The retirement of Ichihei Fukushima brought about a lot of changes to the team's lineup. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The first is the pitcher's position.

In the first game after the start of the second semester, because the superintendent had not yet taken office, Akio Yabe, who took over the position of the main general, pushed himself onto the pitcher mound.

And the outfield he was originally guarding was handed over to his teammate Tian Guwu, who had been recording in the rest area.

Tian Gu was not satisfied with this.

"Let's talk about it first, it's just a ...... in the autumn race"

Tian Gu's striking power is not bad in the team, but he is afraid of running and the sun is afraid of the sun. Fortunately, the weather is getting cooler, and exercising in autumn temperatures is less burdensome for him.

"Don't worry, there may not be a place for you next summer."

Yabe had long heard that the principal was inspecting third-year junior high school students, and that next year's roster should be squeezed into some baseball special students.

When the time comes, don't say it's Tian Gu, and a few second-year students may not be able to maintain their main position.

Another third-year student, Miyagi, gave the stalwart position vacated after his retirement to Donald Hirata, an international student.

Donald has been exposed to hard balls since he was a child, and his basic defensive skills are not bad. However, he doesn't have the fast legs like Miyagi, and the garrison range will naturally be smaller than Miyagi. And the strike rate also does not bear the responsibility of the trailblazer.

As a result, the timing of the autumn meeting has also been adjusted.

Masaoka, who was originally the second batter, became the new first batter. Yabu, who thinks he has excellent tactical execution, ranks himself in second place.

Tokuda, a guerrilla who is not slow in striking skills and speed, is now the third batter.

As for Li Yuanrang, he took over the position of the four-time beater without dispute.

"I always feel that this lineup has become weaker."

Although there are only two people missing, but because of the previous Fukushima Ichihei served as the fourth and the ace. After he left, such a lineup was not very reassuring.

"It doesn't matter, all the teams are mainly newcomers in the autumn conference."

Yabe was right.

College baseball in the Tokyo area has a busy schedule due to the large number of teams participating. It's not like in some places there is a rookie meeting or a first-year assembly between summer and autumn.

The fall qualifiers are the first trial of the team's new squad.

Relative to other schools. Only two main players of the Peace School Baseball Club have retired, and they are almost the least affected team.

Because it is the current school of the group qualifiers, plus the Peace School Stadium also fully meets the standards of the game.

The group qualifiers for the Autumn Tokyo Games were held at the Peace Gakuen's own court.

Eight teams compete for two qualifying spots. If you win two games, you will qualify.

And the first opponent of the Peace School is the metropolitan Miyake Island High School.

"Miyake Island? Where is it on the island? ”

Li Yuanrang asked after looking at his opponent's name.

"It's an island in the middle of the Izu Islands."

Yabe replied.

Administratively, Tokyo also includes the Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islands.

Among them, the total population of Miyake Island is about 3,000. More than ten years ago, due to the eruption of the volcano, the residents of the whole island were evacuated.

Colleges and universities on the island have also temporarily relocated to the Nishitokyo area and borrowed the premises of other metropolitan schools to teach.

Miyake Island High School students were influenced by the culture of baseball under these circumstances, and the baseball club was formed.

Although it is not a team of nine people that is assembled every fall. But they will sign up as soon as they can. Of course, in terms of results, it is really just "focus on participation".

The game ended early in five sets, and the score was 17-2.

In the first game, Li Yuanrang hit a full base shot directly, together with Tian Gu with five bats and Donald with six bats, a total of three consecutive shots.

However, at the end of the competition, the Miyake Island takata players did not look discouraged at all.

"They haven't scored in a competitive game for three years."

Yabe said.

"So you're their first pitcher to score in a few years?"

Lee Won rang to partner with Yabe in this scene. In fact, it is also running-in.

One thing is clear, though. As a pitcher, Yabe's suppressive power is completely incomparable to that of the original Fukushima Ippei.

Today's opponent was not strong, but even so, in the fourth position, the opponent's center line hit consecutive An, and Yabe lost two points as a result.

"You don't think I'm good enough as a pitcher?"

Yabe asked.

"That can't be helped, now you're the only pitcher you can count on."

"No, there are actually other people who can pitch."

This other person refers to Tokuda Ballo, who is now a guerrilla, and took an aptitude test when Tokuda first joined the department a few months ago.

By chance, a ball speed of 140 kilometers was measured.

However, Tokuda himself had never been trained in pitching before. At that time, he was almost doing a ball speed test with a passing position.

In this case, of course, he can't be allowed to go on the board to fight.

And at that time, Yabe was convincing Li Yuanrang to take over the position of catcher. The reason was that in the fall, only Yabe could pitch, so the catcher had to be replaced.

For this reason, Yabe asked Tokuda to keep the matter of his ability to pitch from Lee Motorang.

And now it's almost time to go public.

"Tokuda...... Can it really be fought now? ”

"Probably."

After all, a few months have passed.

And Li Yuanrang was not surprised at all that Tokuda could pitch.

Baseball is actually a sport that relies on talent.

Tokuda's talent is good, and his physical fitness is also top in the team. In particular, the flexibility of the joints, which is a very crucial point for pitching, is also very good at Tokuda.

However, Li Yuanrang is worried about whether Tokuda will have empty ball speed.

After all, pitchers with a ball speed of 140 or even close to 150 kilometers have been seen in summer games.

If you rely on ball speed alone, you can't completely suppress the line.

Therefore, under Li Yuanrang's strong suggestion, after all the games of the day were over, Li Yuanrang left Tokuda behind for pitching practice. Or rather, it's a test.

"If you have a speed, you may not be able to go up to 140 kilometers."

Because today it was not a state adjustment according to the preparation of the pitch. So Tokuda wasn't too confident in his pitching results.

But when the first ball was thrown, Tian Gu, who was standing on the sidelines and was in charge of the speedometer, immediately read the numbers on the tablet.

"One hundred and forty-two kilometers!"

Tian Gu said to Li Yuanrang, who was squatting on home plate.

The first goal broke through one hundred and four.

"Fifteen or sixteen-year-old boys are developing at this time, not only in height every day, but also in their muscles and bones. So just by improving in physical ability, the ball speed can be faster than in previous months......"

This is Yabe's explanation of Tokuda's ball speed.

"Yabe, aren't you fifteen or sixteen years old yourself?"

"That's right."

"But height and muscles ......"

Akio Yabe was always among the top of his peers in height until the fifth grade of elementary school. However, there has been almost no increase since the fifth grade.

"I'm mostly a ...... of wisdom"

Yabe said. (To be continued.) )