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As a school with a consistent system of middle, high school and university. Represented by Akio Yabe. Most of the baseball club members are promoted directly from Peace School Middle School.。

Under normal circumstances, about 80% of the students enrolled in this channel will be enrolled in the entire school.

There are also some students who study in other schools in secondary school. When you go on to higher education, you pass an exam and enter the Peace Academy.

Inside the baseball club, this is the case with Tokuda Ball.

International students like Li Yuanrang and Donald Hirata have their own special reserved places. It's not so much about taking an exam as it is about applying for it.

In addition to the above three cases. In fact, there is a certain amount of recommended enrollment places in the Peace School every year.

In previous years, most of the students recommended for admission were talented people who had already made their debut.

Internally in the baseball club, manager Minami Asakura belongs to this type.

But this year things are different.

Because of Principal Morimoto's sudden interest in the baseball club. In the new school year, the Peace Academy will recruit a group of special sports students.

These students, who rely on their baseball strength to enjoy tuition waivers, go through the channel of recommendation when they enroll.

Every year, from the end of January to the beginning of February, the day of the entrance examination for the Peace Academy.

Students who are recommended for admission will also come to the school for an interview during this time period.

Of course, all sports students have already passed the assessment in the professional field. The so-called interview is just a formality.

On the afternoon of the special admissions interview, the baseball club continued to train as usual.

Even though it was early February, the temperature was rarely above 15 degrees Celsius.

At Yabe's suggestion, everyone walked out of the indoor driving range. Combine offense and defense on the outdoor court.

Halfway through the practice, Sato, the instructor of the baseball club, brought more than a dozen teenagers wearing various colors of junior high school uniforms to the training ground.

"These are new players who will join the baseball club after April."

Mr. Sato introduced.

"Hello seniors."

Compared to the graduates of the Peace Academy's own middle school.。 These new students who are admitted through the sports special recruitment channel should be more compliant.

Li Yuanrang noticed that most of the teenagers had shaved their heads. The attitude towards the seniors should also be much more respectful.

These baseball teenagers, who are accustomed to the atmosphere of sports clubs, have lived in an environment with a clear order of respect and inferiority since childhood. At least on the bright side, there is only obedience to the seniors of the community, and there will be no resistance.

To some extent, this is incompatible with the free and loose atmosphere of the Peace Academy.

At the suggestion of Superintendent Yagi, the newcomers began to introduce themselves.

Just as expected. Almost none of these dozen or so people were born in Tokyo.

I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, but the order of self-introduction is from north to south. The first player to introduce himself was from Iwate Prefecture, and the last one happened to be from Okinawa.

"I'm Tatsuya Shimabukuro from Okinawa. The position is pitcher, I can pitch the curveball, and the speed ball is learning. ”

Shimabukuro is an authentic Ryukyu surname. And Da is also a fairly common name in college ball.

Tokuda, who is from the baseball club, is also from Okinawa, and he is very enthusiastic to see his own countrymen enrolled.

"What about the baseball experience? Is it LittleSenior or BoysLeague? ”

"I went to a public middle school and attended the school's softball club."

Shimabukuro's answer disappointed many people, including Tokuda.

Since the school has put a lot of effort into the sports special enrollment system, it is natural to attract high-level high school graduates to join the team.

And in the Japanese youth baseball system. In middle school, the school team basically practiced softball baseball.

If you want to be exposed to hardplay in middle school, you need to join a youth league outside of the school system

For example, in the system of LittleSenior and BoysLeague.

However, as for the fact that Shimabukuro came from the soft baseball club of a public school, Akio Yabe, as the main player of the team, did not care.

Exposure to hardplay in secondary school certainly has its advantages.

Whether it is hitting or pitching, there is no problem of adaptation to soft and hard balls.

But not all baseball stars have to be exposed to hard balls from a young age.

From a soft baseball club in junior high school to the end of the professional baseball hall, Yabe can count more than a dozen at hand.

What's more, the position of Shimabukuro is the pitcher.

A pitcher in soft baseball doesn't necessarily need to work less than a hard baseball.

Soft baseball does not have a solid string. It's actually more difficult to have a problem with the ball than with a hard ball.

And because baseballs are made of rubber, they are much more elastic than hard balls. Once hit by the beater, soft balls are easier to hit farther than hard balls.

Another point is that Akio Yabe does not trust the vision of Principal Morimoto or Mr. Sato.

If it were a layman like Principal Morimoto, he would definitely give preference to players from the hard league.

And this Tatsu Shimabukuro, who came from the soft baseball club of junior high school, can also get the opportunity to be recommended for admission, and he has a certain advantage of himself. And there are obviously insiders on the school side who have made suggestions.

As for Li Yuanrang, he also found several noteworthy newcomers in his self-introduction just now.

Fuchida, an infielder from Hyogo Prefecture, claims to be good at defense. The main guard position is second base.

Second base is a small hole in the field defense line in the Peace School.

Honda, the current second baseman, is a sophomore. There is nothing particularly commendable in terms of attack or defense.

Nagasaki-born Tokudo for a long time, and he can usually defend the outfield.

He's a real left-hander. Both hitting and throwing are left-handed.

The suppressive force on the pitcher's mound is probably much stronger than that of the "self-taught" left-handed Masaoka.

Both sides have introduced themselves. The baseball club could have invited these future teammates to practice with them.

However, the instructor Sato was afraid of Takanoren's regulations. I don't dare to let the newcomers who have not completed the admission procedures enter the stadium and touch the ball.

In fact, Mr. Sato's worries are somewhat unnecessary.

The last period of the three semesters of each year. Sports students who complete entrance exams and interviews in advance and join the team in advance are actually the norm for private baseball clubs. Takano has always turned a blind eye to this.

"This is all the newcomers to the baseball club after the beginning of spring?"

After seeing the special recruits go away, Li Yuanrang asked Yabe the above question.

"Of course it won't be all. Isn't there a general channel for entering the ministry? ”

Most of the main players in the baseball department of private colleges and universities that adopt the special enrollment system are enrolled through special recruitment channels.

The Peace School seems to be moving closer to this route.

However, in fact, the baseball department of most colleges and universities will still reserve places for non-specially recruited general students to enter the baseball club.

If you join the baseball club without going through a sports recruitment, you will be considered a general member.

In the past, the Peace School baseball club was generally the mainstream.

And this year, taking into account the results of the previous team, Yabe thinks that the number of applicants for the general entrance to the department will also increase.