The full name of the Koshien League is the National Wild Ball Tournament for Colleges and Universities. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The tournament was divided into two parts, namely the Spring Koshien League, sponsored by the Mainichi Shimbun, and the Summer Koshien League, sponsored by the Asahi Shimbun.

Although the two major leagues are the highest baseball competitions in the high school baseball world at the national level, it is the Koshien League in Japan that everyone in Japan pays the most attention to in the summer.

How so...... Probably this is because the start time of the two leagues is different, which has caused the current situation!

The Spring Championship (abbreviated) begins with the regional selection qualifiers from October to December in the autumn of each year, and then gathers the winning teams from the previous year's autumn around March of the following spring to compete at Koshien Stadium.

In the eyes of many, the first schedule is too long, and there is a blank space in the middle, so that fans can't see a wonderful baseball game in a row;

The second point is that because the game starts in the fall, almost all school baseball clubs across the country are in a state of green and yellow handover.

Older students need to retire to make the final academic struggle for the next year's graduation exams, and new students have just joined or have not had much experience in playing games, and it is difficult to play all at once to take on heavy responsibilities.

So as a result, almost all of the students who can participate in the Spring League are the reserve troops of the second or third army of the baseball department of their respective schools, and most of the seniors who were originally selected by the first army can only choose to sit on the wall in the audience and watch.

How exciting the game will be when you use reserve troops, and everyone can guess one or two!

On the other hand, the summer league is different.

The initial regional trials are scheduled for July each year, and the finals are held in August. The auditions and finals come one after another, and the two months of July and August coincide with the summer vacation for students, so students can have more time and energy to devote to the game, and the citizens who like to watch baseball games can also enjoy the wonderful baseball games every day during these two months.

In addition, unlike the Spring League, the seniors do not need to take the pressure of the graduation exam, so naturally the regular team members of the baseball club of all schools will be able to participate in the Summer League in a more relaxed and engaged state.

When all the above advantages come together, the scale and audience importance and popularity of the Summer Liga League are not better than those of the Spring League.

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With the passage of time, the day of the Spring League is approaching in a blink of an eye.

That afternoon, in the coach's office of the Aoba Dodai High School Baseball Club, coach Kawano was sitting at his desk at this time, holding a document about the schedule of the Spring League and reading and studying it carefully.

The start time of this year's Spring Armor League regional selection tournament has been confirmed, and the regional selection tournament in Kanagawa Prefecture will start on November 3 and end on December 5.

After going to the city a few days ago to draw lots for the regional selection group list, the opponents that the baseball club will face in the schedule have been completely determined, and looking at the opponents to be faced at each stage of the list, coach Kawano's heart is full of solemn emotions at this time.

The first opponent was another high school in the same Aoba Ward, the Aoba Southern Suburbs High School Baseball Club, and although they were familiar with each other in the same district, it was precisely because of this that such an opponent was difficult.

After all, an opponent who is familiar with himself will know what tactics you want to use in the game, and who you want to use to shoot to attack or defend. So if you want to win this opponent now, Kawano, the coach of the baseball club of Aoba Dotai High School, has only two ways to do it, one is to surprise the soldiers, and the other is to fight hard.

In the end, Kawano chose the latter, and the tactical method of hard fighting strength was used to develop the game tactics.

It's okay to say that Aoba Southern Suburbs High School is difficult because of the series of potential opponents that you will face next!

Shirasugi High School in Tozuki District, a well-known school in the prefecture. Although he was tied with this team in the last practice match, Kawano doesn't think that is the true strength of Shirasugi Taka.

Therefore, in his opinion, Tozuki Shirasugi High School will face its rival Asahi High School in Asahi Ward, and will qualify without pressure and meet Aoba Dodai High School in the second round.

Then the next Tsurumi Ward Tsurumi High School Baseball Club, its new army ace pitcher is a famous ace pitcher in the original junior high school period, his name is Fukishi Aoya, a very powerful guy who changes the ball path, and according to the survey, his maximum controllable ball speed can go to 138 km/h...... It can be said that this is definitely a very powerful test for the new army players in the school's baseball club!

The last of the strongest legions in the city, Yamagami High School in Kanagawa Ward!

The strongest player in the city's high school baseball industry, in its personnel roster, not only has the city's recognized rookie ace pitcher No. 1 Toru Sanada, but also has one of the best super hitters in the city.

