Of course, Sawamura himself has nothing to do with Ku Komaki.

The intersection with Ku Komaki is Sawamura's friend in his previous life, Tsukita Xiao, and the alma mater of Tsukita Xiao Middle School is Ku Komaki. Kukomaki is a school jointly run by a middle school and a high school. It is famous in Hokkaido in whole and in the Kukomaki region in particular. (In the real world, the place name Tomakomaki is a city in Hokkaido.) Let's call Ku Xiaomu here, so it's easier to fight. ）

The distinction between soft balls and hard balls was mentioned earlier.

The hardball league, which is often referred to as the youth baseball, is generally centered in Tokyo and the Kanto region. Spread to Kansai, Shikoku and other regions.

The youth baseball team, that is, these teenagers who play hard ball, most of them exist in the form of ball balls.

This is the biggest difference between the hard ball league and the soft ball league.

Nine out of nine in the soft ball league are based on schools, and hard balls are based on ball clubs.

The ball ball is not a school, the ball ball is a place dedicated to teaching people to learn baseball, and the players pay a certain learning fee and then learn baseball with the ball group. Since the ball group is not based on the school, its members are naturally not bound by the school.

All you have to do is pay a fee and you can join the club. Players can join a team from one school or from several different schools.

The elites of several schools, gathered together, not to mention anything else, are much stronger than the soft ball league in this one.

In addition, the coaches of the ball team are more professional, and the training equipment is not comparable to ordinary middle school clubs.

Comparing the two, it is not too much to say that the hard ball league is professional and the soft ball league is amateur.

In terms of average strength, the teams in the hard ball league do have an absolute advantage.

Of course, a national hegemon like Yokozuna is the last team from more than 8,000 teams. Even if it is placed in the top teams of the hard ball league, it is estimated to be very competitive.

But such a team is always a minority in the soft ball league.

Of course, no matter how few are the few teams, there are still teams that can show their hands among the more than 8,000 teams in the country.

For example, Yokozuna, for example, Tenryuji, for example, Gunma, and then for Kukomaki.

Kukomaki is located in Hokkaido.

Hokkaido, the northernmost island of the island nation, has a cold climate and is sparsely populated. The total population of Hokkaido is just over 6 million, but because of the size of the area, there are many schools.

Because there are many schools, there are also more places in the Hokkaido National Competition, and they account for two places. (This is a policy to take care of, don't dig into it, it's definitely unreasonable.) ）

This time, Hokkaido will represent Hokkaido in the national competition, including Kukomaki Junior High School and Aoba Junior High School.

Both of these schools are famous. And another characteristic of Hokkaido's famous families is that their players will not be diverted because of the youth baseball players. To put it bluntly, Hokkaido is so vast and sparsely populated that pellets can't be opened at all. There are no ball club restrictions, and almost all of Hokkaido's best players are concentrated in their schools.

So don't look at Hokkaido's small population, but Hokkaido's famous family is still very competitive.

Ku Komaki and Qingye Middle School are all very famous teams in the country.

"Interesting!"

These things, in Sawamura's mind, flashed by.

Immediately after, he began to flip through Ku Komaki's information, which included an introduction to Ku Komaki's contestants.

Ace pitcher, No. 1, Oizumi.

Catcher, No. 2, Iwakura.

……

From the beginning to the end, I didn't find the name of Xiaogu Xiao.

"Is that guy out of the baseball club?"

Sawamura was a little sorry.

When they were in high school, Sawamura and Akira Shibuyani were brothers and sisters who trained together, and the two were both competitive and friends. When I was tired from the training camp, I chatted with each other consciously or unconsciously.

Akira Valley, who is silent with others, is willing to share his past with Sawamura later.

It was also at that time that Sawamura learned about the experience of Akira Tsukiya.

He was in Kukomaki Middle School in middle school, and because his ball speed was too fast for his teammates to catch his ball, he never participated in official competitions. It was also because he wanted to find someone who could catch his ball, so he was admitted to Qingdao High School through self-study.

Originally, Sawamura thought that the talent of Akira Tani was lowered. Even if the catcher can't catch his ball, just by hitting, Ku Komaki's coach won't give up on descending.

So seeing Ku Komaki as his opponent, Sawamura was very excited and thought that he could have a good exchange with his old friends.

Unexpectedly, the current Xiaogu has completely withdrawn from their school's baseball team!

It is conceivable that he must have been hiding under a certain bridge, stubbornly practicing pitching alone.

Xiao's love and desire for baseball and pitching is unimaginable to ordinary people.

Taking his eyes off his phone, Sawamura's eyes became extremely cold.

His current opponents are those guys who excluded Gu Xiao from the team because they couldn't catch the pitch?

"I don't know how to work hard, and I rely on my teammates to shoot too fast. God really doesn't have long eyes, such a guy who has no perseverance can even enter the national competition. ”

I complained in my heart.

At this time, Sawamura is still determined to avenge his friend.

Hokkaido Famous Gate!

Sawamura really didn't see it, starting with the Nagano Tournament, to the Kanto Tournament, and now to the national competition, there are five or six famous junior high schools in Akagi.

After the opening ceremony of the national competition, the next day.

Friday, August 4th, fine.

The competition between Akagi Junior High School and Hokkaido's famous Kukomaki is in full swing.

Now it's the first half of the second inning.

The score stayed at 0:0.

Before the game, Sawamura vowed to seek justice for his friend, but when he actually fought it, he realized that this matter was far from as simple as he thought.

Ku Komaki is very strong!

These players who came out of the ice and snow were extremely difficult.

Although the pitchers are not very strong, they are very well guarded.

In the first half of the second game, Ku Xiaomu attacked.

It was their turn to strike the fourth bat, the catcher, Iwakura.

Sawamura stood on the pitcher's mound and glanced at the sun overhead.

The heat is dead!

In such weather, if he keeps going all out, I'm afraid he won't be able to hold on at all.

Forget it, the big husband can bend and stretch.

There is nothing difficult in the world, as long as you are willing to give up.

Originally, Sawamura planned to strike out all the hitters of Ku Komaki and let their coach know what a top pitcher was, and after going back, he regretted why he didn't support Akira Tsukitani.

But now, Sawamura has changed his mind.

"Whoosh!"

Sawamura threw the ball, Ku Komaki's four sticks, and in the face of this ball, he decisively swung the bat.

"Ping!"

The little white ball was kicked high and flew towards the front of third base.

"Yamaguchi!"

Sawamura alerted Yamaguchi, who said yes, ran up to take the ball down, and then passed it to first base.

"Out!"

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