Chapter 19: The Invisible Pitch (Part 1)
The Qingdao High School baseball team has been replaced by a first-year rookie pitcher.
This incident is tantamount to a slap in the face to the players of the Yakushi High School baseball team.
"Two points behind, still calmly sending the first grader on the field? It's a complete use of us as a whetstone. ”
The assistant coach of the pharmacist high school baseball team is about to crush his teeth.
Even if the opponent is the Seido High School baseball team, even if they have just won the championship of the Kanto Conference.
Isn't this too much of a sight to behold?
You know, they're not ordinary cats and dogs. In the previous spring tournament, they had broken the curse of the three giants of Nishitokyo, defeating the baseball team of Inagi Industrial High School.
I also had a wonderful strike battle with the Qingdao High School baseball team.
No matter how you look at it, they are by no means the kind of characters who can be bullied at will. The superintendent of the Qingdao High School baseball team, why is there no one in his eyes?
Compared with the angry assistant coach, the pharmacist's supervision is very calm. There is even a lot of expectation for this arrangement.
"Isn't that great?"
Originally, their appointment with the Qingdao High School baseball team was ill-intentioned. Now the Qingdao High School baseball team is doing this, and it is in the hands of Lei Zang.
"But they are too blind to no one, and they really take us ......"
"What about us? Don't be too presumptuous, after all, we're in Tokyo, don't we just make it to the quarterfinals? ”
"But ......"
The assistant coach felt very uncomfortable when he heard Lei Zang's words, and he tried to refute it, but he didn't know how to refute it.
"I really thought it was a coincidence that we won the baseball team of Daocheng Industrial High School, what happened to us? Don't be stupid teenager, baseball in high school isn't that simple. ”
Boom Thunder said seriously.
In the professional baseball arena, he used to be a ruthless character who showed off his might.
Boom never thought that his talent was poor, on the contrary, he thought that his talent was very good, and he was simply a baseball prodigy that he had once in a decade.
But he, a baseball prodigy, didn't play well when he was in high school.
Even if he was famous, he didn't get too dazzling results in the end.
Unlike a career, there is no turning back in high school baseball. So for anyone, there is only one chance.
Only those players who are truly talented and can be favored by God at the same time can truly achieve a blockbuster at this stage of high school.
For example, it's like Zhang Han of the Qingdao High School baseball team.
As for the Yakushi High School baseball team, they are still far behind.
"Let's take a good look, the really interesting thing in today's game is still beginning."
When he said this, the tone of Bang Lei Zang was extremely serious.
He's not kidding, he really thinks that today's game has just begun, and the excitement is still to come.
Zhang Han, who has the highest ball speed in the country, has not yet climbed the pitcher's mound at this time.
The assistant coach of the pharmacist high school baseball team is still not convinced.
But he had to admit that what his overseer said was very reasonable.
"Even if you're right, I don't believe that a first-year freshman on the Qingdao High School baseball team can make any waves?"
But he still stubbornly didn't believe that the Qingdao High School baseball team really pinned the hope of the game on the first-year newcomers.
Even the monster newcomer, Akira Tsukiya, couldn't pose any threat to them.
What kind of waves can this young man named Sawamura Eisun stir up?
It's not just their assistant coaches who have this idea, but the players on the Yakushi High School baseball team basically have this attitude.
The fifth baseman of the Yakushi High School baseball team is a player in their third grade, and his striking strength is very solid.
As soon as he got on the court, there was a loud cheering sound in the rest area of the Yakushi High School baseball team.
"Let's get out in one go!"
"Don't give first-year newcomers a chance."
"It's just a little hairy kid in the first grade, it's not a big deal. Let him see the cruelty of high school baseball. ”
The players of the Yakushi High School baseball team cheered on their teammates while mocking the pitchers of the Seido High School baseball team.
If this first-year newcomer who has just come on the field, because of these cynicisms, has affected his state.
Then the players of the pharmacist high school baseball team will not be responsible.
Who made his psychological quality, so poor.
"These guys ......"