Among them, Fukuoka Akimichi, Hiraike Asahi, Horikoshi Ryusuke, and Goro Motoki, these four strong hitters, are even pulled out to the baseball clubs of other schools, and they can directly serve as the strongest 4th batter in the team's playing line.

And the baseball club of Aoba Dodai High School has not been able to break through the regional selection tournament for the first time in the past 5 years, which is because Sanshin High School, the strongest baseball school in the district, has sniped out Aoba Dodai High School in every tryout!

It can be said that Sanshin High School can definitely be regarded as the strongest number one enemy of Aoba Dodai High School in recent years......

In fact, for this high school baseball team, not to mention Kawano's Aoba Dodai High School, even if it is placed in the city or even the prefecture, Sanshin High School is definitely a mountain that weighs on the hearts of many high school baseball team students who dream of breaking into the Koshien League, and has become an opponent they want to surpass every year!

It's just that although every year the members of each high school baseball club are determined to solve the threat to them from the Yamagami High School baseball club this year, in reality, Sanjin High School still stands proudly on the top of the hill of the city's high school baseball club, invincible!

Thinking of this, coach Kawano, who had been sitting at his desk looking at the schedule, exhaled, he stood up and walked to the window to look at the students of the new three-armed squad who were training on the baseball field outside the window. ”

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At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, before the baseball club was about to end today's training, coach Kawano finally came to the court to personally supervise the training of the new army for a while, and then gathered everyone in the baseball club to the rest area before the end of the training.

Facing the newly established roster in front of him, coach Kawano said: "The regional selection tournament of the Spring League is about to start, are you ready to face a difficult duel now!?" ”

"Yes! ~" The students shouted in unison in response.

"Yes! ~”

Kawano was a little comforted when he heard that his disciples had such a mental outlook, and at the same time, he began to be wary of the opponents of the upcoming Spring League regional tryouts, and he continued: "For the draw of the regional tryouts, we have determined who the opponents will face next!" The first one is Aoba Nanjiao High School, and I think everyone should be familiar with it! “

Hearing this, some people among the students were already whispering: "Southern Suburbs High School!?" Old rival~~"

"Hey~~ Not bad! ~~”

"Come on, just wait for them! ~I really want to hurry up to the day of the game......"

All of the above are the words of the second-year seniors in the baseball club, but from the words, all the first-year freshmen on the team can feel that the seniors are not afraid of the southern suburbs high school.

Of course, for the first-year freshmen in the lineup, some second-year seniors in the lineup will also explain to their juniors, such as Yasuno who is standing next to Kasugamo and Watanabe.

After seeing the puzzlement on the faces of Kasugayun and Watanabe, he timely did a popular science for the two of them in the southern suburbs: "Southern Suburbs High School, we also call it Aoba South High School, although it belongs to the same high school in the same district as us, but because of the geographical location in the relatively remote southern suburbs, the students are basically children in the countryside, and naturally it is not as good as our Daotai High School in the field of baseball teaching!" So, it was a great blessing for us to meet them in our first opponent! “

"Oh, I see! ~"After listening to Yasano's popular science, Kasugamo and Watanabe said they understood.

However, at this time, Kawano, the coach at the front of the team, interrupted all the students' discussions, and said: "Nanjiao High School is indeed inferior to us, but this is not an excuse for us to despise them. “

In the last question, coach Kawano obviously had a beating tone, which made many second-year students at the bottom clean up their relaxed expressions just now: "Department! ~~“

"Excellent! ~" Coach Kawano nodded and continued: "We may be able to easily pass the first round of the regional selection competition, but the opponent we may face in the second and third rounds will be Tozuki Shirasugi High School!" …“

Hearing this, Hisachi Watanabe, a first-year student in the team, immediately changed his face.

But before he could come to his senses, coach Kawano continued to say the name of the next potential opponent they were about to face: "Tsurumi High School Baseball Club!" …“

At this time, there were many second-year seniors in the team, and their faces began to become not very good: Tsurumi District...... Tsurumi High School Baseball Club~~

"And ......" The name of the last potential opponent, coach Kawano said it in a very solemn tone: "Sanjin High School!" ”

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At this point, everyone was collectively speechless and silent.