Chapter 55: Impeached
Ichihei Fukushima threw a straight ball from the outside corner and went straight to the position that catcher Lee Won rang requested. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
This is the delicate area on the edge of the good ball belt. However, according to the referee's standard in today's game, nine times out of ten it will be judged a bad goal.
Hitter Yuma Kondo doesn't intend to trust the referee completely. He wants to take his destiny into his own hands.
The moment the ball went to base, Kondo made a light swing and pushed the ball out of bounds in the direction of third base.
Obviously, it was a deliberate throw-in.
Fourth ball, straight ball with high outside corner, out of bounds.
Fifth ball, inside straight ball, out of bounds.
Ichihei Fukushima, who can throw several straight balls into an ambiguous area on the edge of the good ball zone, is a rare case among high-level pitchers.
And Kondo, who can deliberately hit out of bounds for several consecutive balls, has an extraordinary ability to control the bat.
Although he has been fighting five balls, the number of balls is still good. The situation is still favorable to the casting and fishing combination of the Peace Academy.
"Now we should be able to get a change orb."
Li Yuanrang was instructed by Fukushima to match more straight balls, so he has been controlling the proportion of change balls since just now.
This time, Li Yuanrang played the code of a curved ball.
The position is center, while the height is below the knee.
The tactics of alternating between inside and outside corners did not shake the opponent at all.
In retrospect, Kondo's empty ball was a straight ball on the upper edge of the good ball zone.
"Since it is difficult for the other party to be confused by horizontal judgment, perhaps vertical judgment is the breakthrough."
Li Yuanrang didn't want to use this ball to decide the winner with his opponent.
A curved ball is a slow ball with a relatively obvious trajectory. It stands to reason that it is not difficult for experienced batters to see that this is a deliberate bad shot.
Li Yuan wants to interfere with the smooth feel of his opponent's consecutive throw-ins. At the same time, it paves the way for a straight ball in the high inside corner in his next ball plan.
However, in the face of such an obvious bad ball, Kondo Yuma seems to have been prepared to deal with it for a long time.
As soon as the ball is shot, Kondo pulls the ball back. Then lean your upper body slightly towards home plate and swing hard at your waist.
Baseball is not so much being knocked out as being scooped up. Then fly straight towards the middle field.
All three of the Academy's outfielders gave up early on chasing the landing. Watch as a baseball hits the Toyota logo on a billboard in the outfield.
Kondo calmly stepped through each base bag and finally ran back to home plate.
He waved to the sparse crowd sitting on either side of the infield.
"See! That's what I learned from the MajorLeague! ”
There was a noise from the stands behind home plate, which had been quiet. No need to ask, it must be Kondo Nana, the sister of Kondo Yuma.
As if avoiding the sight of his sister in the stands, Yuma put away his waving right hand and immediately turned around and walked to the rest area.
"Did you see or guess the ball just now?"
Li Yuanrang asked at Kondo's back.
"What do you think?"
Kondo replied without replying.
At this time, someone in the rest area of the Peace School called a pause. Akio Yabe ran up the pitcher's mound. And Li Yuanrang and the infielders also surrounded him.
"It's normal to hit a home run by a center hitter, so you don't have to run over for this......"
Seeing his teammates around him, pitcher Fukushima felt that this was a big fuss.
"In fact, the opponent's line of play is only one and four sticks, and they have the ability to play long. Just don't let other players get on base in front of them. ”
Yabe, who ran into the arena under the pretext of conveying instructions that Sato-sensei didn't actually exist, said.
"But the ball just now was obviously so low......
When Li Yuanrang checked the information recently, he was instilled with the idea that low balls are not easy to cause long hits.
"It's more effective to deal with low balls like the one you just did, but you don't have to try this when your striking stance is not fully formed."
Yabe felt that Li Yuanrang liked to learn what he saw on the court, so he deliberately advised.
At the urging of the referee, the players of the Peace School returned to their respective positions, and Yabe also ran back to the rest area.
"Is there any interesting news in this week's magazine?"
Yabe returned to the bench and saw Sato-sensei holding a notebook in his seat and flipping through it. Because he can't use communication devices, Mr. Sato, who is addicted to the various functions of his smartphone, can only read this physical reading material in the rest area to pass the time.
"This is the statistics book!"
Mr. Sato put the book up and pointed the cover against Yabe.
"I've seen the swimsuit picture in there......"
Seeing that his disguise was revealed, Mr. Sato simply stopped hiding it, but began to discuss the content of the magazine with everyone on the bench.
"Is this Junko Fujiwara from our school?"
Sato asked Yabe, who had just sat down next to him.
"I'm still studying at the University of Peace Academy."
"And what about this Ryuya Inoue?"
"Sounds like you've heard the name? It's an actor. ”
"Ryu Inoue is also a senior in our firm, teacher, don't you usually watch costume dramas?"
The person who spoke was Minami Asakura, who was sitting on the bench in the first row. It belongs to the same performing arts firm as the inoue mentioned above.
"He will star in next year's Dahe drama, and it is said that I will be assigned a co-starring role."
Asakura continued.
"Next year's Dahe drama, decided so early? This year's Taiga drama is only halfway through, and Hideyoshi is not dead yet......"
Sato was surprised.
"Each time, the theme will be set two years in advance, and then the starring candidates will be announced half a year before the broadcast. Teacher, are you not familiar with entertainment news after reading so many weekly magazines? ”
"I usually buy weekly magazines to read for this."
As Mr. Sato said this, he involuntarily turned to the pages of the magazine printed in color.
"Next year's big river drama, it seems to be called "Kicker's True"?"
Yabe, who is the number one TV child in the baseball club, doesn't like costume dramas, but these news are still known.
"That's right, it's the story of Imagawa Clan, the most soccer daimyo of the Sengoku period. Inoue Senpai usually likes sports such as football and baseball, so he was chosen to play the leading role. Last time, he was on the scene to watch the practice match we had with Kai. ”
"Well, really?"
Yabe had no memory of this.
"It seems that there is such a thing, and it is written in this magazine, saying that Ryuya Inoue also accompanied Junko Fujiwara to watch the baseball game of her alma mater, and the two talked and laughed in the stands and seemed to be dating or something."
Mr. Sato read the headline of the magazine to everyone. And show the page with the blurry photo printed on it to Yabe.
"Show me."
Yabe snatched the magazine, flipped through the relevant reports, and read them.
"Just look at these pages! Don't look at the coloring book part in the back, you first-graders! ”
For some reason, Mr. Sato suddenly became nervous.