Li Yuanrang did a warm-up exercise under the leadership of Yabe. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Then the two passed a dozen balls to each other as a preparation to relax their shoulders.

Next, Li Yuanrang stood on the pitcher's mound and began his own pitching test. He uses a pitching motion that doesn't lift his legs much and is closer to passing.

The whole test is about ten balls. The ball speed is also quickly listed in the information system.

"The fastest is 122 kilometers, and the slowest is 97."

Tian Gu read the speed displayed on his computer.

Li Yuanrang used almost all his strength to throw every ball, but the speed fluctuated by twenty or thirty kilometers.

Not only that, but possession is not presentable. Only two out of 10 balls hit the target of the good ball area that was the target of the pitch.

Fukushima recalled Li Yuanrang's long-range shooting performance in the field when he first joined the team for testing, and the results were not outstanding.

Today's pass to home plate only shows that his shoulder strength has full potential. But before mastering the art of pitching and passing. You can't expect too much from Li Yuanrang in this regard.

"Actually, the people in the shopping street are very talkative, and if we can't find a pitcher with them, they might even lend us a pitcher."

After the match with Kai was finalized, captain Fukushima used to say this to everyone about the pitcher.

This is compared to the so-called corporate teams that are sponsored by big corporations and aim for urban confrontation or Japanese player rights. The purpose of playing in this Kusanoball team in the 4-chome shopping street is more to enjoy the game.

But if it's not a last resort, it's better to find a pitcher from within the Peace Academy.

"Otherwise, I'll cast ......"

Just when Tian Guwu was eager to show off his pitching skills again. Akio Yabe, who had been acting as a catcher inside, was the first to get to the pitcher's board.

In fact, when he was in middle school, Yabe practiced as the team's No. 2 and No. 3 pitcher.

In order to stop the opponent from stealing bases, catchers need to have the ability to quickly pass through second base. So, in general, the strength of the shoulders has always been an important indicator of a catcher's ability.

Many teams in youth baseball will develop their catchers as bench pitchers. So since elementary school, Yabe has not stopped pitching training.

The results of the test did not disappoint.

Without the pressure of the game, Yabe's pitches all hit the good zone. The average ball speed is also stronger than that of Lee Wonrang and Masaoka.

Although it is a bit difficult to suppress the strong teams in the college football world with this level of pitching. But a practice match against the amateur team of the shopping street is enough.

In this way, the problem of the pitcher was temporarily solved. But new problems arise.

The Peace School also has no substitute catchers.

The catchers are the second hardest position on the baseball field. It's different from when everyone is eager to try when a pitcher is out. Now none of them have actively declared interest in the position of the catcher.

Yabe and Fukushima both turned their gazes to Li Yuanrang. And Li Yuan didn't want to take on this heavy responsibility. Before others put the responsibility on their heads, Li Yuanrang first recommended another candidate.

"Didn't Masaoka say he could defend any position?"

In a casual conversation after a certain training, Masaoka Ji once said this.

Not only that, but he also put four gloves in the locker in the department's room, corresponding to different garrison positions. It seems that I have indeed practiced.

"It's okay in other positions, but it's not okay with the catcher. There are very few left-shot catchers, and now the baseball club has several sets of protective gear for right-shot catchers......"

What Yabe said is actually common knowledge in the field of baseball.

Many of the guarding moves that need to be made in the catcher position are not good for left-handers. For example, passing the ball to third base, or blocking home plate to kill a runner. It's all right hand more convenient than left.

In addition, the ratio of right-to-left plays in the entire baseball world is about seven to three. When the right-hand hitter is in the strike zone, the catcher will use his left hand to even interfere with the return pass to the pitcher.

As a result, it is rare in baseball to have a left-shot catcher.

Lee Wonrang originally only knew about baseball from anime works, so he didn't know anything about it before.

In the end, under the coaxing and deception of his teammates, Li Yuanrang still put on a full set of protective gear of the catcher. Start trying to make a cameo appearance at the Catcher's position.

"But what about the code and the ball?"

Before crouching down behind home plate, Lee asked Yabe.

Recently, I have personally participated in two games, and I have also made up a lot of videos of classic college baseball games. Li Yuanrang also has a better understanding of the distribution of roles between casting and capturing.

In addition to dealing with the opposing hitter, there is another purpose for the catcher and pitcher, which is to let the catcher have a rough preparation before receiving the ball, and know what kind of ball the pitcher will throw.

As for where to throw the ball, it is generally guided by the position of the catcher's glove.

Now Li Yuanrang is completely unprepared for the knowledge of ball matching required to achieve the above two points.

"If it's a code, I'll talk about it later, anyway, I only have two kinds of balls: straight balls and curved balls."

Although I have always practiced pitching, I have not trained specifically as a pitcher. There aren't many variation balls that Yabe can use in actual combat.

In addition to curveballs, Yabe can also throw speed balls. But this type of speed ball needs to be used in conjunction with the power of a straight ball.

Yabe's straight ball speed is just barely over one hundred and twenty kilometers. As a result, the value of the speedball is greatly reduced.

"So where should I put my gloves?"

"Just put it in the middle."

Yabe doesn't want to hit every shot. The purpose of asking Li Yuanrang to put the gloves in this position is just so that no matter what angle or position he throws the ball, the opponent can rely on instant reaction to catch it.

In fact, from the very beginning, when he said that he was going to throw the ball, Yabe thought of asking Li Yuanrang to catch his ball.

Now in addition to the other members of the Yabe, except for Ichihei Fukushima, who has already shot nine rounds today, he must rest his elbow tomorrow. Only Li Yuanrang can start squatting tomorrow.

Although the ball catching technique is relatively rusty, Li Yuanrang's excellent dynamic vision and instant reflexes can greatly make up for this shortcoming.

Plus tall stature. Even if you don't catch the ball after wearing the protective gear, just using the body gear can ensure that a large part of the ball is stopped in front of you and will not miss.

The next shooting and catching practice between Yabe and Lee Wonrang also verified this assumption.

There are good and bad balls in the more than ten balls, straight balls and changing balls. No matter what kind of ball Yabe throws, Li Yuanrang can rely on the first reaction to catch the ball into the glove.

"That should be enough for tomorrow's game."

After finishing the shooting practice, Li Yuanrang stood up and said to Yabe.

"Tomorrow it's enough to catch the ball, but catchers don't just have to catch the ball......"

"I'm going to fight this one anyway."

"Oh? Not necessarily. ”

With these words, Yabe shifted his gaze to Captain Ichihei Fukushima.

"You don't have much time to count on Fukushima-senpai to pitch, right?"

Kazuhei Fukushima is now in the third grade, and will retire from the baseball club after the following summer meet.

Judging from today's test, neither Masaoka nor Lee Won Rang will be able to take over the responsibility of the team's trump card.

Perhaps from the fall until the new first-year joins, the team's No. 1 pitcher will be Akio Yabe.