Sanada, who had just returned to the rest area, scratched his scalp speechlessly.
At the beginning of the game, one of his teammates was very nervous.
At that time, he was still very worried, with their current state, how would they wrestle with the players of the Qingdao High School baseball team next?
Now it seems that his worries are unnecessary.
Don't look at the players of the pharmacist high school baseball team before the game, all of them seem to have problems with their mentality.
But after the actual start of the competition, the attitude of these players who have received the guidance of Thunder Zang is completely different.
They weren't reluctantly, they were really enjoying the game.
In this case, the stronger the opponent, the more enjoyable they are.
It's like now, they've started to enjoy the game and let themselves go.
It's just that these guys seem to have forgotten that this is not the territory of their Yakushi High Baseball Team, but the base camp of the Qingdao High School Baseball Team.
In the rest area of the Qingdao High School baseball team, in the open space next to the field, countless people stared at them with angry eyes.
They have already angered the hosts, and no one knows what the people of the Seongdo High School baseball team will do next?
"I can only pray that these guys can really solve this first-year newcomer."
Although this newcomer named Sawamura was treated as a secret weapon by the Kataoka supervisor of the Seido High School baseball team and the coaches of the coaching staff.
But at the end of the day, he is also a first-year newcomer, and he is not a star newcomer like Jinguji.
The players of the Yakushi High School baseball team had never heard of the name Eijun Sawamura.
Such a dark horse player who suddenly came out appeared in a key practice game for the first time, and it was also a huge crisis of one person out and two thunders.
It was natural that he would be nervous.
If he makes a mistake because of nervous play, and then loses his pitching form entirely.
Then the next game situation will be unceremoniously biased towards the Qingdao High School baseball team.
As long as I think of this, Sanada thinks. There is still a lot of hope on their side.
"The other party is a first-year newcomer, so let's be bold and swing the stick."
Even Sanada began to say so.
The fifth baseman of the Yakushi High School baseball team, after listening to Sanada's words, he didn't say much.
Now, the team is pinning almost all their hopes on him. As a player, he can also be nervous.
Fortunately, in today's situation, they occupy an absolute advantage, and they naturally have more choices.
First of all, the first is to return Mishima to home plate.
Although at this time, it is not clear to the hitter, what kind of ball will Sawamura Eisumi throw?
But he had already figured out what he was going to do in advance.
As a cautious person, once you have set your goal, you should move towards it step by step.
For the first ball, let's observe the opponent's ball first. Only when you have determined the opponent's pitching style can you choose your own striking strategy.
Take it one step at a time, don't be in a hurry, play it steady, and there will definitely be a chance.
The teachings of Thunder Hide kept appearing in the minds of the beaters.
He had a feeling that as long as the baseball flew by, he was very sure that he could hit the ball cleanly.
Miyuki used the rest of his eyes to observe the actions of the beater.
Such a stick grip posture, such a standing position......
No matter which direction you look at, it doesn't look like you're going to swing a stick right away.
He wanted to watch a ball first.
After guessing the other party's thoughts, Miyuki almost didn't hesitate and gave Sawamura a code for the ball.
This made Sawamura on the pitcher's mound very surprised.
Don't look at the fact that before entering the Seido High School baseball team, Sawamura children have always believed in head-to-head matchups.
But after more than two months of experience in the Qingdao High School baseball team, especially his previous experience in the Second Army, playing practice games with the Second Army.
Let Sawamura clearly know how dangerous it is to throw a straight ball in the middle of the ball?
He had just come on the pitch, and he didn't want to give up just like that.
"Okay?"
Very rarely, Sawamura was a little hesitant.
Since he started partnering with Miyuki, this is the first time that such an expression has appeared on Sawamura's face.
In the face of the hesitant Sawamura, Miyuki's attitude was very resolute, and he even gestured to Sawamura with his eyes.
"Didn't you tell me that you've always liked to decide with a straight ball? Now that the opportunity has come, do you want to give it up? ”
It is impossible to give up.
Got the affirmation of Miyuki, and Sawamura's courage was also greater.
