Chapter 229: Preparing for the Semifinals
Although Iida, the left pitcher of Jingxi High School, was playing for the first time at this year's Spring Festival. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
But the former ACE alternate, who had high hopes from the baseball department's supervisor, didn't allow the Peace School to extend the score.
Iida is a left-handed cross-thrower. It takes time for the School of Peace to get used to his throwing style.
And the rest of the game was not enough time to complete this adaptation.
In the first half of the ninth inning, Iida ensured that his side would not lose points again. Judging from the score alone, it seems that the Jingxi Gao who attacked behind still has a chance to reverse and end the game goodbye.
But such an opportunity exists only theoretically.
In the second half of the ninth inning, Tokuda's shoulder has been completely awakened. The ball speed and power are at their best.
On the other hand, it was the turn of the latter part of the club.
The eight and nine bats were blindly chased and the bad ball was struck out. Iida, who was the last to appear, failed to create a miracle himself.
He swings a straight ball with ease. The baseball went straight up and down into Li Yuanrang's glove.
This is where the semi-finals of the Spring Tokyo Games end.
Most of the players from both teams had smiles on their faces when they lined up to salute.
The Peace School is the joy of victory.
There is no regret for BWI universities.
The original purpose of the Spring Festival was to train troops.
Several of their main players in this game have not been terrible. And the task of securing seeds for the summer conference has also been completed.
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The interval between the semi-finals and the semi-finals is as long as a week.
All the players can get a good rest.
During this period, of course, the task is to train specifically for the next opponent.
Peace Gakuen's opponent in the semi-finals is the University of Sentake Gakusha.
The school's most famous deed in baseball is the disastrous ratio of finals appearances to championships.
From the Tokyo meeting before the east-west division. The Thousand Bamboo School has reached the finals of more than a dozen summer conferences. The experience of winning the championship is only once.
Either way, it's a strong team in the East Tokyo area.
In this year's Spring Festival, Qianzhu School was lucky in the first few games, and almost all of the opponents were mediocre public schools.
Three of those games ended early.
On paper alone, the pitchers at this university are very oppressive. It has been three games in a row without conceding a point.
However, according to the information collected by the intelligence team, the pitcher of the Chitake Academy was only 130 kilometers away.
The pitching stance is also a three-quarter throw that is not featured.
Variation balls are curveballs and variable speed balls.
It doesn't seem to be particularly outstanding. There will be such a result, it should only be a relationship with the strength of the opponent who is too weak.
Honda, the pitcher who was specially recruited for admission to the Peace School this year, did not get a back number for this spring meeting.
However, in terms of type, it is a little similar to the opponent Ichihara in the next game.
Superintendent Yagi arranged for Honda to be a striker to play the ball for the starting line-up feeding.
Inspector Yagi did not give any hope for the effectiveness of this training. If Honda really was a pressing pitcher, he wouldn't have been left on the Spring Conference roster.
Using Honda as a percussion pitcher is just a pre-game adaptation exercise.
What Supervisor Yagi really cares about is actually the opponent's line.
The line attached to the Thousand Bamboo School is a machine gun route.
Against mediocre pitchers, they can rely on consecutive hits to score a lot of points.
If the opposing pitcher has a pressing force. Then almost every player in the line has the ability to stick to the ball.
In the previous game, they had set a magical record of hitting three up and three down but consuming 37 balls from the opposing pitcher.
"However, this year, they have neither the ability nor the ability to play long, nor the motivation."
Tako, who is in charge of intelligence, came to this conclusion after summarizing the information.
Li Yuanrang flipped through the information compiled by Tian Gu.
Not only the spring conference, but since last year's autumn meeting, the Qianzhu School has not hit a home run.
The number of thefts is also very small.
Most hits are first runs. And the four bad escorts also account for a considerable proportion of the base-based means.
"No piracy doesn't mean no mobility. If it's the Yoshida overseer. He just doesn't like the players stealing bases. ”
A lot of overseers in college baseball teach at the same school for long periods of time.
Superintendent Yoshida of Sentake Gakusha has been serving as the baseball club superintendent for 30 years. Yagi's college days were also played against the team he coached.
Overseer Yoshida is best known for his composure.
Most of the instructions he gave to his players were "don't swing the stick and wait for the opponent to kill himself".
This kind of patience can really be useful in college competitions. This is the secret of his ability to reach more than 10 finals in various conferences.
On the other hand, most of the teams that make it to the final don't have to be patient. That's why Inspector Yoshida has only won the final once in a few decades.
Superintendent Yagi retrieved footage from the previous games.
It's all the result of the baseball department's intelligence-gathering team.
Superintendent Yoshida's performance in these games is not different from the impression left by Superintendent Yagi's active duty days.
He still manipulates his students like marionettes.
Specific instructions will be given for almost every ball. If the beater does not follow his instructions, he will be scolded when he returns to the rest area.
Overseer Yoshida's code is quite complicated.
It's not just about asking the hitter to swing or not to swing, but to aim for the outside or the inside. According to legend, there are even clear instructions on which direction to hit the ball.
Judging from the figure, the beaters attached to the Qianzhu School don't look like they don't have the ability to fight for a long time. The fact that their team leaders are now so low may have something to do with the fact that the overseer's instructions are too specific.
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The semi-finals of the Spring Festival are already scheduled for late April. The weather is getting very warm.
The day before the start of the competition, several special students living in the dormitory suddenly knocked on Yabe's door.
"Senior, where are the clippers for shaving your head?"
Leading the way was third baseman Kojima. He was one of the first few people in the special enrollment to get a starting spot.
"Faders?"
Yabe hesitated for a moment, and then immediately understood when he saw the hairstyles of several juniors.
Most of these special students have developed the habit of shaving the "owner's head" hairstyle since childhood.
For a period of time, everyone's hair length has grown naturally. Now many of the team members' hairstyles look like ordinary flat heads.
According to these special student habits, shaving your head before a major competition can maintain concentration.
But the problem is that the Peace School Baseball Club doesn't have a tradition of shaving its head. Of course, there will be no equipment.
Yabe touched his head.
Before last summer's conference, Yabe shaved his head in order to concentrate.
After more than half a year, the hair has already grown back and has become a featureless three-seven points.
"Why don't you do with this?"
Yabe turned and opened the drawer of his desk. Take out a pair of safety scissors bought at the stationery store......