Chapter 42: Spring Finals
April 28, fine.
In the Jingu stadium, gongs and drums are noisy, firecrackers are ringing, pennants are displayed, and people are crowded......
Today is the final of the Tokyo Spring Tournament, and two teams from West Tokyo will go head-to-head to determine the champion of the Spring Tournament.
Every year when it comes to this spring contest, it's always the time when popularity is at its lowest. Not to mention that compared with the fierce competition of the semi-finals, even compared with the 1/4 finals, it is a lot worse.
In fact, it is no wonder that these teams in Tokyo are snobbish.
It's really the champion of this Tokyo Spring Contest, and for them it's the same as chicken ribs, and it's a pity to discard it.
Especially from the perspective of the whole of Tokyo, this competition is even more harmful.
On the first day of the finals, there will definitely be a lot of teams from other regions to scout for information. In the period when the Kanto Convention is about to begin, it will be a major loss for Tokyo to leak all the information of the two teams in Tokyo.
That's one thing.
In terms of honor, the gold content of this championship is really equivalent to nothing.
The team that can reach this position generally does not care about this dispensable championship.
Of course, this size is also a champion, if you can get this championship without effort and without damaging your own interests, everyone will not refuse.
Everyone is a smart person, and gradually in the Tokyo area, such a convention has been formed, that is, who has the stronger momentum and who is stronger in the two teams in the final, and naturally the championship will fall into whose family. Everyone is on the bench, which means that they don't have any real skills.
This does not harm the interests of Tokyo as a whole, but also ensures the interests of both teams.
Everyone was happy.
Of course, the fans were not happy at the beginning, but when it came to the finals, it was the least lively, and the fans were certainly not happy.
Later, after a long time, the fans gradually got used to this.
People don't care about their own honor, why are you a fan in a hurry?
In this way, it seems that the final of the Tokyo Grand Prix is not very interesting.
But that was before, and it's different now.
The two teams that reached the finals this year are definitely worth watching, one is King Qingdao High School.
The appeal of this Qingdao High School is so terrifying, even if it is a non-important competition, it can attract 10,000 people.
Not to mention the level of competition in the Spring University Finals, the audience even sat the entire Jingu Stadium.
With so much fan support, coupled with the aura of the king on the back of Qingdao High School, will Qingdao High School dare in this game?
Joke!
Even if it's Kataoka Supervisor, he doesn't want to leak too much information about the team. And I will never give away the victory to others easily.
That's one thing.
If Qingdao High School is a shaved picker with a hot head, it won't be of much use.
If his opponent has no intention of competing for the championship, Seido High School will not be able to exert its strength even if it wants to.
Not to mention that Qingdao High School is not willing to show his strength too much.
They're not stupid, and they're about to have a Kanto convention, so there's nothing to do in this place.
If the opponent is a normal giant, this game has hardly any controversial value.
But unfortunately, this time it was not the giants who reached the final, but the dark horses.
All the big teams hate dark horses!
In addition to the unknown strength, there is also a very important factor, that is, the dark horse's thirst for victory is far from being matched by other teams.
For Qingdao High School, this championship is tasteless and a pity to abandon.
They just had to fight for the win because of their position as kings and the pressure from the fans around them.
What if Qingdao High School won this championship?
That's a joke.
Will Qingdao High School be scolded if it loses this championship?
Not necessarily!
In this case, how much fighting spirit do these players in the baseball club of Seido High School have? I'm afraid it's an unknown......
This is still the king's green road, and it has been replaced by other wealthy families? I'm afraid it's even worse.
It's impossible for them to do everything they can for such a title.
But this is not the case at all for the dark horse team. For them, every step forward is making history, and if they can win the Tokyo Championship, what more glorious history could there be?
It is estimated that the champion's trophies are all locked in their school's honor room.
In this case, is it possible that the players are not desperate?
Seido High School and Yakushi High School.
Both teams have reasons to play with all their might and reasons to quit the game......
The crowd was looking forward to the results, so they came all the way to watch the game.
Fujio, a veteran reporter for Baseball Kingdom magazine, also came to the scene with his assistant Akiko Owada.
Listening to the chattering fans around them, it seems that they have been able to take the place of the supervisors of the two teams and direct the game.
Some people say that the two teams are bound to be a hot PK with all their might.
It is also said that it is inevitable that the two teams will not be able to expose their strength too much in front of their future opponents, and they will definitely have something to hide.
In short, there is everything to say.
Owada Akiko was confused when she heard this, and she looked at her seniors with puzzlement.
