Chapter 8: The Angry Reporter (Part 1)
The supporters of the Qingdao High School baseball team sitting next to the media reporters were almost cocking their proud tails at this time.
They deliberately amplified their voices and talked loudly with their friends.
"This is the legendary Wada High School baseball team, listening to the words on the Internet, I thought it was such a great team? Now, it seems, that's just the case. ”
As he spoke, he deliberately glanced at the media reporters.
As if they were afraid that those reporters did not know who they were talking to.
"You're not right to say that."
His companion hurriedly pulled the little friend away, looking bitter.
"How can you question the words of online journalists, they are professional. Besides, the Wada High School baseball team is not bad, don't you see who and who are they, aren't they all performing very well? ”
"Who's that, who's that?"
The fans who were dragged looked at their companions with a confused expression.
He was really confused.
Did any of the players on the Wada High School baseball team perform really well in the course of the game just now? He also stared at the bottom half of the fourth game from the beginning of the game, and to be honest, the game was almost halfway through.
I didn't notice it at all!
"That's who."
His companion smiled and said, "The man sitting in the rest area, like the Buddha statue in the temple." ”
"Yasuda, overseer?"
The fan who spoke first thought he had enough damage. But compared to his companions, his words were nothing short of a drizzle.
As his companion said, that was the real weapon of mass destruction.
Didn't you see that there were many reporters in the press gallery, and their faces changed?
"The game isn't over yet, isn't it too early to make a judgment at this time?"
A middle-aged reporter said bluntly.
As a qualified journalist, they live by playing with their pen and mouth. A bunch of hairy little hairy children dared to shout at them from here, knowing that there was a group of fellow reporters behind him.
I just don't know whether to live or die.
Don't say the game isn't over yet, anything can happen. Even if the game was over, the Seido High School baseball team won the game, and it was a big win.
So what?
As long as they go through their spring and autumn brushwork, no matter how well the players of the Qingdao High School baseball team perform on the field.
They can also pick bones in eggs and find fault with each other.
He doesn't believe in evil yet!
As a result, after he finished speaking, he originally thought that there were countless companions behind him, and they would follow in solidarity.
Although they are few in number, they do not have as many mouths as each other. But considering that they are all reporters who play with their pen and mouth, they can at least get a close match when they debate each other, if not by a big margin.
Unexpectedly, after he finished speaking, there was silence behind him.
A reporter who usually has a good relationship with him covered his face with his hands and hurriedly dragged him back.
"What's going on with you? Is this too unjust? ”
The reporter who spoke felt that he had nowhere to confide in his grievances. In his impression, journalist friends are still very united, especially gossip media reporters.
When grabbing the news, it is normal for each to be the master and play each other's brains.
But in normal times, as long as one reporter encounters a problem, the other reporters are still very firm.
What's going on today? He himself took the initiative to stand up, why didn't anyone respond?
"Didn't you make it clear to the other party that you were smearing Qingdao on the Internet?"
As a result, his companion's words made him wake up from a dream in an instant.
A media reporter who smears the Seido High School baseball team on the Internet, or a reporter who points out the weaknesses of the Seido High School baseball team.
Although there are a lot of them, they are a minority after all compared to the total number of comments, accounting for about 1/5, or even less.
In this case, other journalists chose to pretend to be deaf and dumb, not because they were not really angry. The main thing is that I don't have the courage to admit that it's me who is talking nonsense on the Internet.
Thinking of what they said on the Internet, and looking at the four games, the Seido High School baseball team has led the opponent by 6 points and has not lost a single point.
You must know that in this game, the Qingdao High School baseball team has not yet shown its full strength.
If you don't talk about anything else, let's talk about other people's pitchers. No matter how you evaluate it, Kawakami is definitely the weakest one in the main pitcher team of Seido High School.
Which of the remaining pitchers is not better than him? Even if the overall strength is relatively poor, the terrifying pressure that his throwing brings to the opponent is much greater than the sense of threat of Kawakami.
In this case, now the Seido High School baseball team, it is Kawakami who stands on the pitcher's mound.
Even the players on the field of the Qingdao High School baseball team are the main force in their team, and they are the core main force. You can't say that the current Seido High School baseball team has already shown all its strength.
The difference in aces alone has a very big impact on the weakening of the overall strength of the Qingdao High School baseball team.
Now they are dying, and they have taken out eighty percent of their strength. But even so, the Qingdao High School baseball team can't find the North by abusing the Hotan High School baseball team.
In four games, he took a six-point lead.
In the face of this absolute strength, even those media reporters who are dissatisfied with the Qingdao High School baseball team have no way to publicly complain about Qingdao.
This is also the reason why they are reluctant to admit it, they are afraid that they will be slapped in the face after the game is over.
The reporter who just started to speak was impulsive, and when the impulse passed, the brain quickly calmed down.
He also understood why these cunning guys around him had become mute one by one, like gourds with mouths.
It turns out that they want to make up for it.
That is, he is more upright, and he doesn't bend his heart as much as they do, and he directly talks about this topic.
In the end, he was the only one to be ashamed.
The guys glanced to the side one by one, as if they hadn't heard the players of Seido High School's baseball team.
"Hmph, it's still early for the game to end."
At this time, even if he wanted to learn from others, it was too late. If he said it, he spilled the water, and it was impossible for him to take back the water that had been spilled.
He can only choose a dead duck with a hard mouth and a rigid end.
If a miracle happens, maybe he will be able to regain face.
Even if he was really slapped in the face, he would at most just leave in disgrace, just these supporters of the Qingdao High School baseball team, although they sat next to them and shouted fiercely.
But in fact, they really don't have much influence.
As for his own peers, who hasn't had a disgraceful experience?
