32. Games at the dinner table
In the game, in the two lines of the two teams of Aoba Dodai High School and Shirasugi High School, each 9 hitters beat each other's pitchers, and finally Aoba Dotai High School, which has a more balanced lineup strength, won by a narrow 1-point advantage 6:5. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
This made Baishan High School, which had a lot of confidence in this practice match, a wake-up call to hit the head.
When the two teams were about to say goodbye, Takahashi, the coach of Shirasugi High School, said to Kawano, the coach of Aoba High School: "It's a pleasure to play against you today, you guys are really amazing, and I hope to meet you again in the regional trials in the near future!" “
Kawano, the coach of Aoba High School, responded: "You guys are also very strong, I hope we can play a wonderful game like today next time!" “
Well, hearing this, anyone can tell that these words are very official and polite.
It's just that I lost the competition for the army today, and I also lost the game of the first-year freshman team yesterday, which made the students of Baishan High School who wanted to come over to compete easily, but at this time they became uncomfortable.
After this incident, the students of the baseball club of Shirasugi High School went back to double their training, hoping to meet Aoba High School in the upcoming regional trials.
Especially their freshman team pitcher Dogya, he was obviously close to beating his former friend with a better performance on the spot, and Hisachi Watanabe, who also played as a pitcher, succeeded in avenging in his own name, but he encountered a strange pitcher, as a pitcher who had just learned to play baseball for half a month, and couldn't even control the ball well, he suffered the bitter fruit of two strikeouts.
It can be said that if there is one in the Baishan High School team, there is the widest shadow area in the heart, and it must be Inuya Akihisa at this time!
Well, that's all for later......
Speaking of going back to Aoba's side, because the game of the first army is over.
At this point, the baseball club of Aoba Dodai High School came to Inuya Mountain in Tozuki District for the training of the dormitory, and the countdown to the end is about to be ushered in.
At dinner that night, everyone in the dormitory cafeteria was full of happy expressions, enjoying the delicious last meal of the night before the hostel owner carefully prepared for them.
Of course, in this process, those first-year freshmen who have newly joined the baseball club can't help but be another burst, and they will express bursts of admiration and envy for the performance of the seniors who are being selected for the first army today.
However, unlike the others, as an absolute novice to the baseball club's pitching lineup for dinner tonight, Kasugamo was warmly cared for by his seniors Nakamura, Tanaka, and his best friend, Watanabe.
"Kasuga-kun, let's make a game now! ~”
"What!?"
Watanabe smiled wickedly and proposed, "Let's guess what the intention of the pitchers against different hitters in each inning is when the seniors play today!?" …… If you guess right, you can take a piece of the dish in front of the other person that you want to eat the most, how about it!? ”
Hearing this, the stupid Kasugamo didn't know that it was completely Watanabe digging a pit for him to jump, so he agreed without hesitation: "Okay, come on!" ~”
Watanabe was waiting for Kasuga's words, and he immediately excitedly proposed to the two seniors around him: "Then the victory or defeat of the game will be borne by Senior Nakamura and Junior High School Principal Tian, you two parties, the answer you said is the most correct, how!?" ”
At this time, before the captain Tanaka could speak, Nakamura, who was cold and ruthless, said something that made Watanabe choked: "No problem...... But if you win, you have to hand over half of it to me and Tanaka-kun, and if you lose, you have to deduct a piece of meat from your bowl every time, and the deal will begin! ”
“~~”
Okay, Koji Nakamura said lightly, and just took away half of Watanabe's upcoming results with just a few words, which made Watanabe want to cry without tears: Senior, you robbed so hard, did the teacher make it!?
But Watanabe can't say anything about it, because the game is the one he mentioned, and the rules are the ones that the seniors are going to die.
So Watanabe had no choice but to nod obediently and agree to the bandit-like request, and took a record book about today's game from a logistics student sitting across from him, opened it and looked for it, and began to ask: "Okay, Kasuga-kun, listen up!" ~Question 1, at the beginning of the first game, the path that Nakamura used to open the ball was not a speedball, but a slippery ball, why!? “
Kasugamo replied, "Because a slider is harder to hit than a speedball!" “
"Yes! ~Thank you for your hospitality! “
As soon as Kasugamo finished answering, Watanabe hadn't come back to his senses, and Nakamura, who was originally cold, had already stretched out his chopsticks to come to the plate in front of Watanabe, and took two pieces of fried fragrant and oily pork belly.
"It's not ~~Learn, senior~"
This scene completely stunned Watanabe, completely forgetting his ability to speak well.
Well, speaking of which, in fact, not to mention Watanabe, he was very confused, and even many first-year freshmen around him were shocked by the funny side of the ace pitcher senior who was usually cold and didn't talk much~~~
I'll go, is this our high-cold pitcher Nakamura senior!? -- All the first-year students had a big idea at this time.
