Chapter Forty-Nine: The Old Fox's Calculations
For this final, Akagi's friends discussed until nine o'clock in the evening before they had more detailed countermeasures.
The next day, the friends gathered in high spirits and went to Matsumoto Stadium to participate in the finals.
Although he has made up his mind, he will give the victory of this game to Tenryuji Middle School. But acting, you always have to act like something, not only to show that Akagi has enough strength, but also to show that Akagi is not too much of a threat to the uncles of other counties.
This degree must be grasped well.
Otherwise, if it was just to discuss how to concede victory to the opponent, Akagi Middle School would not have spent so much effort. The rest of the time, almost all of Sawamura teamed up with Sano and Wada to do ideological work for his friends.
It is much more difficult to let a group of teenagers who are eager for victory and honor know how to make trade-offs than to instigate them to fight bravely against strong enemies. Fortunately, Sawamura's prestige is enough, and Mr. Wada's eloquence is also good. This calmed the little guys and fooled them about how they would not be affected when they played tomorrow.
In fact, it is Sawamura who really masters this degree, as long as he lets go, it will be a matter of time before Akagi loses points.
It's just a pity that Sawamura can't do this kind of thing, as long as he stands on the pitcher's mound, he will definitely go all out to pursue victory. In order to ensure that there are no accidents, Akagi's arrangement for this game is to let the first-year substitute pitcher Komaki take the lead, and then Sawamura will be the outfielder!
Don't look at the simple position swap, Akagi's overall strength has dropped by more than half. Offense aside, in terms of defense alone, Sawamura as a pitcher and Komaki as a pitcher are two completely different teams.
It's not easy to play against the national-level Tenryu Temple, and the Akagi Middle School baseball team is ready to train with Tenryu Temple and Nanami Haruka in line with the principle of not wasting it.
Half an hour before the start of the game, the seats on Matsumoto Stadium were full.
Outside the stadium, several tourists who did not know the situation asked the people around them suspiciously.
"Is it a high school or college competition today, why is it so lively? Didn't Matsumoto Stadium say it could accommodate tens of thousands of people? ”
The stadium of tens of thousands of people was full of voices.
Such a movement naturally makes people wonder, and it is reasonable to have such speculation.
"That's not it, it's a middle school competition."
"A competition for middle school students?"
Tourists are stunned, even in the fierce battle zone, the competition of middle school students is not so popular, right?
The local tour guide in Nagano Prefecture smiled to himself: "This is a matter of course, the confrontation between the old and new kings is naturally concerned." ”
The old king Tianlong Temple, as well as the former first pitcher Nanami Haruka. The new aristocrat Akagi, and the current No. 1 pitcher, Eijun Sawamura. The fierce collision of the two rising stars is naturally exciting.
It's just a pity that these fans and spectators will inevitably be disappointed.
Akagi is okay, their announced starting lineup is not much different from before. At most, Sawamura switched from the pitcher position to the outfielder position.
And Komaki replaced Sawamura as the team's pitcher.
But Tenryu Temple is different, seeing the first list of Tenryu Temple, Sawamura almost vomited blood.
Pitchers, catchers, infielders, outfielders, there are no half-familiar figures. Substitute, substitute, or substitute!!
Sawamura frowned and looked at the cowshed at Tenryuji Middle School.
The old man, Hiromitsu Yamano, nodded very kindly at Sawamura and said hello.
"What does that mean?"
Wada looked puzzled in the direction of Tianlongji Middle School and asked strangely.
Tianlong Temple just ended the Wenchen Cup, but the performance was very good. They don't seem to have a reason to hide their strength, right? What is the effect of hiding it? The national competition of the Wenchen Cup is videotaped throughout the whole process.
It's not easy to study them.
Sawamura's face was very ugly, even angry: "This old fox! ”
Wada and Sano looked at Sawamura inexplicably, they also knew that in baseball, their ability was comparable to Sawamura. Sawamura probably already knows the old fox Hiromitsu Yamano's plans!
"It's not the other counties he's wary of, it's us."
Sawamura's voice was very cold: "The championship of Nagano is still of some value to us, but to Tenryuji, it is nothing. I thought that as the super kings of Nagano Prefecture, they would never give up the championship of the prefectural tournament. That knows, I really overestimated the cheekiness of the old man in the mountains. They don't have the consciousness of kings at all. In the face of us, who were likely to fight at the Kanto Conference and even the whole country, they chose to back down without hesitation. Don't think this is a good thing, Tianlong Temple is just waiting for an opportunity to step on us and make it impossible for us to turn over. ”
The prefectural competition, even if Tenryuji defeated Akagi, would not have a substantial impact on Akagi. Tenryuji is still likely to meet Akagi at the Kanto Conference and even the national tournament in the future. As a sworn enemy of the same county, if you can trample Akagi under your feet and make Akagi never turn over, Tenryuji will certainly not be weak.
In fact, from last fall, Akagi Junior High School frontal hard steel Nagano Metropolitan Junior High School, although in the end was lost. However, the strength of Akagi Middle School can still compete with Nagano Metropolis without falling behind.
From then on, Tenryuji regarded Akagi as his most threatening opponent. It was also from that time that the old man Yamano began to formulate tactics against Akagi.
The tactics they have come up with with so hard will naturally not want to be wasted on this unrelated and equally painful final. Especially if they don't want to be exposed to Akagi too early, they still count on using this tactic to trample Akagi under their feet so that Akagi will never turn over.
Of course, the old fox's calculations are not just like that. Don't look at the substitutes sent by others, but Tianryu Temple is strong here, even if everyone comes off the bench, it is not easy for Akagi to win.
In addition to Sawamura and Fengxiang, the main force of Akagi Middle School is actually at a loss compared to the substitute ratio of Tenryu Temple.
Tianlongsi Middle School is a traditional strong team, and their substitutes are also selected from dozens of members. And most of these people have been in contact with baseball since childhood.
Their strength is much stronger than that of Akagi's partners.
If Sawamura were a pitcher, he could almost crush them. But if Sawamura doesn't make a move, Akagi may not be able to eat this pie delivered to the door.
Looking up, there were more than a dozen cameras around him, and Sawamura's face became more and more ugly.
The old fox not only dragged Tianlong Temple out of the quagmire, but also pitted Akagi by the way.
At this time, Akagi was in a dilemma.
"Cut, the original plan remains the same. I want to see what kind of moths can be produced in Tianlong Temple. ”
Sawamura's face turned cold.
Since this champion is not wanted by Tianlong Temple, then he wants it. And he not only wants this championship, but also makes the old fox's plan frustrated.