On Monday afternoon, when he arrived at the practice range, the first thing Li Yuanrang noticed was the new hairstyle of captain Ichihei Fukushima. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

It was an ultra-short hair of less than half a centimeter that was attached to the scalp. A flat head is not a flat head, and a bald head is not a bald head.

"Even if it's summer, you don't have to make it so ugly to cool off."

Li Yuanrang whispered to Yabe beside him.

"This one, it's called the head of the owner. College balls are basically hairstyled this way. ”

With that, Yabe took off his cap. He's shaved like that now.

"How can you ...... But none of the other students had a haircut? ”

"Some schools with a free style of learning, such as our Peace School, don't have such rules. The baseball clubs of old-school schools are basically forced to shave their heads en masse. ”

Li Yuanrang recalled that Yono and Kai had fought before, as well as some other schools, and indeed most of the players had this hairstyle.

Only Takeda Kazu, who is an artist, is an exception.

"Why do you shave like this when the school doesn't have a rule? It's not pretty. ”

"The main reason why schools require this hairstyle is to focus on training and not to accidentally shape things like that. But what about me......"

Yabe thought for a moment and continued.

"Sure enough, summer is still here, for the sake of coolness."

……

"The results of the summer qualifiers have come out, and this year's battle table ......"

Seeing that the team members were arriving one after another, Captain Fukushima gathered everyone together and sent a group picture to everyone's mobile phone mailbox.

"Lottery meeting? Already opened? Alas? Why didn't you notify everyone to participate? ”

Li Yuanrang is actually very interested in the lottery meeting, and has been thinking about going to see it.

"The lottery was last weekend. There are many schools in the Tokyo area. Generally, only supervisors, instructors, managers and managers will participate. ”

Unlike other regions where there are fewer participating teams, the two districts of Nishitokyo and Higashitokyo have a combined population of nearly 280 schools, and the auditorium where the lottery is held has only about 1,000 seats, so the number of seats that each school can participate in the conference is relatively limited.

"As a manager, Yaji has been training with everyone last weekend."

"Events like the lottery are usually attended by Asakura. After all, there is also a TV station to broadcast it......"

Yabe, who was next to him, explained to Li Yuanrang.

The lottery for college baseball in the Tokyo area is considered a local hot story, although national television networks such as Sankei and Nippon Sale do not cover it entirely. However, local TV stations such as "Capital MIX" still broadcast it.

In order to seize every opportunity to be on camera, the "positive" manager Minami Asakura, who spared no cost, naturally will not let go of this opportunity.

"So Fukushima-senpai, you shaved the owner's head to participate in the lottery?"

Li Yuanrang imagined what the lottery would look like. Since it is the head of the baseball club of each university to take the stage, according to Yabe, almost everyone should have this hairstyle.

"I went to get a haircut after attending a meeting. If you don't shave your hair short, you can't pitch in the summer. ”

"Deliberately?"

Li Yuanrang was a little puzzled why he deliberately kept his hair until after the lottery meeting.

"I want the middle school students in front of the TV to leave some impressions of the Peace School Baseball Club, so that there will be no shortage of members next year."

It is rare for a college baseball club to be able to wear any hairstyle you want. On the other hand, the number of middle school students who are willing to shave the head of the owner of the workshop is decreasing year by year.

In this day and age, campus sports options are becoming more and more diversified. Many teenagers who are unsure whether they will be able to make it to the end of the baseball path will give up baseball in high school simply because they don't want to get a haircut.

Among these middle school students, they have created an image of "being able to play baseball without shaving their heads". Maybe it will play a role in promoting the recruitment of new students in the baseball club next year.

Of course, given the small number of students recruited from outside the school each year, it is doubtful how useful this kind of propaganda would be.

After talking about some inconsequential topics. The players' attention has finally returned to the battle table.

As a peace school that has been a two-wheeled and three-wheel tour in recent years. This year, it is no surprise that we will start from the first round. If you want to enter Koshien, you need to win eight games.

"Which of these teams are considered strong?"

Li Yuanrang held a match sheet with the names of more than one hundred and twenty schools printed on it.

He was completely unfamiliar with the distribution of these teams.

"Traditionally, the strongest is Hayata Sho, with a record of thirty Koshien appearances. The second is the third in Fuso, our half-district, and the results have been better than Hayada in recent years. In addition to these, there are Chongzhen School Park and Komeito High School......"

According to the names introduced by Yabe, Lee Wonrang confirmed the road map of encounters with these strong teams one by one.

Judging from the current grouping,I don't know if it's lucky.,Peace School won't run into these schools in the first three rounds.。

"So what kind of team are we going to meet in the first round? The name is so long? ”

Lee Wonrang found his team's position on the chart.

The names of the opponents in the first round were very peculiar. It is called "San Javier, Hirotoku, Tachikawa Agriculture".

"Well, it's a joint team. That is, when a single school does not have nine people, they form a team with other schools. They are a union of three schools. ”

With the declining birthrate, it is becoming more and more serious. The total number of adolescents in RB is decreasing year by year. There are now more and more schools that can't get together a starting lineup. In response to this situation, Takayaren now allows these schools to form teams to participate in the competition.

Especially after the earthquake disaster in 2011. In order to take care of the schools in the disaster area, the conditions for joint teams have been greatly relaxed. Nowadays, it is not uncommon for not only three schools to form a team, but also a team of four or five schools.

"If it weren't for you being dragged in, maybe the Peace School would have to find other schools to form a team this year."

Yabe said.

"Then this kind of joint team shouldn't be difficult to deal with, right?"

"Tacit understanding or something should not be as good as a single school teaming up on its own. But there may be a few strong players in the game. ”

After listening to Yabe's words, Li Yuanrang continued to confirm the teams that might meet in the second and third rounds on the battle table.

It was confirmed until the semi-finals. At this time, Li Yuanrang found that the Yangye High School that he had faced before was also in the same half.

"If you make it all the way to the semifinals, maybe you'll run into Yono?"

Li Yuanrang asked.

"Yono ......"

Yabe looked at the chart to confirm.

"Unless they can win Fusang third, it's not very likely, right?"

"That's all something to think about later. More than that, Lee, I have a more important task for you. ”

After the captain of the two of them, Ichihei Fukushima suddenly interjected.

"The three-school joint team in the first round is going to play a practice match next week, and if it doesn't rain, I want you to scout and have a look......"