"The third stick turned out to be Sawamura?"

Coach Ochiai's tone was mixed with a little surprise.

If you look at the previous performance, Sawamura should have no doubt that the new team is the fourth baseman.

In the original Seido High School, Sawamura's performance in the strike zone was terrifying. Not to mention that it's not like a freshman, even if you search all the high school students, there are very few who can reach the height of Sawamura Eijun, and there are very few of them.

Despite his performance on hits and bases, Sawamura Eijun is still not as good as Tetsuya Yu, a senior on the same team.

But his evaluation in the strike zone is not under the formation. All because Sawamura Eisumi scored a full five home runs in the entire Koshien garden.

Not to mention this achievement, among the freshman first-year contestants, even if you look at all the high school students in the country, Sawamura Eijun is second to none.

Relying on the amazing performance of the home run, Sawamura's evaluation of the strike zone is no worse than that of the captain.

Originally, when the seniors in the third grade did not retire, Sawamura Eijun played the third batter and said that in the past, now the gang has left the team.

It is said that Sawamura Eijun is the well-deserved first choice for the fourth base.

How did he end up in third place?

Ochiai was a little puzzled.

Also puzzled at the dam was the newcomer who had just come to visit.

"The competition should be the freshman Qingdao, with the previous third-year seniors, right?"

The freshman asked the dean of students who had brought him.

"Hee-hee, that's right."

"Isn't Senior Rong Chun the fourth?"

The boy asked strangely.

"Huh."

The director of education wanted to cry, and how could he explain to the freshman that things in the baseball team had always been supervised by Kataoka himself, and they just played a little logistical role.

As for the current fourth baton, why not Sawamura?

You ask me, I ask who goes?

"Our overseer, I guess he has his arrangement."

In the end, he really couldn't think of any answer, and the dean could only reluctantly find an excuse to deal with the past.

But the freshman looked thoughtful.

"The fourth batter in each team may not be their strongest hitter, in terms of the characteristics of Rong Chun's seniors, ranking third may be the most suitable position for him."

Well?

The dean looked at the young man in front of him strangely.

When this young man talks about his name, he is no worse than Sawamura Rongjun before.

He is the captain of the championship team in the World Little League Championship, and he is also quite a legendary character. And most importantly, this guy turned out to be a pitcher.

The people in charge of enrollment at Qingdao High School this year have extended an olive branch to the pitchers who have performed well in the country.

But it's a pity that there aren't many good pitchers who are willing to come to Qingdao High School.

There is Sawamura Eijun, the big demon king, in the team, plus the monster pitcher of Akira Tsukitani. The opportunities left for newcomers are almost equal to about zero.

In such a situation, other new pitchers, after coming to the team, will not even be able to enter the first team, let alone have any good performance on the pitcher's mound.

So although they were all very grateful for the invitation of Qingdao High School, after all, being able to get the invitation of the national overlord was also a recognition of their strength.

But no one wants to come to Qingdao High School to be cannon fodder for two years. A good pitcher is not something that can be achieved by training alone, and a good pitcher cannot be honed without a game of sufficient weight.

Instead of wasting two years in Qingdao, it is better to go to other teams to fight for opportunities.

There is no shortage of good pitchers, and there are more teams waiting for them! In contrast, Qingdao High School naturally struggled to be their first choice.

But the young man in front of him was very strange, he refused the invitations of many other strong teams, and actually chose to join Qingdao High School. I don't know if it's because I'm too confident in his own strength, or if I have something else in mind.

"How?"

The boy muttered a few words, and then said nothing. This made the dean on the side wonder, and he couldn't help but take the initiative to ask.

"The senior who was the first to stick was fast and had a high probability of hitting base. The senior who was the second stick had excellent striking skills. All in all, the probability of these two guys hitting base is very high. In the case of them on base, there is nothing wrong with Senior Rong Chun taking on the role of scoring points. And avoiding the position of the fourth stick can also reduce the probability of being escorted. Very clever tactical ......"

"I see."

The director of education was said thoughtfully, and after such a little bit of attention from the young man, he suddenly felt that it was not so difficult to accept that Sawamura Eijun was the third baton.

The game on the field continues.

"Please advise!"

Sawamura is particularly serious with the overseer, and his own master salutes.

Appear humble and polite, not aggressive.

But unfortunately, his disguise did not work as well as it should.

Not only was Chris in the catcher position unmoved, but Tambo in the pitcher position was even more scrappy.

"It's really worthy of being an experienced senior, and his bearing is really different."

Sawamura knows very well that he must not be easily solved at this time.

With the departure of the captain, the importance of Sawamura to the new team has become more and more apparent.

Not only in pitching, but even in striking, Sawamura seems to be the core of the new team.

As a core, there are natural advantages and disadvantages.

If Rong Chun, who is the core, is easily solved by the opponent, the beaters below can't help but think.

The opponent is a monster of that level, and it is natural that they can't hit the ball.

This kind of negative thinking is very fatal for the attacking side. Of course, Sawamura didn't want that to happen, so he had to show himself in the strike zone.

That's where the trump card core comes in.

"Although I would like to have a good fight with you and Senior Tanba a few times, stand on the strike zone and experience the power of the cooperation between the two of you. But now, I have my own mission, and I can't play with you properly. ”

Sawamura muttered.

Chris, who was in the catcher position, looked up at him in surprise when he heard this.

Sure enough, Sawamura Eisumi struck a pose to be short.

After two outs, Sawamura Eisumi put on such a posture, and it was clear what he wanted to do.

100% hits!

In the past, Sawamura Eijun's hitting posture has almost never missed. (There are still one or two times, but usually this kind of small probability thing is ignored.) ）

He is now in such a pose, and the purpose is very obvious. That's to get a hit no matter what.

"Are you aware of the situation of the game?"

For Sawamura to have such a keen intuition, Chris is not too surprised. In fact, if Sawamura didn't behave like this, he would have been even more surprised.

Counting the previous time, Sawamura Eijun has dominated the country three times. Speaking of experience, even if all the high school students in the country are called together, there is no one who has more experience in dominating than Sawamura Eijun.

Such an opponent cannot be dealt with carelessly.