This kind of thing is naturally selective forgetting, and if anyone keeps it firmly in their minds, won't they become a big fool?
In the expectant eyes of everyone, the reporter who was like a frosted eggplant before quickly raised his head.
So much so that several reporters around him slapped their thighs in annoyance.
You said that they complained on the Internet, and they also have a copy, why didn't they think about it for a while, and they didn't stand up for the sake of face?
If they were willing to stand up, maybe it would not only be the middle-aged reporter who spoke before who would feel proud now.
They can also follow and straighten their necks and have a good look.
One misstep becomes a thousand hatreds.
Because they didn't dare to take risks themselves, so that the game really went according to the situation laid out in their minds, and they couldn't follow it.
In the second half of the fourth inning, the players of the Wada High School baseball team gradually got used to Kawakami's pitching.
And in response to Kawakami's pitching, he made a response plan.
The first to stand in the strike zone was the second batter of the Wada High School baseball team, and as soon as he got on the court, he stuck his body tightly to the edge of the good ball belt.
Seeing this scene, Yu Xing's heart was slightly shocked.
Although Kawakami was a little hesitant to throw an extreme inside corner, especially a low-angle inside corner.
But this is mainly due to some previous events, which did not affect Kawakami's performance very much.
If the opponent locks the inside corner, with Kawakami's ability to control the ball, he can throw the ball to the edge of the outside corner, or go straight to the inside corner.
Especially in the inside corner, how can the players of the Wada High School baseball team hit the ball in the current position?
Do what you think.
Miyuki is not a person who sees the weaknesses of the other party and will show mercy.
In the rest area of the Wada High School baseball team.
The chubby Yasuda stroked his fat belly.
"It's easiest to deal with smart people."
The smarter the person, the narrower the options tend to be. They are not aiming for how many pitching methods there are, but the best pitching position and method.
Since it is the best, it must be the weakness of the opponent.
When the players of the Wada High School baseball team took the initiative to expose their weaknesses and show them to Miyuki.
Miyuki also did not hesitate to aim at the opponent's weakness and began to attack.
As a result, the ball thrown by Kawakami almost hit the beater.
Kawakami is a side pitcher, and his pitch is as if it was coming from behind the hitter.
From the perspective of the normal hitter, such a ball is not easy to deal with.
Today, the players of the Wada High School baseball team are clinging to the edge of the good ball zone. In this way, Kawakami's pitch is almost as if it is aimed at their body.
The goal is over.
The beaters themselves were taken aback.
Kawakami, who pitched, was not much better, and the cold sweat on his forehead came out in a swoop.
He seemed to remember some kind of bad memory, so that the next pitch could not be put into the state for a long time.
The players of the Wada High School baseball team were not stupid, and they quickly noticed that Kawakami's pitch was not as accurate as in the previous innings.
Although they don't know why this is happening, this kind of pie-in-the-sky good thing, they can't miss it anyway?
The batters scored hits one after another and hit base.
The Qingdao High School baseball team barely won the first game just by relying on the defense.
But the Wada High School baseball team not only recovered two points in one go, but even sent their runner to third base.
Originally, in the eyes of the friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team, although the strength of the players of the Wada High School baseball team was good, it was still very difficult to pose a threat to them.
But that was when the Seido High School baseball team didn't make mistakes and loopholes.
Once there is a problem on the side of the Qingdao High School baseball team, even if it is not a big problem, it will quickly trigger a chain reaction.
It's like right now, they're dropping two points in one go.
And the opponent's offense shows no signs of ending.
"That's it."
Superintendent Yasuda touched his big belly and muttered with a smile.
These disciples under him, on the whole, are still very competitive with him, and their performance may not be gorgeous, but they are absolutely excellent.
Next up was Wada's ace pitcher, Jujiro Ogata.
Although Jujiro was placed in the sixth bat, his striking power is definitely more than that. It's just that because he is responsible for pitching, Superintendent Yasuda deliberately adjusted him from the core line to the sixth base, so that the pressure on him to hit the offense is relatively light.
You can fight your opponents with relative ease.
"It's up to you to get a point!"
"Come on!"
Although the Wada High School baseball team played well in this round, there was no rampant expression on the faces of their players.
Although they have already recovered two points, they are likely to recover a third point next.
But the difference in strength between the two sides has not changed at all, not to mention the real gap, and even the score on the field is still 4 points behind.
The difference in points is too big, and it's not something that can be changed immediately by one or two hits or two of their players' excellent performances.
They can only try again and again, again and again, to close the gap between the two sides.
Just like what their superintendent Yasuda said, at this time, if you look up at the difference in strength between the two sides and look up at the score gap, then the Hotan High School baseball team can basically raise their hands and surrender.
They are not comparable to their opponents.
But as long as they work a little hard, they can chase back the score point by point.
Sooner or later they will see the moment when the situation changes.
Thinking of this, Ogata raised the bat in his hand high and posed as if he was going to compete with the beater.
The player in charge of guarding the Qingdao High School baseball team subconsciously took a few steps back.
It's very likely that the ball will go far.
However, when Kawakami really threw the ball, the opponent's batter immediately withdrew his bat, and then put on a short stance.
"Forced points?"
A few infielders from the Seido High School baseball team quickly ran forward.
In fact, as early as when they retreated, they expected this to happen.
They believe.
As long as the opponent dares to hit the ball short into the field, they have the ability to deal with the opponent.
However, to their surprise, Ogata, who was about to play a short shot, suddenly put the bat back again.
Although because the baton was not closed in time, the referee sentenced a swing of the baton to a failure.
But the friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team still felt a strong threat.
They really don't understand, what exactly is Jujiro Ogata going to do?
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