In the position of the catcher, Chris looked at the small white ball behind him in disbelief.

He couldn't help but think of what he had just seen.

The gloves and body cover the left hand of the pitcher, so that he can't see Sawamura's release point at all, so that when the ball is thrown, it looks so fast. And as far as Chris's own feeling goes, Sawamura's ball isn't just as fast as it looks.

With the new pitching stance, Sawamura's ball speed should have really improved. Exactly, Chris does not know, but as far as his own position from the catcher is concerned, it is not less than one hundred and forty-five.

I originally thought that the ball of 135 kilometers soared to 145, and the speed increased by 10 kilometers, so it is no wonder that Chris will not adapt to the first ball.

To explain here, it's not that Sawamura's ball speed is really 145 kilometers, his pitching is not that fast. It's just that because you can't see the release point, the catcher will feel that the ball is faster than expected. That's what Chris is talking about.

Whether it's a hitter or a catcher, you start preparing from the pitcher holding the ball in his hand. Although the ball is in the player's hand at first, the timing and speed of the ball can already be judged by the swing of the arm.

Sawamura is different, because his arms are naturally soft, and after adopting a pitching position that covers the wall, his entire left-handed pitching action is obscured by the glove and chest of his right hand, so that the hitter can not see his release point at all.

If a hitter wants to hit his ball, he must wait for the ball to be shot before judging the timing. In this way, it is natural to see that Sawamura's ball speed is much faster than the real ball speed. (The effect is the same.) ）

These things were only momentary in Chris's mind.

But this moment frightened both Sawamura and Miyuki.

The two hurriedly stepped forward.

"Master, it's okay."

"Chris-senpai?"

They thought Chris, who had just recovered, had a recurrence of his injury.

"I'm fine!"

Looking at the concerned eyes of the two, Chris was moved in his heart, but on the surface he didn't say a word of thanks.

"One more goal!"

After talking to Sawamura, he said to Miyuki again: "Miyuki, you also stand behind me and take a look, after all, you are still the main catcher of the First Army." ”

That's a lot of information!

Miyuki understood two meanings, one was this ball, he had to watch it in advance to catch it? The second is that he is still the main catcher of the First Army, and the focus is on the present.

is worthy of Chris's seniors, sure enough!

Seeing that Chris was fine, Sawamura was also relieved.

Then he followed the pitching stance he had just made and threw the second ball.

"Smack!"

This ball, Chris caught it steadily.

"Worthy of a master!"

Sawamura excitedly gave Chris a thumbs up, and Chris smiled and nodded.

Neither mentioned what the situation was or what the beaters were.

The most important thing at the moment is to catch the ball.

Just like the imaginary duel just now, Chris and Sawamura have already lost.

Two outs, runner third base, if Chris missed, Porter would have run straight back to home plate.

The master and apprentice are also face-saving people, how can they mention such a shameful thing?

The cooperation between the two is tacit, but Yu Xing is a little dumbfounded.

Damn, this ball looks so fast and so hard to catch on the front?

"Aren't you doing a good job of covering the wall? Why was it that when I used to use a towel, I was always absent-minded? ”

At this time, Kataoka suddenly appeared out of nowhere, startling Sawamura.

Boss, you can't joke like that, people are scary, they will scare people to death.

Facing Kataoka's iceberg face wearing sunglasses, Sawamura really didn't know for a while, how he was going to explain.

He can't tell Kataoka that he was deliberately imitating beginners in order to satisfy Kataoka's self-esteem, right?

If he said that, it is estimated that Kataoka, who was annoyed and angry, would have let him run until the end of the practice without mercy.

Sawamura himself was silent, and at this time, a voice suddenly came out and saved him.

"It should be the feel, when Sawamura pitches, he has a feel when he holds a baseball in his hand, and if you use a towel, you may not be comfortable with it."

Chris said.

Sawamura felt that his eyes suddenly opened up, worthy of his own master, and he was so good at talking nonsense. (Chris: I didn't.) ）

"That's it, that's it!"

He hurriedly borrowed the slope to get off the donkey.

Kataoka paused, nodded, and believed Chris's statement: "Don't practice too much, a group of twenty balls, and five sets of just practice." ”

Since Sawamura doesn't feel like practicing with a towel, it's better to use the ball directly.

As long as you can learn it, Kataoka won't be entangled in this. Of course, the number of pitches should not be excessive.

Kataoka asked, and left in style.

Sawamura let out a sigh of relief, and he was with Kataoka, his nerves were too tense.

"Miyuki, you're going to give it a try."

After receiving five or six balls, Chris stood up and gave up his position to Miyuki.

"Good!"

Miyuki was not polite either, and squatted down directly.

"Partner, come on."

Miyuki shouted excitedly at Sawamura.

In the pitching position, Sawamura subconsciously felt a faint chill in his back. Such an enthusiastic royal luck always gives people a very bad feeling, feeling like this kid is going to play some kind of conspiracy.

Of course, Sawamura knew that this was impossible, but Miyuki's personality was too bad, and no matter what he did, Sawamura couldn't feel any kindness from him.

Still, Sawamura didn't say anything. In his heart, he still wants to pitch with Miyuki.

"Whoosh!"

The baseball flew in, and Miyuki opened his glove and confiscated it in his own.

"Smack!"

Until the ball entered the glove, Miyuki's eyes could not hide the shock. Catch the ball of Zemura, and there is still a lot to look at.

"This Saturday, after the semi-finals of the Spring Tournament, the whole team is free to make arrangements. We had a showdown with Sawamura at that time, and I want you to come too. ”

After Miyuki receives the ball, Chris extends an invitation to Miyuki.

"Aren't you a good partner?"

Miyuki looked at Chris in bewilderment.

"In addition to crouching in the catcher position to catch Sawamura's ball, I also want to be in the strike zone and see what Sawamura's ball looks like."

Chris said it naturally.

"After all, I'm also a member of the third grade!"

It's been two years since that matchup, but in the third grade, he hasn't passed.

How much have they improved in the past two years in Qingdao?

There's no better litmus test than Zemura!

"Good!"

Faced with Chris's invitation, Miyuki agreed without much hesitation.

Although he is not a person like Kuramochi who doesn't watch the excitement and will die, but the third-year senior VS Sawamura's battle of the century, he doesn't want to miss it anyway.

"But the coach won't agree."

Sawamura's strength is a period of rapid growth, and as long as Kataoka's brain circuits are normal, he will not agree to let the third-year hitter face Sawamura now. Why do you have to wait for Sawamura's strength to fall into a bottleneck......

"This is a private duel, and it was Sawamura himself who proposed it."

Chris didn't know that when Jun Izashaki told him, the plot had been cut. Later, it was Sawamura who took the initiative to be true, and at first it was not the third-grade senior that Sawamura took the initiative to find.