As we all know, due to historical reasons and financial reasons, the basic composition of the players of each team in the NPB of the Japanese Professional Baseball League is much the same. It can be simply divided into the first army and the second army, the first army is the main player as the team of immediate combat force, the second army is basically composed of the marginal characters of the first army and the rookies and other players who cannot be promoted to the first army for various reasons.

Yuki Takami's group is the rookie and the second army, and the other group is the main players of the first army, and the two teams are actually distinct. Nominally all the players are together today, but in reality they still have their own turf. Things are gathered by like, and people are grouped.

The rookie and the former second-army players seem to be more harmonious together, maybe because everyone is a second-army player, maybe the seniors of the second-army have a kind of sympathy for the new little ones, or the old rookies want to see the jokes of the new rookies. After all, watching a rookie whose heart is higher than the sky and whose life is thinner than paper to accept the baptism of professional sports is also a pleasure for the old rookies.

We all know that a professional team has a main catcher, plus a substitute, and finally a mobile spot, which means that the main lineup of a team will only log up to three catchers. So the fourth catcher was destined to stay in the second army.

The lucky No. 4 catcher is now quietly observing Yuki Takami, who doesn't yet know that he will soon be teamed up with Yuki Takami, who is also a member of the Second Army, to play a brave batting competition. It's probably not appropriate to say it's competitive, because today is the first day of the whole team and everyone meets each other for the first time. For rookies, it's best to be officially familiar with everyone if possible, so today's group activities are destined to be more social than the players' own work.

However, everyone has their own way of socializing, and some people are used to opening the door to social interaction in a way that they are familiar with. For example, Yuki Takami used to start with baseball and start the topic first: "Has anyone played with me?" ”

Yuki Takami holds the ball in his right hand and waves his baseball glove towards the crowd with his left hand, the blue baseball glove is paired with the orange and orange jersey of the Orange Rabbit Army - the visual effect is very eye-catching.

It doesn't matter where you came from, what grades and honors you earned in high school, it's nothing in the world of professional baseball. So it wasn't a surprise that no one responded to Yuki Takami's call. That's right! Don't forget, on the day of registration, Yuki Takami overshadowed almost all newcomers.

The wood show will be destroyed by the forest wind, the pile will be turbulent from the shore stream, and it will not be higher than the crowd.

Since he was exposed to baseball in the youth baseball, Yuki Takami has encountered such an embarrassing cold reception for the first time, and in his memory, even when he was in the small baseball period, he didn't even know how to hold the ball, and he didn't know how to swing the bat.

At this moment, Yuki Takami, wearing the No. 18 jersey of the Orange Rabbit Army, looks very lonely.

"No need to ask anyone else." A voice quietly appeared in Yuki Takami's ears, "Basically no one in the team will take care of you at this time." ”

Yuki Takami followed the prestige, and a face that looked more anxious jumped into the field of vision, this person's exposed complexion was darker, much darker than Yuki Takami's, for example, the difference between sugar color and caramel color.

"Konishi ......" the comer reported to his home, "Konishi Torotaro." And stretched out his hand......

"Takami......" Yuki Takami also stretched out his hand in response, huh? This man has calluses on his hands? This cocoon......

"Your name is Yuki Takami." The man named Konishi Torotaro shook hands and nodded, "I know." ”

"I'm afraid your name, no one here doesn't know." Konishi Torotaro glanced not far away from the corner of his eye, the other team members who were always paying attention to the situation here, Konishi Torotaro said this sentence in front of Yuki Takami - there is no meaning.

Yuki Takami, who heard some of the overtones, didn't understand his situation yet, so he quietly asked, "Did I do anything bad?" ”

Konishi Torataro's eyes were confirmed with the situation, "Don't you know yet?" ”

"What should I know?" Yuki Takami began to feel that what happened today turned out to be not simple.

"Your jersey number 18 was originally reserved for a veteran of the First Army." Konishi Torotaro spoke without any other expression, "Sooner or later, the veteran's name will be clear to you." ”

"So, I can't and won't tell you now."

"yes, I see." A sentence suddenly popped up in Yuki Takami's heart - if you don't say it, you don't have to do it. I heard this from my father, a businessman, and Yuki Takami never imagined that one day he would have the opportunity to experience it for himself.

Life in the baseball workplace is really not simple!

"It's just a jersey, just a number." Yuki Takami was a little puzzled, "Is it worth doing these things?" ”

Yuki Takami looked at the Arabic numeral 18 on his chest, "Can this jersey number increase your salary?" ”

"Oh, hey, the jersey number is the last honor for the old players." Konishi Torotaro shrugged, "Although people are already angry......"

The subtext is that people fight for a breath, and Buddha fights for a pillar of incense.

Yuki Takami said straightforwardly, "So you cling to the only honor?" Jersey number? ”

Konishi Torotaro only made a simple expression and did not answer.

Silence is better than sound at this point.

"And what about the rookies?" Yuki Takami asked, "Why are they so cold?" ”

"Oh yes oh yes! I said rookie brother, you should have some common sense of being a human being, right? Konishi Torotaro prompted, "You were out of the limelight at yesterday's newcomer meeting. ”

Yuki Takami understood, so the two voters reached a certain consensus to give themselves a dismount.

"Since so many people don't care about me as a newcomer, then ......"

"Senior, how did you choose to sail against the current?" Yuki Takami's words are right, it is true that for Japanese people with a strong sense of herd psychology and group consciousness, it seems that following the crowd is the best choice, so the subtext of Yuki Takami's words is: "Aren't you afraid of falling into a fate with me?" ”

Konishi Torotaro smiled casually, his expression was impeccable, and he couldn't see a trace of hypocrisy, and he accepted Yuki Takami's senior title calmly.

"Because I'm the fourth catcher." Konishi Torotaro explained to rookie Yuki Takami that "there has never been a position of fourth catcher in the first lineup......