He threw a mid-ball in a grand manner.
Faced with the sudden appearance of the mid-ball, the hitter of the Yakushi High School baseball team instinctively wanted to swing the bat.
But at the moment when he was about to hit the bat, he restrained his urge to swing the bat with his tenacious will.
Is it really only this level for first-year newcomers who are regarded as a secret weapon on the Seido High School baseball team?
He was skeptical, so he resisted his urge to watch a ball first.
"Smack..."
"Good shot!"
The beater was a little dumbfounded.
It's not that he sees a problem, it's too tricky for him to deal with.
Mainly from beginning to end, he really didn't see anything remarkable about Sawamura's pitching.
This point, the players in the rest area of the Yakushi High School baseball team can see it more intuitively and realistically.
"That's it?"
One of the contestants, scratching his scalp, was puzzled.
Don't look at the results of the Seido High School baseball team in the past few years, they have always been short of the goal, and they have not been able to enter Koshien.
However, the Qingdao High School baseball team is still a well-known giant in the entire West Tokyo.
There are countless players who want to join in.
The pharmacist player who just spoke was one of them.
When he had just graduated from junior high school, the team he most wanted to join was Qingdao High School.
Later, he did not receive an invitation from the Qingdao High School baseball team, and he couldn't get into the exam because of his grades.
In the end, I had no choice but to join Pharmacist High School.
Despite this, this player has always had a deep Qingdao plot.
He often fantasizes about what role he would play if he was on the Seongdo High School baseball team now.
When he sobers up, he laughs at himself.
What kind of big dream is Spring and Autumn, not to mention that he doesn't have a chance to join the Qingdao High School baseball team. Even if he is given the opportunity to join, with his little strength, how can he be able to reach the main position of Qingdao Dao?
However, Sawamura's pitching completely subverted the player's inherent three views.
In that player's original imagination, the main pitcher of the Qingdao High School baseball team, which is a giant, must be very good.
Unexpectedly, there are parallel goods like Sawamura Rongjun.
What he didn't expect was that Kataoka, the supervisor of the Seido High School baseball team, and the coaches of their coaching staff would use such parallel goods as their team's secret weapon?
There is nothing special about pitching, and the position is even sweeter. The most important thing is his ball speed, I don't feel like I can even do it for 130 kilometers.
"Why was he able to stand on the pitcher's mound? Why was he able to become a representative of the Seongdo High School baseball team? ”
In the rest area, the third-year player of the pharmacist high school baseball team had a deep puzzle in his eyes.
If he could play in the uniform of the Seido High School baseball team now, he would definitely tell Superintendent Kataoka how blind they were in the first place.
At this time, the player was indignant in his heart.
On the field, the 5th batter of the Yakushi High School baseball team is finally about to swing the bat.
This is, what's going on?
Just as he was ready to strike, the hitter suddenly found that the boy who was standing in front of him and was about to throw the ball seemed to be a completely different person at this time.
Sawamura's chest completely blocked his left hand from pitching.
I can't see it, I can't see it at all.
The beater's eyes flashed with astonishment.
He'd never been in such a situation before, so that when a baseball flew by, his response could be considered scrambling.
"Ping!"
Although the batter barely touched the ball with his bat, the angle and power of the baseball flying out were too far from what he originally envisioned.
The baseball, which was barely hit, flew high and then fell.
In the shortstop position, Kuramochi took the initiative to take a few steps forward, spotted the direction where the baseball had fallen, and then waited there, raising his gloves.
"Smack!"
"Out!"
In the rest area of the Yakushi High School baseball team.
"It's too unlucky, the other party's luck is really good."
"You can't win a game by luck alone."
"Wait, that guy collapsed, it's just a matter of an instant."
The players don't understand what's going on, though?
But that doesn't stop them from continuing to cheer their teammates on in this way.
The player of the pharmacist high school baseball team who had just left the game, after hearing the words of the friends around him, a trace of astonishment flashed on his face.
Coincidental?
The blow just now, I'm afraid it can't be considered a coincidence.
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