Chapter Seventy-Four: Super Catcher
Such a spectacle is often seen in those 10,000-year-old monuments. Drops of water fall and eventually create a large crater in the rocks below.
This is the reason why the drop stone wears.
No matter how talented the freshmen are, if they really want to compete in strength, they can't compete with the old students.
It's a bit brutal, but it's true.
In this case, want to turn the tide of the game. The only way is to use the principle of water drops to bring the situation back little by little.
Mitsushu Okumura is thinking about this.
And his abacus is getting closer and closer to being realized.
Even Asada, who doesn't seem to be very qualified in strength, began to show the light in him.
This is very similar to Okumura's speculation. Since Asada can be valued by the admissions department of Seido High School, there must be outstanding traits hidden in him that he has not discovered himself.
As long as these traits can be excavated, I believe that it is not impossible to compete with the old students.
Come on!
Throw your proudest ball into this glove.
Although he did not speak, Okumura's meaning was clear.
Asada seemed to have been fooled by that kind of pyramid scheme, and he threw the small white ball in his hand in a daze.
"Whoosh!"
The white ball is thrown very high, and Asada at this time has a very special pitching posture.
The first is that his stride distance is very short, that is, such a small step.
The reason why he did this was not because he had any other plans, but simply to prevent runners from stealing bases.
Theoretically, the bigger the pitcher's pitching action, the greater the stride. The more time spent pitching is used.
In this case, runners can naturally steal the base more calmly.
Similarly, if a pitcher shortens his stride, he shortens his pitch time.
Correspondingly, runners naturally have no way to steal the base easily.
It was only with this in mind that Asada adopted a new pitching stance. But it is precisely this pitching posture that makes his pitching extraordinary.
When he saw the pitch flying, Gang Jianyi was stunned for a moment.
From his point of sight, the ball was directed right at his head.
Missed possession?
Thinking like this in his heart, Gang Jian took a step back consciously. Although the speed of the ball is only 120 kilometers, even if it is hit by the ball, there will not necessarily be any problems.
But why should I wait here to be hit by the ball?
It doesn't make any sense at all.
So the beater gave up.
Then Oka Kenichi saw a very incredible scene.
The little white ball that was about to hit him suddenly fell as it approached him.
The magnitude of the fall was so large that people were very caught off guard.
How can it be?
Gang Jian consciously thought that he must have been wrong, but the facts were right in front of him, how could he be wrong?
The little white ball did fall, just off the good band.
"Smack!"
"Bad ball!!"
Although this is a bad ball, the shock it brings to everyone is incomparable.
The supporters who watched the game and the old alumni of Qingdao High School widened their eyes one by one, and they were silent.
It's not that they don't believe that the freshmen of Qingdao High School can throw such a ball. It's just that this ball was thrown from Asada's hand, which made them a little unacceptable.
What about the immature freshman setting that is good?
Is it really good that talking like this doesn't count?
Where is this still immature and newborn, it's just a little surprise, okay?
Okumura, who was in the catcher position, showed a smile on the corner of his mouth.
He knew that the Qingdao High School Baseball Club could not recruit that kind of useless newcomer. Aada's pitching was really distinctive.
Only a person of this height can throw such a ball.
Asada is nearly 1.9 meters tall, and standing with Sawamura Eijun, who is nearly 1.8 meters, he is half a head taller than Sawamura Eijun.
The whole person is the same size as a thin bamboo pole, and his hands and feet are also long.
So once he's shortening his stride. invisibly raised his pitching point by another piece.
A curveball that comes down at that height will fall with a greater drop and velocity.
That is, the legendary falling curveball.
You know, this kind of ball is not a cabbage on the street. Whoever wants to vote can vote?
Not enough height, not flexible ball feel.
It's impossible to hone this kind of pitching.
To put it bluntly, Asada is definitely a very distinctive pitcher.
His characteristics are definitely no worse than the previous Nine Ghost Yoshi.
At this time, Okumura even admired the person in charge of enrollment at Qingdao High School.
Without Bole-level vision, it is difficult to single out Asada from the crowd.
Of course, this does not mean that Asada does not have any flaws.
There is still a gap between him and the Nine Ghosts Yohei now, and the biggest gap is his personal consciousness.
