The top four in the country are out!

Here, there are a lot of dark horses.

Qingfang Middle School was not well-known before, but Kaicheng Middle School is very good, and it is one of the top ten middle schools in the country. But this is not talking about baseball, but a simple famous school, and when it comes to baseball, it is even inferior to Qingfang.

In this way, the two schools each eliminated strong opponents and entered the top four in the country.

What's the big news?

That's it!

But no one paid attention to such big news. All people's eyes were drawn to another thing.

"The king of youth baseball surprised to appear in the national competition!"

"The Little Prince of Tokyo joins Saikyo."

"A high-profile collision of soft and hard balls."

"The Little Prince of Tokyo VS the Great Demon King of Nagano!"

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Although the giant Yokozuna Middle School was eliminated, it was replaced by the stronger Xijing Middle School. The most important thing is that the head-to-head duel between Sawamura and Narumiya is like a battle for the strongest pitcher in the country.

Stimulate! Enjoyable!!

Shrouded in such news, who has the heart to care about any dark horse?

In fact, apart from the two teams' own classmates and relatives, there are really not many people in the country who care about them.

The next day, all the news about the national tournament was Akagi and Saikyo, Sawamura and Narimiya Naru.

The baseball club of Saikyo Middle School.

Coach Yamamoto is chattering about Akagi Junior High School, especially about Sawamura.

"Akagi Junior High School don't have a lot of attacking power, just look at their scores. In addition to scoring seven points in the first game, they scored very limited points in the second and third games. A total of three points! ”

"So we don't have to worry too much about the lineup of the Akagi Middle School baseball team. What we need to pay attention to is how to attack the pitcher in front of us. ”

As Yamamoto spoke, Sawamura's image appeared on the projector screen behind him.

"So far in the national tournament, I've played every game, kept a clean sheet in every game, and haven't allowed a hitter to hit a single hit. Ace pitcher, Eijun Sawamura. Your most important task now is to think about how to get points from Akagi's hands. ”

Coach Yamamoto said passionately and generously, but Narumiya didn't put his mind on it.

His mind couldn't help but go back to the moment after the game.

After the game, I was interviewed by reporters.

Narumiya began to follow the large group and walked towards the bus back to school.

Since the national tournament is held in Tokyo, Saikyo Middle School, as the host, does not have to rent a hotel.

It's good for them to live in their own school.

Not only is the environment better here, but it can also be used to practice tactics more confidentially.

In the process of the departure of the large army, Narumiya fell at the back of the line.

After all, he has just joined this team, and he has not yet mingled with the other players in this team.

Although there is Narumiya Ming, Xijing is closer to the throne of the national overlord. But people are always weird.

When Tokuichiro was a pitcher, although the players in Xijing disliked Tokuichiro's pitching and dragged the team back, they hated to have a good pitcher to replace Tokuichiro all day long.

But when this pitcher really appeared, they didn't just feel sorry for Tonichiro.

Anyway, Toriichiro is a teammate who has played with them for three years?

On one side is victory, on the other side is friends. If you choose victory, you will inevitably be ashamed of your friends.

Everyone unconsciously alienated Cheng Gongming, not that they really had an opinion on Cheng Gongming, but there was no way to convince them.

In such a situation, it is not surprising that Cheng Gongming is alone.

"Soft balls, how do they feel when you hold them?"

Cheng Gong Ming fell at the back of the line, and at this time, someone suddenly approached him behind him and asked with a smile.

As soon as Cheng Gongming turned around, he happened to see a very heroic little boy.

The height is one meter seven upwards, a little taller than Cheng Gong Ming. He was clean and wore a baseball cap.

"Are you, Eijun Sawamura?"

The boy on the other side was stunned, obviously Narumiya Narumi could recognize him at a glance, which surprised him.

At this time, Narumiya also came back to his senses and recalled Sawamura's problem.

Soft balls, how do they feel to hold?

Uncomfortable, of course!

Speaking of this, Cheng Gongming was aggrieved.

Because he has been on the best youth baseball team, Nari Miyaki really hasn't touched soft balls before, and this time he had the opportunity to study it carefully.

Soft balls are really different from hard balls!

This one is different, for pitchers, there are two. One is the feel, which is mysterious to say, but the fact is that the soft ball lacks the feel compared to the hard ball.

The most direct manifestation of this is the speed of the ball.

The fastest ball speed of Narumi Narumiya's hard ball is 14!

But after switching to soft balls, his ball speed dropped by an average of one to three kilometers.

There is also a suture, the suture of the hard ball can have different changes due to different grips. Soft balls, there is no such benefit.

"Amateur, too amateur!"

In Cheng Gongming's view, the soft ball is a prop, and it's okay to hone the straight ball and ball speed, and forget the rest.

It was also from that time that he would think more highly of Haruka Nanami.

Haruka Nanami, who can throw a high-drop curveball with a soft ball, is definitely qualified to be his opponent in Narumiya's opinion.

On the contrary, for Sawamura, whose name is better than Nanami Haruka, Narumiya doesn't care so much.

After all, Sawamura uses soft balls, and after changing the hard balls, whether his pitching characteristics can be brought into play is a matter of two questions.

I didn't expect Sawamura to ask him that?

Thinking deeper, has Sawamura started practicing hard balls?

"I'm afraid this guy is more troublesome than I thought."

With such a judgment, Narumiya's attitude towards Sawamura also changed. It's no longer as easy as it used to be, it's become solemn.

"Your teammates are gone, won't you catch up?"

After Sawamura asked that sentence, he didn't say anything more, turned around and left in a dashing manner, leaving Narumiya Narumi with a big back of his head.

He originally wanted to catch up with Narumiya, and in any case, Narumiya Naruto was the first Tokyo friend Sawamura met in this life.

But when they really met, Sawamura didn't know what to say.

It's okay, then let's say it on the field.

They are still more accustomed to communicating with baseball than with words.

Narumiya looked at Sawamura's distant back and muttered in his heart.

"This guy isn't sick in the brain, is he?"

After coming up, I first asked myself the difference between soft balls and hard balls, and then I left inexplicably.

Neuropathy!

Subconsciously, his body trembled, and Cheng Gong Ming bent his waist and caught up with the team in front of him.

At that time, Narumiya Nari was still very sorry, he was afraid that he would not have a chance to fight against Nanami Haruka.

After all, Tianlong Temple has unexpectedly lost to Kaicheng Middle School and stopped in the quarterfinals!