"Okay!"

Zhang Han's conclusion about Chris is not 100% recognized.

As far as the current situation of the team is concerned, the state of Koichiro Tanba is hot.

Since removing the burden of the trump card, Tanba's whole person seems to have awakened, and his strength has improved by leaps and bounds.

Most preciously, he is reliable.

Since he was no longer an ace, the burden on his body was lifted, and Koichiro Tanba now feels much more reliable on the pitcher mound than before.

In the previous two games, he steadily suppressed all the opponents of the Qingdao High School baseball team.

This is also the reason why the Qingdao High School baseball team was able to win those two games with relative ease.

With such a reliable senior, coupled with the trump card of Zhang Han, I am afraid there will not be many opportunities for other newcomers.

Not to mention, Kawakami is still waiting for the position.

In this case, can Sawamura Eisashi really rise to prominence, let Inspector Kataoka see his value, and promote him?

I'm afraid this is a big question mark.

However, since Senior Chris has brought it up, Zhang Han has no reason to back down, whether it is for his sake or his responsibility as a senior.

He stood in the strike zone.

As Senior Chris said, with Sawamura's pitching speed, even if the pitch really misses, Zhang Han will not be able to dodge.

"You come to the left!"

Zhang Han had just stepped into the strike zone when he received another suggestion from Chris.

Well?

Zhang Han looked at Chris suspiciously.

Although he is now completely left-handed bowling, the habit he has developed over time is not so easy to change.

Zhang Han is still used to using the right strike.

It's not impossible to strike left, but in Zhang Han's current situation, if he stands on the left strike, at most he will be able to exert seventy or eighty percent of his striking strength.

Senior Chris, what is the purpose of deliberately limiting his striking strength?

For a while, Zhang Han really didn't understand.

Chris understood the question in Zhang Han's eyes and took the initiative to explain.

"He's been practising how to deal with left-sided hitters lately for the next fight."

In just one sentence, Zhang Han's mind seemed to remember the thunder.

Zhang Han really didn't expect this.

The opponent of the Qingdao High School baseball team in the next game is Mingchuan Gakuen.

This team is very interesting, in addition to their ace Yang Sunsin, the most interesting thing is probably their striking lineup.

In the main lineup of Mingchuan School Park,There are a full seven left-hitters.,Only two hitters are right-hitters.。

It's very rare to be in a team. Zhang Han noticed this when he saw the other party's information, and carefully observed the fighting habits of each of them.

Although he didn't collect detailed information, it had been simulated in Zhang Han's mind, if he was allowed to pitch on the court, how to deal with these hitters?

This is a habit he has developed when he was in Matsukata Shaobang.

Baseball is still very different from other competitive sports, there are many places to fight wits and courage, and if you are prepared before the game, it will be much easier during the game.

Not fighting uncertain battles is definitely a very good habit in baseball.

Zhang Han is the team's ace pitcher, even if Superintendent Kataoka doesn't tell him, he should be prepared in advance.

In case the situation is unfavorable, he must be ready to play at any time. This is also Zhang Han's responsibility as an ace pitcher.

There's no problem for him to do that, but a substitute pitcher in Sawamura can't be sent on the court in a crucial game like tomorrow if there is no accident in the middle?

First, in such an important game, sending him a newcomer to the game, Qingdao is not at ease.

Second, if you want to train your troops, you have to wait until the battle situation is decided, which means that it doesn't matter if he doesn't play.

No matter from any point of view, it is impossible for the Seido High School baseball team to pin their hopes on Sawamura Eijun.

So don't look at him as he has been promoted to the first team, but the more important reason why Kataoka's supervisor and coaching staff did this is to train a new generation of Seido High School baseball team.

In the past few years, I have been struggling to find a suitable ace pitcher, and the Qingdao High School baseball team has suffered repeated losses when it plays against two other giants.

With this painful lesson, it's no surprise that the Seongdo High School baseball team will plan ahead.

Knowing this, Sawamura Rongjun still made preparations.

Chris is his teacher and is also responsible for guiding Sawamura privately.

But Chris is not a supernumerary now, but the team's main substitute. In addition to this, Chris also has a part of the coaching work.

In this case, it is impossible for Chris to take care of all aspects for Sawamura Eijun.

For example, like now, think of the characteristics of the opponent in the next game for Sawamura Eisun in advance, and then come up with a way to deal with it.

It's not that Chris doesn't want to do this kind of thing, but he doesn't have the time at all.

Then the only person who can do this is Sawamura Eijun.

Knowing that he would never play, he was ready to play at any time in advance, which is almost a substitute player, the best psychological state.

Zhang Han's heart was shocked.

Although his face is as calm as ever, his facial features seem to be sculpted, so that people can't see any flaws.

But deep in Zhang Han's heart, he has gradually begun to believe what Chris told him before.

Maybe one day in the future, this teenager named Sawamura Eijun will really become an extremely important member of the Seido High School baseball team.

Maybe this day will be very close, but it may not be.

Don't look at the lineup of the current Seido High School baseball team, it looks stable.

But in reality, it's not so stable either.

Tanba's total number of pitching innings is seven or eight innings, although he performed perfectly on the court, but the number of innings pitched is very short after all, and no one knows if it will be as smooth as ever?

And this kind of small game is not of much significance to the Qingdao High School baseball team itself.

For the Qingdao High School baseball team, their most important task at present is to fight with their other two giants.

Although I don't know if the other two friends will be successfully promoted to the moment of playing against the Qingdao High School baseball team?

But from the standpoint of the Qingdao High School baseball team, the difference between them and not being promoted is actually not very big.

It's even possible that if you make the cut, it's a little better.

If it doesn't make the cut, then the opponent that the Qingdao High School baseball team is about to meet is a super dark horse that has already defeated the giants.

