From the moment Seido High School won the Koshien championship, the entire baseball team showed a thriving attitude. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The contestants are no longer confused, and they firmly believe that their sweat will not be in vain.

You don't see it, the third-grade seniors with average talent are a blockbuster. Not to mention the distance, let's just say that in the current team, the front garden that serves as the vice captain and the fifth baseman is different, are they all representatives who rely on personal efforts to get reused?

Now it's a question of who works harder and who gets promoted when the next opportunity comes.

There are only eighteen appearances for the first army, and only nine for the main selection. As long as there is a slight opportunity, no one will give up climbing up.

As for the opponent of the next battle, Nanamori High School.

"As long as we are not careless, we will never lose to them."

These words represent the confidence of Seido High School, and not everyone has the opportunity to challenge the king of Koshien. If the difference in strength between the two sides is too large, the opponent will not even be qualified to challenge head-on.

Of course, a team of more than 60 people can't be everyone.

Hisashi Watanabe is an exception.

A few friends in the same situation often asked, "Is it really good for us to stay in the team like this?" ”

Watanabe asked the same question himself, and to be honest, he didn't have an answer.

Spending time with these monsters who treat training as fun every day, he deeply understands the difference between the two.

He entered Qingdao through the general entrance examination, and was not a special admission. Although I love baseball very much, it is a completely different concept to regard baseball as a hobby and as a dream.

This time he was not selected for the second army, which made him clearly aware of the gap between himself and the special enrollment.

Akira Tsukitani, Sawamura, Yang Ping, and Harushi Kominato are not to mention those who have just entered the team and entered the first army, but after graduating from the third grade, there are still a large number of first-year students who have been selected for the first army or entered the second army.

Hideaki Tojo, Shinji Kanemaru, Hiroshi Takatsu, ...... Kaneda

As the second year of the largest class, he was not selected for the list of 18 people in the 1st Army and 20 people in the 2nd Army. This means that his chances of winning the final selection are very small, and even practice matches are extravagant hopes.

In that case, is it really necessary for him to stick to baseball practice anymore?

The night is cold.

Walking alone on the periphery of the training ground with the study materials, Watanabe is struggling with his heart.

He had approached the captain Miyuki before, but in the end, the timing was not right, and he didn't express his thoughts clearly.

"Huhu~"

"Huhu~"

On the court, a loud wheezing sound attracted Watanabe's attention.

It's them!

It was the team's three pitchers who didn't give up training so late.

Ace pitcher Akira Shigaya, substitute pitcher Sawamura and second substitute Kawakami.

Sweat had soaked their clothes, and they didn't run fast, but they still held on to each other.

Sawamura and Kawakami soaked in front, and the trump card Akira Tsumiya fell more than ten meters behind. Physical strength has always been the weakness of Gu Xiao, although there has been great progress after entering Qingdao High School, but it has to be compared with whom. Compared to Sawamura, who is full of physical strength, and Kawakami, who has been training for two years, he is undoubtedly a little worse.

"Does Captain Kawakawa still want to run?"

"Sawamura, if you're tired, you can go back first."

"I'm okay!"

"Me too."

The two leading ones tease and motivate each other with every word. Neither of them wants to lose to the other.

Kawakami also threw the ball in Koshien, although he is now ranked below Akira Shibuyani and Sawamura, but as a senior, of course he will not accept this result calmly, and he thinks about how to top these two monster junior brothers of his own all the time.

"Ah~~~~"

The rear of the valley Xiao saw that this momentum was not right, his trump card seemed to be pressed down by the two substitutes, and as soon as he became angry, he accelerated to catch up.

Watanabe's face turned a little blue, and he was unwilling to alternate with curse at the same time.

"Ah Bian, your face is so ugly."

Yukiichiya's cold voice suddenly appeared, startling Watanabe, who was deep in thought.

"With so many reference books, are you already thinking about entrance exams?"

What the?

Although Watanabe wanted to express some thoughts to Yukiichi, he never thought of giving up baseball and concentrating on his studies.

"Take it."

Miyuki ignored Watanabe's little emotions and just handed him the notebook in his hand.

"On Saturday we had the same game as the Pelicans, and we couldn't scout the game directly, so I want you to help scout."

"You want me to go?"

It is usually the manager's job to represent a team to scout the opponent for the next match. Yukiichi also found himself, which made Watanabe a little surprised.

Yukiichi also smiled and said, "The information you compiled before is very helpful for the players of Teito High School. I think if you were to scout for the Ujiumori game, you would definitely find useful information. ”

In fact, Ukumori reached the round of 16 in East Tokyo in the summer, which is insignificant in other regions, but if it is placed in Tokyo, it should not be underestimated. None of the teams that can make it to the round of 16 in Tokyo are idle. So compared to the seven forests, I care more about the Uchimori Miyuki.

As for why I asked Hisashi Watanabe, it was because of Yang Ping's words.

After Yang Ping read all the information of Didong High School, he took Watanabe's notes and said, "This is seventy points. ”

At that time, everyone looked at him, expecting him to select other valuable materials.

But Yang Ping kept silent except for Watanabe's evaluation.

In the end, Yukiichi couldn't survive him, and took the initiative to ask, "What about the others?" ”

"Trash! ～”

Although he was sorry for his teammates who went to scout, Yang Ping couldn't let these things affect everyone's judgment.

At that time, it could be seen that Mukai Sun's pitch was strange, and it was easy to confuse the hitter only Watanabe Hisashi, and he compiled more than that, he also described Mukai's habit of controlling the ball.

For example, his low ball is as high as 85 percent!

Time returned to the present, and Yukiichi also asked Watanabe as if he remembered something: "You told me before, something is looking for me, what is the matter?" ”

"Actually, it's nothing."

