Chapter 6: Wizard (5th Gift to Magical Girl Nozomi Tojo)
In the fifth game of the game, the gap between the scores of the old team and the new team was already impossible to see.
Fortunately, now the friends of the freshman team have also figured it out, and they are no longer entangled in the score on the field, but only care about their own performance. In this way, the difference in strength between individuals is revealed, and now ninety percent of those left on the field are the original players who were not good.
18 of the 19 freshmen have already played, and the most outstanding performance is basically in line with everyone's original expectations.
The strength of Pu Chun and Xiao Mu is obviously a head higher than the others. Now, the two also have the highest scores.
They weren't able to score six points early and qualify early, just because they played later than the others and haven't gotten a chance yet. I believe that as long as there are two more games, the two will definitely be able to pass in advance.
And in Sawamura's own opinion, the strength of the two has also reached the level where they can play. It is completely possible to replace Cangyue and serve as his own substitute.
I don't know if these two people had already found a place for themselves in advance before they came to Akagi Middle School. But for the baseball team, the addition of the two is indeed a good addition. Although it is not a rebirth of the team, it does increase the strength of the team by one or two percent.
As for Wakana, no matter how childhood sweethearts are, the relationship is close. Sawamura has to admit that there is no way to compare the physical fitness of girls with boys. Especially now, when the age of thirteen or fourteen is the peak of boys' development, and the disadvantage of girls is becoming more and more obvious.
Now it's no longer appropriate to continue to let Wakana be the main force of the team, after all, Akagi is no longer the grassroots team that was just created at the beginning, and Wakana is not the kind of female man who is one in a hundred and has better physical fitness than boys.
She had to move on to a team manager.
For such a change, Wakana herself is also happy to accept it. It's really hard for her to have her fight on the court with a group of boys. If it weren't for Sawamura, a childhood sweetheart, Wakana would never have done this.
The orientation game is even more boring than Sawamura imagined.
Under the leadership of Sawamura, the old students were a bloody abuse to the new students. Even though they weren't much better than the freshmen, they had fought with Tenryuji Junior High School and Nagano Metropolitan Junior High School in the first place.
With such confidence, cooperation and tacit understanding.
On the other side, as the opponent's new life, it is limited to the rules, and it cannot form an effective combination of attack and defense, so it can only fight separately.
Under the influence of one another, it is not surprising that the old blood abuses the new life.
Among the new students, the only one who showed some interest to Sawamura was probably their catcher.
On the court, the only player who can hold on from the beginning of the game to the present is their catcher. The other starters, including the original two Little League players, were all knocked down.
This kid was a catcher, he made almost no mistakes, he was very good at catching the ball, but at the same time he didn't cooperate with the pitcher and got strikeouts.
They didn't concede a point and never scored.
If that's all there is to it, then it would be easy for him to be eliminated.
According to the rules set by Sawamura, it only takes one strikeout to lose three points, and two rounds of line play are enough to get him out.
But when this kid hits, it's also very ghostly. If it was a normal swing blow, it would be impossible for him to touch Sawamura with his striking strength.
So at the beginning of the blow, this kid completely gave up the normal blow.
He used all the short hits, so that even if he hit the rolling ball, he would only lose two points, and if he was lucky enough to be stopped by the guards, he would lose one point.
And this guy took the initiative to ask to play first.
Everyone is not stupid, and the one who plays first will naturally suffer a loss. He took advantage of this and completed the exchange with the ninth baton drawn from the lot.
In the fifth inning, the guy only lost a total of four points.
Although he has the lowest score of the nine people on the pitch at the moment, he has been the longest.
As far as Sawamura's own feelings are concerned, he really doesn't like such people. It feels like such a guy is generally very calculating. And Sawamura itself is a natural character, and for those who like to calculate, there is a natural resistance.
"What's your name?"
Although he didn't appreciate the other party's personality very much, Sawamura took the initiative to ask his name when he stood in the strike zone.
Senior Feng Xiang is about to graduate. For Akagi Middle School, they urgently need a catcher to replenish.
As the captain and direct leader of the team, it is necessary for Sawamura to find a successor for Fengxiang.
The guy in front of him, although he is immature, feels like a good catcher seedling.
"Hello senior!"
The young man was a little flattered, and stammered with his mouth open, "Jun Matsumoto, my name is Jun Matsumoto, senior." β
Profound!
Sawamura nodded noncommittally, and then continued to ask nonchalantly, "How long have you been playing baseball?" β
Jun Matsumoto seemed a little embarrassed and only stretched out three fingers.
Three years?
Sawamura frowned subconsciously.
Although it is said that Jun Matsumoto performed well in receiving the ball. But if he has been practicing baseball for three years, it means that he has been playing baseball since the third grade of primary school, and he has been playing until now, and he still shows such immaturity that he knows nothing other than catching the ball.
That's not enough!
There are only two possibilities for such a result, the first is that he practices less and doesn't like it very much; The second is that he has no talent......
And these two are precisely dead ends, no matter which reason, Sawamura has no way to tolerate it.
Feeling a little unwilling, Sawamura asked.
"Three years?"
If Jun Matsumoto had given his head, Sawamura would have kicked him out of his list without hesitation.
Matsumoto shook his head.
Sawamura instantly felt that his breathing was a lot shorter.
"Three months?"
When he said these three words, Sawamura's voice trembled slightly.
If Jun Matsumoto has only practiced for three months, then he is definitely a good seedling.
Catching the ball looks simple, but it's also talented.
This time, Jun Matsumoto shook his head again.
Sawamura was already a little afraid to guess.
"Three weeks?"
Shake oneβs head!
"Three days?"
When he said three days, Sawamura himself was skeptical.
If you hadn't been in the Dalian League, you would have seen all kinds of geniuses from all over the world.
Sawamura said that he would not believe that someone could catch the ball from three different pitchers in three days without making mistakes.
"The third time!"
This time, Jun Matsumoto finally gave the answer.
Sawamura looked at him stupidly, his eyes wide.
I'll go, Wizard!