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After the pitching practice was over, Issei Fukushima walked down the pitcher mound and came to Lee Wonrang's side and said this to him.

"The official game is still reliable, and in last week's practice match, the opponent's line looked quite strong."

"Experience always depends on actual combat, and Yabe thinks you can do it."

"yes, I think so too......"

Yabe, who had finished swinging his bat, happened to pass by and interjected.

"The opponents in the back will only be stronger, and the next game is the most suitable time."

Li Yuanrang saw that both teammates had this opinion, so he didn't shirk anything.

"What about the balls?"

He asked Yabe.

"This kind of thing, don't delay the time on the practice field......"

……

The week before the start of the first round of war coincided with exam week.

Li Yuanrang left his schoolwork behind. In his spare time, he spends his time watching footage of professional baseball games provided by Yabe.

In between exams in different subjects, Yabe will also take the initiative to come to Li Yuanrang's seat to teach the experience of ball-matching.

"I was answering questions five minutes ago, then I switched to baseball, and then I was going to continue answering questions a little later. I always feel more tired than training and competing. ”

Li Yuanrang complained to Yabe.

"It's the same when you're playing, if you're a catcher, you're playing with the ball one minute, you're going to have to think about the strategy of hitting the next minute, and you're going ......to keep squatting when you're defending."

"So that's why you don't want to be a catcher?"

Lee recalled his first day in the baseball club, and Yabe said that he wanted to switch to the outfield.

"It's not because I'm tired. No matter how hard I try in the catcher position, I will still be disliked by scouts because of my size......"

"Scouts? So you want to get into professional baseball? ”

Recently, the people around him have been talking about professional baseball, which made Li Yuanrang somewhat surprised. For players at the college level, the percentage of players who can really open the door to professional baseball is actually very small.

"There will be scouts in college, and there will be teams of social people. Anyway, I want to continue playing after graduation. And now it seems that it is reassuring to hand over the position of the catcher to you. ”

"I look like a good fit to be a catcher?"

Li Yuanrang didn't quite understand what kind of qualities a catcher needed. When I first joined the team, I heard that a taller player would be suitable for a catcher. In this respect, I am qualified.

"The physical fitness is fine, the mind looks good, and I didn't see how hard you worked in the midterm exam, and the math ranking is quite high? Computational power is also very important for the catcher......"

"I'm just eating my old book from middle school."

When Li Yuanrang took a math class for the first time, he found that some of the content taught in the Peace School Park in college was taught in junior high school in China.

"What about RB history, you must not have studied this in middle school, I stole your answer in the exam just now, and I will definitely get a high score......"

"Read my answer? I remember you were highly myopic, right? ”

"When you are a catcher, you often have to peek at the movements of the runners on the base, and after a long time, you will be able to practice......

Yabe's explanation is reasonable.

"But how do you know what points you're going to score just by reading the answers?"

"I have a good memory, and I took the textbook and answered the answer correctly after the exam. When a catcher has a good memory, you can learn history well that requires rote memorization, and it seems that your memory will not be bad. ”

was said by Yabe, and Li Yuanrang also began to feel that he did have the innate conditions to be a good catcher. But for the next official game to squat, he still has no bottom in his heart.

"The next game is in the Shrine, the first official game is in the Shrine, what else is there to find fault with!"

Yabe saw Li Yuanrang's doubts, so he said.

"Is Jingu a great venue?"

Because most of his knowledge of baseball comes from comics, Lee Won-rang was only impressed by Koshien.

Recently, when I watched the video materials of professional baseball, I watched some Jingu Stadium games. Li Yuanrang felt that compared to the advanced Tokyo Dome, the shrine seemed to be a little old.

"Why don't you go to the shrine and watch a game."

Yabe took out his phone and began to check the schedule.

"Huh? There is also a game in Jingu today? ”

"I guess there is, Jingu is a busy stadium in Tokyo, and more than 500 games are played a year. On average, there is more than one game per day. ”

When the Meiji Jingu Baseball Stadium was first built, the professional league known as the "NPB" had not yet been created. A large part of the construction cost came from the Tokyo Rokuku University Baseball League, the highest amateur baseball tournament at the time.

As a result, Jingu Stadium is still the highest temple of RB University baseball games.

It is also the home of the professional baseball team Tokyo Yakult Tsubame.

Contrary to popular belief, Jingu Stadium does not hold amateur games between professional baseball games, but professional baseball games in between amateur games.

During the baseball season from spring to fall, it's not uncommon to host three games a day.

In addition, Jingu Stadium is also the venue for the fireworks festival every summer. Occasionally, concerts and other performances are held.

Because of this high frequency of use. The Jingu Course, which is an open-air field, uses artificial turf. It's not like Hanshin Koshien that uses natural grass that can't help but be tossed.

"Ah, there's a game tonight."

Yabe turned off the screen of his phone and said to Li Yuanrang.

"A college game?"

"No, there's a professional baseball game today, and the opponent is Yokohama, so you should get a ticket. In the afternoon, we can finish the practice early......"

Evening professional baseball games generally start at 6 o'clock. If you wait until the baseball club's practice is over, you will miss the opening.

What's more, it's exam week recently, and it's rare for the baseball club to practice with all the players. So Yabe didn't think it was a problem to leave school earlier.

……

Only four or five people came to the baseball club for training in the afternoon. Even Akio Yabe didn't show up.

At about four o'clock, Yabe ran to the sidelines and said to Li Yuanrang, who was practicing his swing alone.

"It's almost time to go."

Li Yuanrang turned his head to look at Yabe, this person had already changed into a full set of equipment to go to the Shrine to watch the battle.

A ball cap with the "YS" logo on its head. He wears the number 27 Yakult jersey. He also held two plastic umbrellas in his hand.

It can be seen that he was absent from training just now, and he went home to get these things.

"You're pretty well equipped."

"No, this jersey is my daddy's."

"You fit well."

Akio Yabe wears a jersey from 10 years ago, but the size is exactly the same as his current figure. Needless to say, his height is definitely genetic.

"You have this umbrella."

Yabe shoved one of the plastic umbrellas into Li Yuanrang's hand.

"Will it rain?"

Li Yuanrang looked at the umbrella in his hand, which was not suitable for shelter from the rain in terms of size.

"You can use it even if it doesn't rain."

Yabe replied.