The day before the end of Golden Week, the players of the first team of the baseball club of Seongdo High School got on the bus and prepared to return to Seongdo High School.

They had played six practice games before, and these six practice games had a very special meaning for the players of the baseball club of Seido High School.

Originally, they thought that with their level, those national giants who were not the top were no longer qualified to fight with them.

It's not one or two people who think so, but there are many people who think this way.

As the media said, this is an era that belongs to Tokyo, an era that belongs to Seido High School.

The surrounding media are so touted, and the surrounding partners are so muttering.

Gradually, everyone took this as a fact.

They habitually enjoy everything that the king brings.

And these six practice matches were like a heavy slap on the face of the Qingdao High School player.

None of the six teams that played practice games with them were the top giants in the country, and their strength was only upstream in the country at best.

But even they all have their own characteristics.

There were even two teams that caused a lot of trouble for Qingdao High School.

Whether it's Feilian University, or maybe I met Baimayuan University later.

The comprehensive strength of these two teams, compared with Qingdao High School, is not half a star.

As a result, because there were two star players in the team, it had a very big impact on Seido High School.

In those two games, Qingdao High School played very hard. Judging from the results, Seido High School seems to have a big advantage.

But those who have actually watched the game probably don't think so.

If those two teams have a bit of luck, they might be able to give Qingdao High School a blow.

To put it bluntly, when Qingdao High School competes with others, there is a risk of being killed.

This is not the top team in the country, let alone the top team in the country.

A team like them can pose this kind of threat to Qingdao High School.

How many such teams are there in the country?

Not to mention those top national giants who can compete with Qingdao High School, how many teams are there?

Count in line, if not a hundred, at least eighty.

A wealthy family with the top strength in the country, counting on your fingers, you can't count it on ten fingers.

Seido High School wants to go from so many schools to the end, I'm afraid it's really not that easy.

"It is said that it is easy to fight the country, but it is difficult to sit on the country. The road ahead for us to defend our national title will probably be much tougher than it was in the spring. ”

Yukiichi also felt it.

"If we weren't lucky, we would have been out of the tournament in the fall. As for Koshien in spring, I'm afraid we didn't even qualify for the competition. It's never been that simple across the country. ”

Although Sawamura has won many national victories, he has never underestimated this title.

Thinking about the strength of the Akagi Junior High School baseball team, they reached the third grade without losing the main team.

Didn't you lose the autumn contest in the same way?

'No matter how tough it is, all we can do is play every game.'

Yoichi Kuramochi is more open.

Some things can only be taken one step at a time, and now I think too much about it, and it is useless at all.

The three of them sat at the back of the bus, and when they chatted, there were also a lot of friends gathered around.

But the topic of the three people, the others can't interject at all.

Before they knew it, the three of them had become the spiritual leaders of Qingdao High School. It's not just about their game, it's about the future of the team.

At the front of the bus, the assistant coach also muttered something to Superintendent Kataoka.

"Yui Xun still has a lot of potential, although he had some unpleasantness when he partnered with Shizuya. But when partnering with Sawamura Eijun, he performed very well. ”

The fifth game, which was the match against Hakubahara.

Although because of the encounter with Xiaopandun Muto Mountain, Qingdao High School's attack encountered unprecedented resistance. After nine games, it was only five points.

But on the garrison.

Yui Xun cooperated quite well with Sawamura Eijun and did not let the opponent score points.

"Sawamura is merciful to his subordinates, and when it comes to matching, Sawamura Eijun is also the main one. Just looking at that one game is not enough to judge Yui's strength. ”

In Kataoka's view, there was a different story about that game.

Sawamura is very capable individually, and he also knows how to dominate a team.

If you can dominate a team, you will naturally know how to cooperate with the catcher.

Compare the two games in which Yui Kaoru teamed up with Shibuyani and Eijun Sawamura.

It is not so much that Yui Xun and Sawamura Rongchun cooperate well, but that Sawamura Rongjun's comprehensive strength is relatively strong.

And this doesn't mean that Yui Xun is doing well, everything he does is at most qualified.

It's not even qualified.

After all, in that practice game, Sawamura's pitching was very restricted. There are so many variations that there is simply no way to throw them.

Not to mention using the ball to guide the pitcher to play stronger, Yui Kamino even made Sawamura's pitching discounted.

If you have to let Superintendent Kataoka say with a clear conscience that such a catcher is qualified, he will never be able to do it.

Now it can only be said that Yui smoke has great potential.

The question is will he be able to make leaps and bounds in the next few months?

Even if you can't do it for the time being, use the ball to guide Sawamura Eijun to pitch, at least you have to be able to catch Sawamura's ball, right?

Three catchers in the freshmen.

Yui Fumi, Okumura, Matsumoto.

Originally, Kataoka's supervisors and coaching staff valued Yui Kamino the most.

After all, whether it is the results achieved before, or the results seen in the test after entering the team.

Yui Fumito was a big step ahead of those two opponents.

But in the previous orientation match, Mitsushu Okumura made Kataoka's supervisor shine again.

When you don't compete, you don't notice it, but when you do, Okumura's presence is like a magnet, firmly attracting the attention of the people around you.

Looking at Okumura like this, Superintendent Kataoka felt as if he had seen Chris and Miyuki when they first joined the team.

