Before the third ball was thrown, Li Yuanrang deliberately glanced in the direction of the catcher behind the home plate. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The helmet worn by the catcher is not dark red.

The red patch that moved in the corner of his eye was actually the color of the catcher's mask and protective gear.

Only then did Li Yuanrang realize that his main eye was his right eye, and his field of vision was indeed wider than that of ordinary people. On the right seat, you may be able to see the movement of the opposing catcher in the peripheral vision.

But it's a question of observing this vague movement to predict whether the opponent's ball path will be effective.

The opponent's catcher in front of him does move to the outside corner. The ensuing pitch is indeed the direction of the outside corner. But on the other hand, this observation of the catcher's movement also interfered with Li Yuanrang's judgment of good and bad balls.

The second goal just now was the first time in the last month or two that Li Yuanrang was inconsistent with the referee's decision.

As for whether you still care about the movement of the catcher in the afterglow. Lee decided to try again.

Before the third ball was thrown, Lee Won rang observed the position of the opponent's catcher. I moved slightly from the middle to the inner corner.

"Next is an inside corner?"

In order to cope with the next pitch, Li Yuanrang changed his posture slightly to an open play.

Immediately afterward, the baseball pitched from the pitcher's mound did not start out in the direction of the inside corner. But judging by the trajectory of the ball's movement, it should be a slippery ball.

The opposing pitcher, Kingson, throws a left shot, and the left thrower throws a slider straight into the inside corner of the right hitter.

Li Yuanrang's prediction was a success. But even so, the blow to the inside corner was his weakness.

This ball was hit in the direction of third base because of the premature swing of the bat, and became the infield rolling the earth.

Luckily, the baseball rolled off the sideline before the third baseman rushed up to pick up the ball. Get a throw-in.

The next ball can be guessed by watching the catcher's movements, and it will probably be an outside corner again.

Sure enough, the opposing catcher made a noticeable move towards the outer corner.

A straight ball from the outside corner was thrown, and unsurprisingly out of the good zone.

Li Yuanrang used his own speculation combined with observing the movement of the opponent's catcher, and guessed the way of the ball in two consecutive balls.

If the opponent's pitching rhythm is not rushed, this method of observing the catcher with his peripheral vision may be able to be used for a while.

Of course, this is on the premise of not being noticed by the other party.

For the fifth ball, the catcher didn't move position. The ball is from the outside corner, but not to the extent that it is out of the good ball area on the scale of today's referee.

Presumably, the catcher does not need to shift, and can receive the ball by catching the ball with his backhand alone.

According to the experience of previous games, the angle of this ball is not particularly easy to play, but since it is in the good ball area, Li Yuanrang also has to swing.

Even if you can't hit a hit, try pushing the ball out of the sideline to avoid strikeouts.

Li Yuanrang almost gently swung his bat to hit the ball, the purpose was not so much to pursue the base, but to avoid going out.

However, the ball changes slightly before it touches the bat.

"Isn't this a straight ball?"

Li Yuanrang slightly adjusted the angle of the bat in tens of milliseconds, which was entirely due to the reservation of the strength of the swing just now.

The air vibration was avoided and the bat hit the incoming ball anyway. It just didn't hit the expected throw-in.

The ball rolled directly to the front of the second baseman, and was easily caught by the opponent and passed to first base, sealing the out. Offensive and defensive exchanges.

"Sticking" is not as simple as it seems.

On the way back to the rest area with the bat, Li Yuanrang secretly decided not to swing with the goal of hitting a throw-in in the future. He's a hitter himself who is more suited to a hitter who is aiming for a hit.

At the same time, is it too distracted to observe the movement position of the opponent's catcher that causes a deviation in the timing of the strike?

This is the question to be confirmed in the next blow.

Li Yuanrang, who returned to the rest area, put on the catcher armor and asked his teammates around him for advice on what was the subtle change in the last ball he faced just now.

"Maybe it's a two-seam speedball?"

Captain Ichihei Fukushima, who is a pitcher on the team, judged so.

The so-called two-seam speedball is a ball that is different from the general four-seam straight ball but has roughly the same throwing method.

The speed is also about the same as the average fast straight ball, except for the subtle variations that occur due to differences in the pitcher's personal habits.

"It's also possible that the ball is stretched at high speed."

Akio Yabe had watched his opponent's pitch from his own perspective, and he felt that the magnitude and angle of the ball just now were beyond the level of a normal two-seam speedball.

However, the term stretch ball actually corresponds to several types of balls with different grips and throwing styles.

If we follow the custom of American football, the concept of stretching the ball is very general.

This also includes some two-stitch grip speedballs.

Whereas, in RB, the ball refers to a ball that is close to the change of the way of the ball in the reverse curve.

"The stretch ball is a change ball, no matter how you look at it, the ball just now is a speed ball."

Li Yuanrang's first knowledge of the ball did not actually come from seeing it on the baseball field.

It's a baseball game on consoles. In the common Japanese version of baseball, the stretch ball is completely the opposite of the trajectory of the curved ball.

"The change ball that I actually see is actually quite different from the one in the game."

Yabe knew where Li Yuanrang's stereotype came from, so he made a special explanation.

"There are a lot of stretching balls in the United States that are considered speedballs, and a few of them will be called high-speed stretching balls in RB, which is a kind of change ball, but the change is actually not that big."

In fact, many pitchers are able to throw several different types of stretches, including slow spreads that don't vary much faster than curveballs, and high-speed spreads that are close to straight ball speeds.

In particular, a cross-pitcher like Kim Son can make the ball more powerful because of the pitching position, and some people will practice two or three kinds of it.

In addition, if the left pitcher throws a slow extension like a reverse curveball, it will be directly called a screw ball in the RB ball world.

Since Yabe didn't use the word screwball to refer to the ball thrown by left pitcher Kanamori, he initially regarded the ball as a high-speed stretch of the speedball system.

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"You felt it when you hit just now, and today's good ball area ......"

Before putting on his protective gear and entering the court to start the second half of the game, Akio Yabe leaned over to remind.

"It seems to be a bigger circle than usual."

"It's good for the pitchers, not just for the opposing pitchers, but if the scale of the referee doesn't change for the half inning, it's good for our pitchers as well."

"And what if the referee's scale changes?"

"There is no need for this, college baseball games, and it has only been played three times, how can anyone hear of buying referees in the past. Today's scale is just his personal style. ”