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After Superintendent Yagi's commentary, Yabe once again recalled the video of Superintendent Yagi's pitching when he was in the third grade that he had watched countless times in the past week.

Indeed, it is a completely different form from the action when Hirohashi threw the ball just now.

According to the Yagi overseer himself. Of course, Superintendent Yagi also said that this is the view of the American research community. Three-quarters or high-pressure pitchers pitch in this way with relatively light burden on their arms and shoulders.

Not only does it reduce the chance of injury, but the power of the forward step is better transmitted to the arm when pitching.

The force of the whole body is naturally stronger than that of only the upper body, although the ball speed may be lost due to the difference in the way of power, but the ball control and ball power will be improved.

Recall the previous pitch of Fukushima Ichihei.

Although there is no forearm vertical, the elbow is lower than the shoulder, and the same is true for the body to be kept open when stepping.

Fukushima's pitching is almost the product of a closed door. When Yagi was in high school, he had no contact with American research materials.

The two of them used their own methods to find the most suitable way to pitch the ball.

But it's suitable, even if it's pitching in this injury-less way. More than 20 years ago, the harsh environment of college baseball still caused damage to Tomohito Yagi, who was still in his development stage at the time.

In the second half of the second year, he took over the ace and lost in the semifinals in the summer of the third year.

Yagi has played every official game of the team. Except for a few matches in which he lost a lot of points and was knocked out, he also shot almost every game.

This is true even for one- or two-day consecutive pitches.

The highest record is more than 200 goals in a single game.

“…… Actually, I don't think I grew longer since my junior year of high school, maybe it's also the result of completely burning on the court. ”

Overseer Yagi's review of his past experiences ends with this sentence.

"Height, it's a complicated issue......"

This is Yabe's answer.

On the field, the batter was Kawasaki, the third baseman at the seventh baseman.

And the number of balls is now two good and one bad, which is definitely in the defender's favor.

However, in the face of this batter who is considered a late baseman, catcher Katsunori Nomura does not intend to use the remaining chips in his hand to continue to maneuver.

A 140-kilometer straight ball into the inside corner.

For batters who don't swing fast, pitches with high inside corners are the most oppressive.

Kawasaki hurriedly swung his bat, and the baseball hit the lower middle of the bat.

If the stick is hit here, it will almost certainly break.

But college games use metal bats. The ball bounces to third base. After a few rolls, it stopped within the sideline.

Although it wasn't close to home plate, the ball was still in the Catcher Nomura's defensive zone.

He rushed out of his guard position and hurriedly picked up the baseball.

Lee was a little away from the second base, but now he's turning back.

Compared with catching Li Yuanrang, who left the base, it is a safer choice to pass the first base in this two-out situation.

Kawasaki, who had just hitter, is now running to first base with all his might.

Kawasaki is not the type known for his speed, but because the position of the baseball landing is so delicate, he is already close to the first base bag when the catcher picks up the ball.

Nomura, the catcher, didn't have time to adjust the grip of the ball or the position of the stitches. You can only pass the ball at the first time.

At the moment of passing, his index and middle fingers were just on the sandy skin of the baseball.

"Oops!"

After the ball was passed out, not only Nomura himself, but all the players in the Keming Pavilion were nervous.

Because of the slippage of the fingers, the ball was passed well above the first baseman's head.

There is a belief in baseball that first basemen should be as tall as possible while being nimble, just to prepare for this in the game.

Yamada, the first baseman of Katsumeikan, fully meets this requirement and is more than 185 centimeters tall. When the right hand is raised, it can catch a pass from a two-meter position.

But with the current ball, even if Yamada jumps off the baseball, he can only ensure that the edge of the glove touches the baseball.

This jump did not help the ball and changed the trajectory of the baseball.

Yamada looked down for a second spot in baseball, wasting more time.

Li Yuanrang had already reached third base, and after making sure that the opponent's first baseman had not picked up the baseball, he boldly marched to home plate.

1-0, almost entirely taking advantage of two passing errors by the opposing catcher Nomura alone, Peace Gakuen got the lead in this game.

Li Yuanrang returned to the rest area and high-fived his teammates one by one.

"It's too easy to come by."

Li Yuanrang said to his teammates.

"Really easy?"

Overseer Yagi, who was sitting motionless in his seat, threw out these words.

Li Yuanrang looked down at his jersey.

His chest was stained with black dirt.

That's the mark of a dip to second base.

I thought that after stealing second base and entering the point circle, I would have a chance to score.

But Tagu and Donald, who had high hopes on the line, returned in vain.

The final shot by Kawasaki landed purely by chance. Forcing the opponent to make a passing error under such an accident is even more unplanned and unpredictable.

There was only one thing that I guessed right before the game.

Catcher Nomura's pass did go wrong. And twice.

It's not so much easy as how it could be so coincidental.

"In terms of probability, Nomura may not make another mistake in this game, right?"

"Probability? Overseer, do you believe this? ”

Li Yuanrang asked.

"What is faith? It's science! ”

Li Yuanrang just thought of Fukushima, the former captain who had retired.

Fukushima believes almost every superstitious theory in the final stages of the summer. And of course, probability.

Probability may be a science, but the argument that a single mistake at an inconsequential time reduces the probability of a mistake at a critical moment in the game, for example, seems nonsense.

This is simply another package of the theory of "conservation of character".

From Lee's point of view, it is unlikely that Nomura will make mistakes that can be recorded as mistakes in the following matches.

However, the problem of inaccurate passing remains.

"The policy of actively stealing bases is still not going to change, is it?"

"Of course, but you don't have to continue stealing the base. The action just now was too dangerous. ”

Superintendent Yagi, of course, knew about Lee Wonrang's running speed. But he didn't expect Li Yuanrang to really fight hard to get on base.

As the supervisor of the team, Yagi can see the potential of Li Yuanrang in the short contact time before.

He didn't want Li Yuanrang to risk injury for this situation.

Li Yuanrang, who is now in the first grade, is worth more than just winning a game or two for him.

After all, when he took over the position of superintendent, he was appointed for a three-year term.

Even if it is for his own selfish interests, the achievements of Inspector Yagi in the next few years must count on Li Yuanrang's healthy growth.