! The high fighting will and pride that have been instilled in the players' blood make them extremely confident and powerful.

Confident people will always perform beyond their level, which is also the secret of Inajitsu's power.

It's the same day, July 30th.

Baseball Kingdom Mine Fujio's report was published, and his article was placed in the most prominent place.

The protagonists are naturally the two sides in the West Tokyo final, but it is not a team evaluation but a comparison of characters.

The content of the comparison is naturally to create gimmicks for the finals!

Title

"Kanto's Number One Left Pitcher VS the strongest two-person strike team in the country!"

Main content

"Narumiya Mei, as the most popular pitcher in Kanto, has firmly established himself as the first left-hand pitcher, with an average speed of about 145 kilometers and a maximum speed of 148 kilometers. Changeup has Slider, Forkball, and Changeup!

Every Changeup has an exceptionally high degree of completion and will become one of the most difficult pitchers in the country. "

"This year's Seidou Batting Lineup is undoubtedly the strongest Seidou in history.

Last year, there was the monster Azuma Kiyokuni, but Yuuki-kun, who was the bottom laner, did not grow up.

Yuuki-kun, who grew up this year, is undoubtedly the top hitter in the country. There are no more than five teams across the country with hitters of this level.

But what is really scary is the existence of this man, first-year left-handed hitter Sendou Akira.

There are five Home Run teams in five games, with a batting average of nearly 0.9 since school, and a Long Hit rate of as high as 1.1. Due to the uneven opponents in the first few games, the gold content needs to be discussed.

But there is no doubt that as a first-year Sendou-kun, he is a hitter on the same level as Yuuki.

And unlike Yuuki-kun who focuses on hitting rate, Long Hit in Sendou is even more worthy of attention.

And whether his batting average will drop as the number of games increases to a lineup where Long Hit-type hitters generally have low batting averages will affect his evaluation at any time!

All in all, Fourth and Fifth Batter Combination of Seidou is reminiscent of last year's Azuma Kiyokuni plus this year's Yuki!

I think baseball fans who have watched the two men play can imagine what exciting news this is!

Of course for their opponents, we can only sympathize with their luck.

Seidou High School vs. Inajitsu, Narumiya Mei from Kanto's Number One Left Pitcher is the core, and the defensive lineup of many star players forms the strongest shield vs. Yuuki Sendou. Two, one on the left and one on the right, the top hitters in the country, form the strongest spear.

The strongest showdown is the decisive battle of Jingu Stadium tomorrow! "

Narumiya Mei After seeing this report, my part made me extremely happy, like a child eating candy.

But seeing Seidou being called Left and Right Demon Kings and Seidou by the media (Japanese people are very good at it), I curled my lips slightly.

In general, he completely missed his face in front of the media, and kept adding drama to himself, making the scene very heated.

Narumiya Mei also got carried away and said some words that made Harada very angry.

Seidou's reaction was much duller. They had always known that Sendou was very strong.

They watched with their own eyes, from putting him in the top five just for tactics and training, to unexpectedly not coming down, and Summer Preliminaries, a guy who has grown significantly in every game, and no one had anything else to say.

But baseball fans throughout Tokyo completely rioted because of this report by the Baseball Kingdom.

Two top hitters appear on the same team at the same time, and the opponent is also the same top pitcher. This kind of drama has never happened to Koshien, but there is no reason not to watch it.

It is conceivable that tomorrow's game will be sold out!

So much so that the fans of the two teams were very worried. Although they could still watch it on TV without getting tickets, how could they accept watching this kind of match of the century on TV?!!

After the interview, in terms of prediction of victory or defeat, Mine Fujio is more inclined to the side of Inajitsu.

But this does not mean that he thinks Inajitsu can win. Baseball is full of uncertainties, especially high school baseball.

The strength of Inajitsu can only represent their stability, but no one knows what will happen, what the status of Seidou is, or even various accidents.

All he thought was that this game would be more difficult for Seidou. They were the challengers, and it had nothing to do with previous results.

This is the case from the perspective of mentality and other aspects.

The challenger is unknown, last summer's overlord is powerful, and that's it.

The two sides may play ten games, and the process will be fierce battles. Mine Fujio believes that Daocheng can win at least six games, and maybe even more.

But high school baseball is always a matter of life and death.

The winner is not necessarily the stronger of the two.

But what can be proven is that they were the stronger side on game day.

"Black-bellied Glasses!" Sendou came to the door today.

"How strange! You actually take the initiative to talk to someone, what's wrong?" Miyuki said strangely.

"Are you free tonight? It's okay to be later! Just stay with me!"

"Originally I'm not free, but it's rare that you come to see me, so I can only sacrifice some sleep time."

"It won't affect the status!"