This is definitely no worse than the challenge of the Qingdao High School baseball team.

Only after the semi-finals will Qingdao be the real challenge.

Can Tanba be reliable?

It will not be until that time that it will be truly revealed.

As for Zhang Han, who is an ace.

Although Kataoka's supervisors and coaching staff have promoted him, just in case.

But depending on what they mean, unless it is a matter of life and death, they don't seem to plan to send Zhang Han on the court to pitch.

This has almost become a knot in the hearts of supervisors and coaches.

With these two points in mind, if Sawamura can show good pitching ability, it will undoubtedly be of great significance to the Seido High School baseball team.

Zhang Han is looking forward to it more and more.

He stood on the left seat, and he was a little impatient.

"I can go all out and blast the ball out!"

Holding the bat tightly with both hands, Zhang Han put on a posture of waiting.

As the top fighter in the country, even if the position he is standing in now is not the position he is used to and likes.

Zhang Han's body still carries surging pressure.

This pressure was like a hurricane, completely pressing on Zhang Han's opponent.

Sawamura, who was standing on the pitcher's mound, had a clear feeling, and he felt that his limbs, especially the fingers that were about to pitch, were stiff at this time.

Wanting to raise your arms and pitching comfortably seems to have become a luxury.

"This feeling!"

After Sawamura joined the Seido High School baseball team, he also saw some strong hitters. Not to mention, in their own team, there are a lot of powerful guys.

For example, which third-grade seniors, and then Zhang Han.

But in recent times, Sawamura Eisan has only watched their blows and has never faced them head-on.

Since he joined the First Army, except when he first joined, he had fought with Zhang Han.

It's been more than two months, and I haven't challenged Senior Zhang Han one-on-one like this.

In the past two months, he has only watched the blows of Zhang Han and Yuuki seniors.

At this time, standing in the position of the duel, he really felt that the kind of pressure emanating from Zhang Han's body was so strong?

"Is it that strong?"

It's not the same concept as when we played two months ago.

Sawamura is very confident, and he has not been lazy at all in the past two months.

But why did he feel so hard?

Could it be that in the past two months, Senior Zhang Han's progress has far surpassed him?

With his strength already raised to that level, can he really make such a leap?

As a partner, Chris certainly noticed Sawamura's hesitation.

A real duel is not the same thing as mentoring a junior.

Don't look at Zhang Han at that time, he didn't release the water, but as a senior, he didn't really go all out.

So from the very beginning, that matchup was a mentoring.

But now the situation is different!

I don't know what Zhang Han has experienced in his heart? Now his thinking has changed radically.

He no longer treats Sawamura as an ordinary junior brother, but as an opponent who can compete on an equal footing.

Then Zhang Han's attitude is bound to change a lot.

"I don't know if this kid can survive this?"

There is no way to survive it, so Sawamura Eijun can only go back and continue to work hard step by step.

If he can survive it, then a new world will appear in front of this kid's eyes.

On the surface, there were only four people on the scene.

Zhang Han, Chris, Sawamura Eijun, and Kanemaru who was doing chores on the side.

But in fact, there are quite a few people who are interested in this showdown.

In the dark corner, there were many pairs of eyes staring intently.

Among them is also a pair of sunglasses, which shine faintly in the light.

"Come on!"

Feeling Sawamura's nervousness, Zhang Han took the initiative to speak.

These two words seem to inject a shot in the arm for Sawamura Eijun, allowing him to get out of his nervous mood.

The little guy grinned and bared up a mouthful of big white teeth.

"Good!"

Sawamura, who got rid of the tension, felt completely different as a whole, as if he had experienced nirvana.

He had the courage to confront Zhang Han.

The body stopped shaking, the sweat on the forehead disappeared, and the fingers that threw the ball were full of strength again.

Once the nervous emotions have crossed over, there will definitely be a stage of accumulation.

The current Sawamura Eijun is in this period.

And Zhang Han, who saw this scene, also nodded silently.

He had heard such a sentence before, saying that those who walk in front have nothing to fear, and sooner or later they will catch up with them.

Zhang Han has always felt this way.

Since he entered high school, there have not been many players who have been able to stand in front of him, and now they have basically been surpassed by him.

Even if he is a professional player who has never been in contact with him, although there are many players, his current strength is much stronger than Zhang Han.

But Zhang Han is confident that when he enters professional baseball, he will definitely be able to surpass them one by one, just like when he was in high school.

There is another sentence after this sentence.

It is said that the people who catch up behind are the ones who are really scary.

Zhang Han didn't feel anything about this sentence at first.

The players behind him are getting farther and farther away from him, and Zhang Han rarely feels like being overtaken.

But now, facing his own team, this first-year newcomer named Eijun Sawamura.

Zhang Han felt this way for the first time.

He heard footsteps behind him, and he felt someone approaching him.

This feeling is undoubtedly very uncomfortable.

But Zhang Han didn't hate it.

If in the world of baseball, there are only those who are destined to be surpassed by their predecessors, then what is the point of challenge?

That's how it should be.

The more newcomers like Sawamura Rongjun appeared, the more excited Zhang Han felt.

It was the first time he had heard the footsteps of someone behind him.

But Zhang Han believes that this will definitely not be the last.

Even in the same team, there are newcomers like Sawamura and Akira Shibuyani, as well as challengers like Jinguji and Kominato Haruichi.

Other teams, other places, there must be more.

Zhang Han felt the motivation to progress, and he had a reason not to stop.

Come on, let me take a look at the figure chasing after me, how much strength does it have?

"Whoosh!"

The white ball roared and went directly into Zhang Han's chest.

"Danger!"

Seeing this scene, Kanemaru's eyes widened like copper bells, and he exclaimed directly.

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