Although Asada himself has a good pitching characteristic, how much effect can this characteristic have? It also depends on his personal understanding of this feature.
The rest of the matter is not something that he can lead as a catcher, it requires the pitcher to be aware of it.
These thoughts were a matter of a moment in Okumura's mind.
After this goal, he followed up with a second goal.
Asada nodded and threw the ball.
"Whoosh!"
It was almost the same operation as before, and he first used his eyes to contain the runner on third base. Then the pitch shot with a small stride.
Although Asada himself was extremely slow, the whole movement and rhythm of his pitching was very fast, and there was no gap for runners to steal bases.
Kawashima, who was at third base, secretly gritted his teeth but was helpless.
I have to say that these newcomers really have two brushes.
"Whoosh!"
The little white ball flew like a kite that had been flown off.
Gang Jian watched the little white ball come to his eyes, and after gritting his teeth secretly, he decisively swung his bat.
"Buzz!"
He swings the baton at a very fast pace, but the baseball falls even faster. By the time he swung his bat, the white ball had already fallen. The bat whizzes over the small white ball.
"Smack..."
The batter's swing misses, and the white ball falls into the catcher's glove.
Make a loud sound.
Asada on the pitcher's mound has a rare smile on his face.
The ball feels good, and it makes a nice sound in the glove.
Could it be because he waved his arm so thoroughly?
The changes on the pitch made people feel very unprepared.
Especially for the veteran team, they have inexplicably encountered a crisis. What used to be an easy score has now become extremely difficult.
Sawamura Eijun in the rest area reacted the fastest. He is very aware that at this time, if the players continue to hit like this.
I'm afraid it's going to be hard to get a score.
In that case, then ......
Hit and run!
Sawamura's determination is not insignificant, and he has already begun to use the usual tactics of the giants.
At this time, the veteran team of Qingdao High School no longer regarded the opponent in front of them as an ordinary junior brother, but as an opponent of the same level.
In fact, this kind of approach is very easy for new students to deal with. By conceding a point to get a game out, maybe they only need to lose one point in this game.
This is definitely an acceptable situation for new students.
If the freshman just wants to express himself and doesn't have too much luxury, that's enough.
But apparently, that was not what they were going to do. Or should I say that Okumura did not intend to do so.
Less loss is better than winning, Okumura has never thought of it that way.
Whenever Okumura stands on the court, his goal has never changed.
That's winning.
Even now, the gap between new students and old students is as huge as a chasm. He also never gave up on the ambition to win?
If you want to change the situation on the field now, you can't drop points in this game anyway. Or should it be said, only this one game does not drop points. It was the freshmen who found the possibility to turn the game around.
Therefore, in the face of Sawamura Eijun's 'release of water', Okumura Mitsushu did not choose to appreciate it. Instead, other actions were taken.
"Press it up!"
"Press it up !!"
Seeing Okumura's code, as his old partner, Tuoma suddenly understood and commanded the team to press up.
Not to mention that these freshmen are quite cooperative, they all pressed up one by one and adopted the front guard.
"Let them call, we'll stop you."
"Don't worry about playing in the outfield, we'll catch the ball."
Unconsciously, all the freshmen were like being beaten with chicken blood, and their fighting spirit suddenly increased a lot.
In the freshman's lounge area.
Seeing that the momentum of the team has changed, the eyes of the two freshmen have become combative.
One is Yohei Kuki.
Every pitcher must have his favorite partner, and Yohei Kuki did not directly participate in the selection of freshmen because of his injury before. Fortunately, he is a special student, and Takashima also left a place for him.
Otherwise, he probably won't even have a dormitory.
After entering the team, he set his sights on Okumura. Think Okumura is a good partner.
Now it seems that his vision is really not bad, although Okumura looks cold on the surface, but when it comes to the game, it is completely the opposite, and he is very enthusiastic.
Through the string of performances just now, he has shown the talent of that top pitcher.
The other one who was shaken was smoked by the well.
Originally, the young man thought that he was the first person to be the freshman catcher of Qingdao High School.
When Yukiichi also retires, he should be able to take over the position of the main catcher.
But now it seems that things are not so simple.
Mitsufune Okumura!
The teenager gave him a very big sense of threat.