At this time, it was Kasuga's turn to ask questions, so Kasuga took the record book in Watanabe's hand, rummaged through the records in it for a while, and then asked: "Department, it's my turn, Watanabe-kun listen, oh, in the 5th game of today's game, the situation is that there are people on 2nd base, and one is out, and the hitter is already chasing and letting Nakamura shoot 3 bad and 1 good balls, so why does Nakamura not use his best finger fork at this time, but use a speedball to let the hitter out of the bat!?" “
As soon as Watanabe heard the question, he immediately recalled the game scene that Kasuga said, and after a while, he replied: "Nakamura Senpai was hit with a high flying ball by throwing that speedball, so I judged that the senior was trying to avoid the opponent's strong playing path, and deliberately conceded a flaw so that the opponent could not play well even if he grabbed the ball, and was finally caught and killed, right!?" “
After saying that, Kasuga and Watanabe looked at Nakamura and Tanaka together, waiting for the two of them to give answers.
"Yes! ~Thank you for your hospitality! “
Soon, Nakamura gave the answer with action, and he once again took two pieces of pork belly in Watanabe's bowl, so that the pork belly was not large in the first place, which would have begun to bottom out.
"Ahh ~~Why!? Senior~~" Watanabe collapsed.
Kasuga, on the other hand, laughed because Watanabe's answer was wrong.
After Nakamura and Tanakami enjoyed these two pieces of pork belly, Nakamura licked his mouth with affection and replied: "Wrong, Ah Huo (stupid), because the beater from Shirasugi High School was very short at that time, and I am really sorry for his shortcomings if I don't have to use a high hoist speedball to deal with him, okay!" “
"Haha......" This will make the spring even more laughing.
This made Watanabe, who wanted to find the field immediately and grabbed the record book, and continued to play: "The next question, in the second half of the third inning, it is the turn of Senior Ogata's blow, why did Ando, the pitcher of Shirasugi High School, throw four bad balls to send Senior Ogata to base!" “
This question is troublesome, because it involves the pitchers of Baishan High School that he is not familiar with, and Kasugamo doesn't know much about these tactical sports on the court at the moment, so he didn't think of any good answers for a while, and finally he hesitated and spit out: "That's because the other party wants to be lazy!" “
"Huh!? …… Want to be lazy, what the hell is the answer!? Watanabe was once again confused.
However, after being confused, he immediately felt a burst of excitement and joy, and at the same time, the chopsticks he held in his right hand wanted to stretch out: "Haha...... You don't lose this time, I'm sorry, I have to thank you for your hospitality! “
However, Watanabe's chopsticks hadn't reached much distance, and the pork belly in his bowl had once again been reduced by two.
"Yes! ~Thank you for your hospitality! ~“
Needless to say, only Senior Nakamura, who was the referee, was cut off in advance, and his move made Watanabe speechless and puzzled, and even began to cry and mourn: "Ahhh......h Senior, this, why is that!? “
At this time, Nakamura's cold face couldn't help but show a hint of amusement, and said, "Because Kasuga-kun got it right!" “
Nani !! ~“
"~~~" Kasugayun was already mentally prepared to be punished, but he didn't expect that his answer would be correct.
So when he reacted, he couldn't help laughing out loud: "Pounce~~Sneer~~Hahahaha...... I won, I won! ~“
Watanabe once again asked Koji Nakamura unconvinced: "Why, senior!?" The answer...... That's not right! ~“
At this time, the baseball minister Tanaka Hideyuki, who had not spoken before, had already chewed the meat in his mouth beautifully, and only replied after swallowing it completely: "No, Kasuga-kun answered correctly, this ball and Nakamura-kun were both guessing later, the reason why Ogata Jun was sent four bad balls was not that the pitcher was not in good shape or anything, but maybe the pitcher of Shirashan simply wanted to be lazy, let go of our strongest batter to avoid losing points, and then use all his strength to solve the batter who dropped the next batter, so that the situation of the game was more favorable to them, that's it!" So, boy, you're losing again! “
"Ah~~~ That's okay?!"
"Haha......"
Kasugayun smiled again, which made Watanabe suffer from a serious illness that was uncomfortable if he didn't continue to gamble, and shouted to continue the game.
But the next situation is a good confirmation of the law that blind boxing kills the master and the novice has good luck.
Although Kasugamo didn't know a lot of theoretical knowledge and tactical application because he had just learned to play baseball, he still understood some of the principles of competitive games, so even if sometimes his answers were different from the standard answers of Nakamura and the others, the general meaning was the same, so he was also judged to be correct.
And Watanabe Hisato, because of his mentality of wanting to win the more he loses, ignores some small knowledge that he doesn't pay much attention to on weekdays, resulting in his answers often being wronged by the referee.
So in this question game at the dinner table, in the end, Watanabe Hisatochi lost to the point where he almost ran out of food, and Kasuga Yun, Nakamura Koji as the referee, and Minister Tanaka Hideyuki had a beautiful meal because of the extra dish for 1 person.
Fortunately, speaking of which, a certain author has to admire that some Japanese people have very good habits...... Didn't you almost lose all your food and have no food to eat!?
It's okay, chazuke is also a special dish on people's daily tables, come~~ I'll pour you tea, Watanabe-kun............