"Since it's nothing, just say it. You also know that I am also a new officer, and I am still very vague about the responsibilities of the captain. ”

"How do you say that?"

Watanabe didn't know where to elaborate.

"People are different, after all, we rely on the general entrance exam to get in. After entering the baseball team, I found that I seemed to be a little different from everyone's ideas. Of course, we also have some aspirations and are determined to work here for three years. But ......"

Without waiting for him to finish, Miyuki's face turned cold.

"Meaning you want to quit the team, right?"

What the?

Watanabe looked at Miyukikaya in shock and explained, "No, it's not. ”

Miyuki didn't listen, but said to himself: "If staying in this club makes you feel miserable, and you want to concentrate on preparing for the exam, I won't stop it." ”

Everyone has their own life, and Yukiichi can't impose his ideas on others.

Everyone on the Qingdao High School baseball team didn't want to play baseball the way others did, they all chose this path on their own.

It's just that Yukiichi has been in the main team since the first grade after all, and he can't understand Watanabe's idea of being a substitute at all.

Watanabe had no intention of quitting the team.

Late at night, Kudo couldn't sleep at all, lying alone on the team's rest chair, in a daze.

"Hey, Kudo, why haven't you slept so late?"

His friend looked at him strangely.

Kudo shook his head with a wry smile: "I can't sleep." ”

As a second year, they can't enter the first and second armies, and their future in the team can be imagined.

The friend nodded understandingly, he was not the same.

"Guess what's going on in the front garden now?"

Kudo doesn't have to think about it, "I'm probably still practicing swinging the stick." ”

As he spoke, Kudo looked up and looked incredulously at the indoor training ground.

"Why are the lights still on there?"

What the?

It's already nine o'clock, no matter how hard you fight, you have to get up early tomorrow to practice.

Who is it?

The two curiously rushed to the indoor practice range.

In the indoor driving range, two people are doing shooting and catching training.

It was No. 10 Eijun Sawamura who pitched, and it was the team's four-bat Yang Ping who received the ball.

Sawamura smiled like a fool before pitching.

Take it easy~

Take it easy~

The body, shoulders, muscles, and even every cell of the body relaxes.

Wrap the baseball with an OK gesture and throw the ball with all your might.

"Whoosh!"

The speed of the ball has slowed down significantly, and now it is just in its early 100s.

"Smack!"

Yang Ping accurately received Sawamura's speed ball and nodded.

"You're pretty much done with your speed ball, and you'll be able to practice twenty balls a day in the future. After a while, I will find a way to think about the evolution of the speed ball. Whether it's ball control or changing the speed of the ball, you can try it. In short, there are many ways to sharpen this kind of ball. ”

Yang Ping commented on Sawamura's change ball, and showed a somewhat hopeful expression.

"Next, you can try the kind of ball you threw before."

After Sawamura kept changing his gestures, he tried countless ball types. There are three kinds that Yang Ping is most interested in, and the next thing to practice is one of these three variation balls.

Carter Ball - Change!

Carter Ball-Change, as the name suggests, is an extension of Carter Ball.

Yang Ping called this kind of ball a magic ball that would disappear.

Strictly speaking, it falls into the category of a slider, where the ball initially appears to be thrown into the outside corner, and after entering the player's hand, it turns sharply to the inside of the hitter. The hitter looked like the baseball had disappeared in the middle of the game because of his blind spot.

Sawamura nodded, then threw the ball with full attention.

"Bad ball!"

"Bad ball!"

In the end, he threw more than two dozen balls and succeeded in six.

Yang Ping lamented in his heart.

Is he really in a hurry?

Carter Ball-Change, I'm afraid I can't even bluff at the moment. One is that Sawamura's fingertips are not sensitive enough to control the ball accurately.

Of course, there is another Achilles' heel in this ball.

That is, it is ineffective against the left-hand hitter.

Sawamura is a left-handed shot, and the rare ball that can be obtained by changing the way he holds the ball cannot be easily improved.

The rapid change from the outside corner to the inside corner can only be applied to the right hitter.

"Let's keep this kind of ball for now, and after each practice, practice 30 more balls."

Yang Ping finally decided that it was really not the time to take out this kind of ball.

"Damn!"

Sawamura looked at his hand unwillingly.

After being seized by Tsukiya Xiao, Sawamura was very unwilling. Now he finally has the trick to win the strikeouts steadily, but unfortunately the trick is still in his infancy and is too much to use.

Kudo looked at the two people training incredulously.

A celebrity once said this in an interview.

If you want to be noble before others, you must endure the sins of others.

Sawamura and Yang Ping, who were originally infinitely beautiful, did not have such strong strength out of thin air. They also sweat more behind their backs than anyone else.

"I really can't beat him."

After swinging the bat, Maezono and Minato who came back looked envious.

Sawamura was the last to sleep every day, and Yang Ping was the second-to-last.

Because Yang Ping has to go to class during the day, this guy can fish in class. So the two are not comparable.

October 8th.

The day before the match with Nanamori.

Because of the consecutive games on Saturday and Sunday this week, Qingdao High School has made very thorough preparations.

Even the main lineup has been adjusted.

Except for Yang Ping and Yuyuki, the absolute main force was not replaced, and everyone else made preparations for the practice of replacement.

The second round of Autumn University is played on Saturday and the third round is played on Sunday.

The schedule is definitely devil's schedule, but everyone at Seido High School is full of confidence.

It's just that no one expected that a huge threat hiding in the shadows was quietly approaching them.

At a meeting in the evening, Kataoka announced the list of main forces for the next day.

"The starting pitcher is Eijun Sawamura."

When Xiaogu heard this decision, his fists clenched tightly.

(To be continued.) )