The same dazzling, the same talent.

On the surface, it is now the competition between Okumura and Kaoru Yui.

But Superintendent Kataoka actually knows very well that these two guys haven't fully grown up before Yukikazu retires.

The new catcher is probably someone else.

Matsumoto!

In the course of the game, his presence is compared to Yui Kamiru and Okumura, almost like the stars are compared to the moon.

Not at all a level.

But he has one thing, which Yui Kamiru and Okumura don't have.

That's the talent for catching the ball.

Listening to Coach Ochiai's statement before, Matsumoto was already able to catch the change ball of Sawamura Eisumun's level three.

Like Carter Ball, change.

Even Ono is very laborious to pick it up now, and I dare not say that he can receive it 100%.

Matsumoto, however, was able to secure his gloves.

At the beginning, Sawamura Eijun was able to lead the Akagi High School baseball team all the way to the promotion and dominate the country.

Although Sawamura Eijun has contributed a lot, Matsumoto's credit is also not small.

How hard is the big devil's pitch to catch?

Just ask those guys who have played Eijun Sawamura on the court, and you'll find out.

He was able to catch such a ball steadily.

If it weren't for the year of separation in the middle, it would be the level four change ball that Sawamura Eijun is honing now.

I think he can pick it up.

It's not just Sawamura Rongjun's ball, but also the change ball of Xiaoya and Wang Xi's bullet ball.

Matsumoto received it very well.

Although Superintendent Kataoka was very dissatisfied with such a candidate.

The team's main catcher can also be said to be the interim coach on the field. It's hard to be reassuring to put it in the hands of someone who doesn't know that much about baseball.

If there is no choice, then Inspector Kataoka will not be entangled.

What are you struggling with when you don't have a choice? No matter what kind of goods it is, it can only be said first.

But now there are obviously better choices, whether it is by Jing Xun or Okumura, they are good seedlings of the country's top catchers.

I don't need to put such a good seedling, go and use Matsumoto.

Not to mention whether the people around him will be convinced, Kataoka himself has a hard time accepting it.

This is probably a happy annoyance.

Superintendent Kataoka was worried about this matter, and let the superintendents of other teams know, and he would definitely be able to drown this guy with a mouthful of spittle.

Good pitchers are hard to come by, and good catchers are hard to find.

Good seedlings like Yui Fumi, Okumura. I can't even find it with a lantern.

Superintendent Kataoka had a headache because there were too many good catchers, and even complained that such catchers were not strong enough.

It's like being in the midst of blessings and not knowing blessings.

There was no word on the bus and drove to Qingdao High School.

At the moment in Nishitokyo, in Seido High School.

The friends of the Second Army and the Third Army also knew the news that the First Army was coming back.

In the past few days, they have made enough trouble, including the second army and the third army, and they have played a total of ten practice games.

Just after enough fun, I heard the news of the return of the First Army.

"It looks like from this afternoon, we will be practicing with the first army as the main force again!"

Tuoma said to his friends as he walked.

Now it is an information society, and even if the players of the First Army have not returned, they still know the news of the First Army.

Six practice games, all six won.

And I heard that in these six practice games, the first army still won by a big score.

It has shown unparalleled strength.

The friends of the second army and the third army were also very uplifted when they heard it.

Several first-year players discussed that before the first army returned, they should tidy up the court.

Although the training of the Second and Third Armed Forces has received more and more attention.

But the roots of Qingdao High School are still in the First Army.

After all, the ones who can really compete for the ranking of Qingdao High School in the competition are those first-army players.

"I don't know if Chen Ping's kid is on the field?"

Tuoma is also accustomed to the silence of his friends, gossiping to himself.

Okumura shook his head: "It's impossible for him to play." Once you've been on the scene, how can you still serve as a secret weapon? ”

For the current Qingdao High School, Chen Ping is a secret weapon that can only be used once.

Although it can only be used once, with the current strength of Qingdao High School, the crisis they can encounter will come to an end once or twice.

If Chen Ping can really help Qingdao High School resolve a crisis, then the probability of Qingdao High School winning the defending championship will be greatly improved.

"Since you can't play on the field, what do you want Chen Ping to do?"

"Go and see!"

As they spoke, the two had already arrived at the baseball stadium.

Many of the first-year players around them followed, but when they got to the court, they found that they couldn't intervene at all.

There are already people on the court who have already started to tidy up the court with tools.

These are all second- and third-year seniors.

Although Qingdao High School is based on strength, everyone's rules for seniors are not so strict.

But there is no reason for the juniors to rest and the seniors to work.

Tuoma took the initiative to run forward to pick up the tools.

"Senior, just leave these tasks to us."

The senior was unmoved.

"The players from the first army are coming back soon, and we want to help as much as we can."

In an instant, tears soaked Tuoma's eyes.

He has been playing baseball since he was a child and has seen too many highs and lows.

I've never seen those substitute players do things for the first army willingly.

The Qingdao High School Baseball Club is truly an amazing place.

It's really like a family, some people are desperately fighting in front, and some people are willing to do a good job of auxiliary work.

At this moment, a sense of pride also emerged in his heart.

He also wants to be the pillar of the family.

For those seniors who don't have the opportunity to go to the army and don't have the opportunity to officially stand on the court.

Do your best.

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