Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Game Begins (Fourth Update)
Fujifu would make such an assertion, of course, not because of his good relationship with the Qingdao High School baseball club.
As a senior national reporter, he can't do such a tasteless thing.
He really felt that the current Qingdao High School had the qualifications of a king.
The team itself has that kind of temperament.
"Please advise!"
"Please advise !!"
Players from both sides salute each other, and after a simple pitching adaptation, the game officially begins.
Before, Miyuki won the boxing and chose to let the opponent attack first.
This is of course also discussed.
Watanabe and Kataoka overseers believe that Shonan High School is a dark horse team, and now it is in full swing.
You can't be too hasty when you play against such an opponent. It's better to avoid its edge first, and let the other party explode first before speaking.
Wait until the other party's outburst is over and falls into weakness.
They then find the right opportunity to give the other party the most fatal blow.
It's something on a tactical level and it doesn't need to be understood by all the players. As long as a few core players who have mastered the rhythm of the game know it in their hearts.
So Sawamura and Miyuki's task is very simple, which is to stop all the opponent's attacks first.
As long as the opponent's attack is weak, their fierce momentum can't be beaten.
The balance of victory and defeat will definitely be tilted in favor of Qingdao.
In the rest area of Shonan High School.
Overseer Matt has a telescope in his hand and keeps scanning it with the telescope at Sawamura Eijun on the pitcher's mound.
"What is the Superintendent doing to you?"
The assistant coach felt embarrassed and went to his grandmother's house, so he stood up and tried to stop it.
Matt ignored it completely, he stared very intently at Sawamura's every move, as if he could see flowers from Sawamura's face.
"First bat, guerrilla, island."
As soon as the game began, Sawamura saw an acquaintance.
This island is the guy who played a bullfight with them the day before yesterday.
It's fast and the tricks are comprehensive.
Seeing the subtle knowledge, it is not too difficult for Sawamura to infer his style from which actions.
Since it is a speed type, it is bound to be possible to steal the base.
Sawamura turned his head to look at Kaedami, then at Kanemaru again.
The two of them immediately understood and quietly changed their positions.
Matt, who was holding a telescope in the rest area, narrowed his eyes in surprise.
Eijun Sawamura on the pitcher's mound has a very small range of movements. If Matt hadn't been holding the binoculars, he wouldn't have noticed.
Matt, who noticed this detail, didn't say a word. However, his fingers trembled slightly, and it seemed that his heart was far from being as calm as he seemed on the surface.
Kojima also noticed the change.
Although the first and third basemen did not fully adopt the strategy of driving forward and guarding.
That is, they did not run forward!
But the stance, they put it out. It also leaves enough buffer space for themselves to rush forward at any time.
It seems very difficult to steal a base in a short time.
What the specific difficulties are, Kojima himself can't say. This is a feeling of his own, or rather an intuition.
He trusts his instincts very much.
Since he has a bad premonition, it means that it will be difficult for him to succeed on base.
All that's left is to pick a four, or hit the ball out.
Kojima felt bad, as if he was being led by an invisible rope.
The saddest thing is that he found that he had no choice but to move on.
Baseball players who are familiar with Sawamura Eijun are naturally no strangers to the pitching of the Great Demon King.
They knew very well in their hearts that waiting for Sawamura Eijun to throw a bad ball was tantamount to a fool's dream.
Then the choice left to the island, it seems that only the last one remains.
That is to throw the ball thrown by Sawamura Eijun and hit him hard.
As long as the ball is hit, everything is easy to say.
Kojima was forced to do the only thing he could do.
Looking at Kojima in a head-to-head duel posture, Yukikazu in the catcher position had a somewhat cold smile on the corner of his mouth.
Well, the fish took the bait.
Now all this, of course, was designed in advance by him and Sawamura Eijun, with the purpose of forcing the other party to face them head-on.
Otherwise, if the opponent chooses four bads, Sawamura Eijun doesn't know how many more unjust balls to throw.
That's not cost-effective, it's better to seduce the other party to swing the stick.
It's easier to get out of the game this way, and you can get more out of it.
Sawamura on the pitcher's hill did not hesitate anymore when he saw Miyuki's code, but threw the ball directly.
I saw his right foot rise high, and then fell like a tomahawk. As his center of gravity shifts, his left hand swings like a whip while throwing the ball.
"Whoosh..."
Fast, like a bullet that comes out of nowhere. The speed that caught people off guard just appeared.
The island in the strike zone pursed his lips tightly.
Before the game, the legend about Sawamura Eijun had already filled his ears.
Sawamura's pitching was deduced thousands of times in his mind.
Originally, Kojima thought that he was mentally prepared enough. But when he really saw Sawamura Eisun's pitching, he was still very stunned.
I don't know why, the pitching of the big demon king in front of me doesn't seem to be as strong as rumored.
There's nothing wrong with being fast, but he's not completely out of the game.
If other pitchers had thrown balls of this quality, Kojima might have been impressed.
Think the other person is a very good pitcher.
It's very different from this kind of ball thrown from the hand of the great demon king Sawamura Eijun.
It doesn't seem to be that powerful.
Of course, this is just Kojima's own feelings.
Whether this is the case or not, he also needs to experiment before he can get the results.
Clenching the bat tightly in his hands with both hands, Kojima waved his bat as he watched the small white ball fly.
In the process of swinging the stick, the young man's heart was still full of apprehension. He was afraid that the Great Demon King's pitch would suddenly change unexpectedly.
The previous bullfighting competition left the guys with too much psychological trauma.
From time to time, he would think of the scene when Sawamura broke the ball at the end, and the three-pointer he threw as if nothing happened.
The few of them sat together and discussed for a long time.
came to a very incredible conclusion.
The reason why Sawamura didn't steal so many times before was not that he didn't have the ability to steal, but that he was waiting for the most appropriate moment.
This feeling is like facing a poisonous snake, and it is a poisonous snake that knows how to forbear.
It's a creepy feeling, a very, very bad one.
With such a criminal record, when Kojima fought with Sawamura Eijun, he naturally added 120,000 points of caution.
But it seems that he is overly worried.
The bat hits the white ball with precision and knocks it out.
"Ping!"
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