Chapter 13: Girl A
The day after the practice game, Aki Suzuki, the acting manager of the baseball club, was a rare late for training. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Nearly an hour after the practice began, she trotted all the way from the direction of the school building to the court. Of course, the clothes are still the same as the school uniforms used in class.
"Where's the new gymnastics club! Where is the new gymnastics club? ”
As soon as he walked onto the pitch, Yaji asked everyone the question loudly with excitement on his face.
Of course, everyone present was confused.
After waking up a little cold, Yaji began to explain what was going on.
"Every day after class, I check my email to see if there is a new job from my agent...... Finally got it today! And it's to star in a movie! ”
"Oh! It's amazing. ”
Half of the players were genuinely happy to hear the news, and of course, half of them applauded to match the other party's high emotions.
"What kind of movie is it?"
After a pause in applause, Li Yuanrang asked this question.
This "artist" who has to deal with in extracurricular activities every day, in fact, Li Yuanrang felt a little curious when he first joined the department.
But after watching it in the last week, I always feel that this little girl is actually very different from ordinary female high school students.
Today's incident made Li Yuanrang have some real feelings about the other party's identity other than that of a manager.
"The exact content is not clear. But it should be a movie related to the new gymnastics, so I want to visit the new gymnastics club......"
Yaji showed everyone the email from his agent, and all that was written on it was the name of the character.
The content is: "Girl A, a member of the new gymnastics club".
What the Japanese call new gymnastics is generally called rhythmic gymnastics in China.
Now this character seems to be related to the new gymnastics, but obviously, not to say that it is the main character, it seems that it is not even a supporting role.
"But, it's Girl A."
Looking at everyone's puzzled expressions, Yaji said.
Indeed,If there is a girl B or C in the same movie,Maybe the girl A's position must be stronger.。
At least Yaji herself was happy to believe such an explanation.
……
"In short, I will try not to delay the work of the baseball club......"
After asking Mr. Sato about the location of the new gymnastics club. Aki Suzuki trotted all the way out of the court again. Halfway through the run, he suddenly remembered something, turned around and bowed goodbye to everyone.
"Probably there won't be any lines."
Indeed, after Yaji walked away, Li Yuanrang whispered.
"I can't say if there is a shot of the face."
Yabe muttered in the same volume.
"But ......"
Yabe seemed to have suddenly thought of something.
"In this way, the work of the manager will have to be done by all of us."
"What does a manager do?"
It has only been less than a week since he joined the team, and Li Yuanrang has been trained by Xiaozao a few days ago. He doesn't quite understand the role of managers in the day-to-day running of the team.
"Let's talk while practicing."
Yabe took a look at Li Yuanrang's training menu today. The main content is the ball throwing and hitting practice.
The purpose of arranging this exercise for him now is to familiarize himself with the whole set of striking movements as soon as possible, and to create a striking posture that is most suitable for Li Yuan.
Yabe took Lee Wonrang to bring a basket of practice balls in a plastic basket. Then start training in front of the batting practice net.
"The work of carrying such equipment for exercises is considered a manager's job......
While throwing the ball, Yabe explained the responsibilities of the baseball manager to Li Yuanrang.
"Some of the equipment is still quite heavy, is it really good to let girls carry these?"
Li Yuanrang asked.
"So the players are used to moving on their own. And in fact, many of the managers in other schools who do this are men......"
It is not only the manager who is male, but also the entire school that does not have a single girl.
Before the nineties of the twentieth century, a large part of Japanese schools, especially private schools, adopted a "co-educational" system. This means that there are either only boys or girls in the whole school.
In recent years, due to the declining birthrate and changes in social climate, the number of co-educational schools has gradually increased.
In the field of college baseball, most of the baseball schools around Tokyo are privately funded schools. Many of these schools are still purely boys' schools.
Of course, female managers are not possible in boys' schools.
"What if there are no male managers?"
Obviously, there are no male managers in the Peace School Baseball Club at the moment.
"Many schools have several managers, for example, our baseball club actually has three."
After listening to Yabe's words, Li Yuanrang remembered that the title of Aki Suzuki has always been acting manager. In this case, there should be a right manager who is the right choice.
"What about the other two?"
"You'll just think they're ghost members. Anyway, everyone is used to watching these devices on their own. ”
Li Yuanrang continued to swing his bat, and Yabe threw the balls in front of him one by one.
"What else is there to do besides sorting out the equipment?"
"It's also the manager's job to deal with possible injuries during a game or training. However, it is only a temporary treatment, and it is better to consult a doctor in a formal setting. And the statistics are ......"
Speaking of statistics, Yabe turned his head to look at Tako, who was sitting on a bench staring at the computer screen. Today was just practice, no competition. But for some reason, the IT staff member responsible for collecting game data appeared on the side of the court wearing a full baseball jersey.
“…… I don't think we need to expect managers to do our statistics. ”
Yabe went on to introduce other matters that managers are generally responsible for. But if you think about it carefully, these things don't seem to have to be done by managers for the well-equipped and well-funded Peace Academy.
For example, the laundry is responsible for the cleaning and finishing of the jersey after training every day.
Because the artificial turf of the stadium requires professional technology to maintain, there are full-time school workers.
Even the preparation of sports drinks during games and training is not handled by a special person because of the vending machines installed on the side of the court.
"After thinking about it carefully, it seems that there is really no need for a female manager to do the hard work in the Peace School.。
"What about those who don't have strength?"
"That's a lot, such as the purchase of consumables, if you live together, you have to be responsible for procuring food, and if the training equipment is broken, you have to contact someone to repair it...... It seems like it's all about spending money. ”
"Huh? Is the baseball club's funding managed by the manager? Shouldn't it be Sato-sensei? ”
Li Yuanrang felt that this was unexpected.
"As for our baseball club, it's basically a state of autonomy for the members. Even the training was arranged by myself. ”
"So what exactly is Sato-sensei responsible for?"
Akio Yabe can always throw the ball in the same position accurately, so that Li Yuanrang can hit it even without staring at the ball as long as he follows a certain rhythm.
He continued to hit the ball while turning his gaze to Mr. Sato, who was scrolling through his phone on the side of the court. It seems that Sato has not given any substantive instructions since joining the team.
"Sato-sensei? Probably the biggest role is to occupy the position, and don't change to a nasty coach. ”
That's how Yabe replied.