"How is that possible?"

"That's good!" Sendou, who received a positive reply, left with satisfaction.

He still has to practice hitting! He was the only one who needed to practice hitting in the morning, and Coach Kataoka was also happy to let him practice his hitting ability, which has grown rapidly in recent games.

"What did you just say?" After Sendou left, Captain Tetsu came over.

"He has some personal matters with me! Let me accompany him tonight!" Miyuki didn't joke about that, because Captain Tetsu's Natural Airhead he couldn't understand...

"Souga! By the way, Miyuki! Did you feel it? Or maybe it was my misunderstanding!..."

"What?"

"After advancing to the finals, that guy Sendou's swing is getting faster and faster!"

"Can Nian! Tetsu-san! That's not an illusion!"

"Souga! That's really great!"

"Tetsu-san! If this continues, maybe your position will be taken away by him too!"

"That's really great!"

"Huh?" Miyuki originally thought that Captain Tetsu would meditate, show off his aura, Fighting Spirit or something, but he didn't expect that he would reply in seconds, with a look of expectation???

"I never thought that I would always be stronger than him. That guy's evolution is so fast, so I'll feel at ease in the future!

With that guy here, there will be no problem with our team's lower limit in the future.

Do you feel very at ease? "

"Hi!" Miyuki put away all his playful smiles and replied seriously.

"However, the new team will be here at the end of August!" Captain Tetsu, who was just complained about by Jun-san last night, really wants to dominate the country!

On the pitching side.

In my memory of yesterday's pitching circle, Senior Tanba's phrase "He who stands on Pitcher's Mound is the ace!" ] Boost the morale of the pitching staff.

Senior Chris asked Sawamura to throw the final pitch with one out and a third base hitter Harada's request.

Sawamura will think about the pitchers he has encountered and throw his best pitch.

The afternoon was all about hitting practice.

Everyone has to go to Batter's Box to hit the 150-kilometer Fastball thrown by Pitching Machine.

Again, if a Ball Trajectory player with the same ball speed has a batting average of over 80% when playing a Pitching Machine ball, he is qualified to compete with someone with the same ball speed Ball Trajectory.

Although the help is limited, it is very helpful in adapting to the ball speed, just like Mingchuan uses the 160-kilometer Fastball to allow the hitter's eyes to get used to it and see the Furuya ball clearly.

After all, the full ball speed of Narumiya Mei is 148 kilometers, and all Changeup relies on straight balls, so straight balls are the core.

Except for Sawamura, Changeup has no problem with straight balls, and there is no abnormality that will cause problems if you throw too many balls.

Sawamura depends entirely on his personal condition. For him, Changeup is a straight ball, and a straight ball is also Changeup. That means he is in good condition, but the opponent cannot hit it, and Cutter Kai will have no problem shooting all the balls.

Near noon, many Seidou fans gathered nearby to watch the Seidou batting lineup play.

Captain Tetsu, Jun-san, and Pudding-senpai, who is good at Long Hit straight shots, all played beautifully.

Sendou is a daily leap guardrail...

Itai was still suppressed by the power of the ball and only played Ground Ball.

"Itai, you are too deliberate! You have to swing the bat completely!" Coach Kataoka said this because he wanted him not to use the bat too deliberately to lean against the ball, which would cause artificial force reduction, so that even if he hits it, it will not fly out.

It's like a person cracking a whip. During the whipping process, a large amount of extra kinetic energy will be carried, but if the bat can be leaned over, it cannot borrow the force. It can only rely on the strength of the arms instead of the whole body. Even the strength of the arms will not be able to exert its full strength because it can be aimed.

Theoretically, the collision between bat swing and high Fastball will make the ball bounce out faster, provided that the hand holding the bat can withstand the force of the ball at the moment of contact.

Swinging the bat with full force uses the muscles of the whole body to explode into one point, and there is also the power brought by acceleration. Some hitters with strong explosiveness or strong power can ignore more force. Otherwise, they are so-called suppressed by the power of the ball. In fact, at the moment of contact, the force exerted by the body is not enough, and the bat is not stable enough.

"Listen up! A half-hearted swing will only increase the opponent's momentum. Even if you get struck out, you have to swing with all your strength!" The coach also shouted this to everyone.

Swinging the bat with full strength, even if it is missed, will put pressure on the pitcher, just like a four-bat with holes in it. There will be a huge wind noise when the bat is swung empty, and the pitcher will definitely not feel good.

After all, even if the opponent happens to hit it, it will fly away, not to mention that sometimes hitting really relies on some luck, so it is strange that the pitcher has no pressure.

I originally wanted to post a single chapter and finish it for a while, but it turned out that it was not too late to post a single chapter and I could type a lot of words, so I can't forgive you.

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