Although Fujifu's analysis is sometimes not so accurate, it is always theoretical.
It's not like these fans around me have everything they say, and there's no basis at all.
Fujio groaned as he watched the game that was about to begin, and at the same time expressed his own opinion.
"I don't think both teams are really going to give it their all here!"
This sentence basically sets the tone for everything.
In fact, the probability of both teams going all out is really small.
As the opponents of the finals, Seido High School and Yakushi High School are definitely opposed.
But from the standpoint of the whole of Tokyo, after they arrive at the Kanto Convention, the two teams will form a teammate relationship again.
Both opponents and teammates.
It is impossible to do this without a certain tacit understanding.
Supervisor Kataoka and head coach Thunder Zang must have their own plans, and they will inevitably try their own things.
While testing the opponent's bottom line, he put out his own chips.
Weigh the meaning of this game by constantly fighting each other.
And do you need to fight hard to win the championship?
"It's a confrontation between two overseers!"
Fujifu suddenly said such a sentence without a head.
Owada Akiko looked at him puzzled.
Fujifu didn't say anything more, and watched the game intently.
In the rest area of Qingdao High School, the players have already warmed up, and at this time, the high school will send the list over.
Seeing the opponent's starting list, the faces of the players in the baseball club of Qingdao High School became strange one by one.
Shameless!
The superintendent of the Thunder Treasure of the Medicine High School is really too shameless to play such a conspiracy.
Coach Ochiai, who was touching his chin and mustache, groaned for a while, and said with a sneer.
"Although the other party's supervisor is very popular in professional baseball, he is a rookie after all and doesn't understand the rules at all. At this time, if you want to ensure victory, you can only play with all the main forces! ”
It seems that the starting lineup of Yakushi High School made the coach of Seido High School very unhappy.
The big guy is also curious, and he can't help but look around.
And then they saw that long list of names.
The first baton catcher, Kazuma Akiba
……
Third pitcher, Mishima!
Fourth baseman, third baseman, Boom City!
Fifth baseman, first baseman, Sanada!!
……
According to the original rules of the Tokyo Grand Finals, everyone should be on the bench in today's game.
Even if you want to show your strength, at most, you will only be half of the main force and half of the substitutes.
Give each other room to operate.
But if the pharmacist obviously didn't plan to do so, they would go straight out with all their strength.
None of the nine players on the pitch were substitutes, all of them were starters.
The only thing that deserves to be gratified by Aodo is that Sanada Shunhei did not stand on the pitcher mound, but went to first base.
This seems to be the attitude of Yakushi High School.
Look, none of our aces are on the pitcher's hill.
We've definitely retained our strength......
The contestants of Qingdao High School suddenly had a feeling of being dumb and eating coptis chinensis, and they had a feeling of bitterness that they couldn't say.
They were genuinely sending out half of the main force and half of the substitutes.
They just went out with all the main forces of shamelessness.
Miyuki smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"The other party's supervisor is not a good person!"
This sentence is too profound, and the focus is no longer on three words.
Superintendent Kataoka of Seido High School, of course, is not so honest, according to the general tacit understanding. He should have put all the substitutes on the pitch.
But considering the possible surprises, I don't want to lose too many points at the beginning and fall too far behind in the situation.
Superintendent Kataoka directly changed his strategy and played half as a substitute and half as a main player.
In this way, even if the other party wants to play any conspiracy, Qingdao High School has enough time and strength to maneuver.
Self-supervision, in fact, is shameless enough.
But Pharmacist High School is more shameless.
And when they do this, it's a bit of a forced palace. It is clear that the whole force of the carriage and horses will fight!
The meaning is already obvious, I will play with all the main forces, if you have the ability, you will also play with all the main forces, and if we can't do it, we will withdraw.
Otherwise, sorry, we took the championship.
Bang Lei Zang's seemingly showdown move really gave Qingdao High School a big problem.
"Overseer?"
Hearing the friends of the high school baseball team, everyone looked at Kataoka with eager eyes, waiting for their own supervisor to give instructions.
"Three points!"
Superintendent Kataoka groaned and spat out two words heavily.
Three points!
That's the limit of his patience.
If Yakushi High School bites his mouth and doesn't relax, Superintendent Kataoka decides to give the other party a color look.
If the other party can repent of it.
Then he doesn't mind, he has to be forgiving and forgiving.
To put it bluntly, he didn't plan to play all the main forces at the beginning.
First of all, he didn't think it was necessary, and he was confident in his group of substitutes.
Again, he also thinks that the timing is not very good......