Chapter 53 Exclusive
Although he was disgusted by Rong Chun again, Rong Chun's willingness to start getting close to Yu Xing is also a good start, (on the humility of the Qingdao Trapper..... )
"Sawamura, what kind of ball do you want to practice today, or do you want to do it all over again like yesterday?"
Rong Chun shook his head and said with deep eyes,
"Not today, I think the next pitching training is centered on changing the ball, I have almost mastered the straight ball and the carter ball, and there is no more room for improvement for the time being, plus I want to add more capital and hole cards to myself before the summer liga qualifiers, and it is still far from a straight ball and a carter ball alone."
Hearing Rong Chun say this, Yu Xing also nodded secretly, in fact, he originally wanted to discuss this issue with Rong Chun, but now it seems that there is no problem, the new weapon will only become sharper the more it is sharpened.
"I understand, so let's focus on training with the change ball today, and the straight ball is used to warm up, and let's start when it feels like it's about the same."
"Yes."
Taking a deep breath before pitching is already a must-do for Rong Chun, just like Rong Chun must shout before the game, Rong Chun adjusts his mentality and rhythm, looks at Miyuki's gloves, and throws every straight ball carefully and boldly.
Miyuki, who catches the ball, hears his gloves make louder noises and feels goosebumps rising, and a good catcher will make the pitch sound and look more powerful when he catches the ball. But there are some pitchers who can do it themselves, such as Downvalley, and now add a growing Rongchun.
Rong Chun's pitch can make such a sound when it enters the glove, thanks to his excellent treatment of every pitch, which is probably every pitcher's idea, but not every pitcher can do it, but Rong Chun can.
Like Tamba's predecessors, he knows his straight ball is weak, but is he really not improving? No, as the trump card who was ordered in danger, he probably knows his weakness better than anyone else, so he will suffer more than others, why can't he do that, probably this is also a talent.
As a catcher, Miyuki can intuitively feel Rongchun's cherishing of every ball, Rongchun's pitching has the feeling of no way back for a third-grader, and every ball is like the final ball, which is the first time Miyuki received Rongchun's pitch and failed to feel it.
This made Miyuki wonder what Rong Chun had gone through to make such a big difference in pitching in just a few months.
After throwing more than a dozen straight balls, Rong Chun drew a few arcs with his arms, and after making sure that his warm-up had been completed, he said to Senior Yuxing,
"Miyuki-senpai, I'm ready."
"Okay, then let's start with the five fingers you're most familiar with."
"Well, I'm sorry for you, Miyuki-senpai."
Rong Chun nodded, the five-finger grasp pitch is the most familiar way for Rong Chun, unlike the previous all-out pitching, this time what he needs is to relax his fingers under the all-out pitch to achieve the purpose of slowing down.
Rong Chun's five-finger speed ball will not reduce the speed of the ball too much, but it will bring a special change, just like the pitching when he first came to Qingdao, because Rong Chun has not fully adapted to the feeling of his fingers, so he is not very proficient in throwing, the ball speed is sometimes fast and slow, and the changes are sometimes large and small.
Rong Chun held the ball in the palm of his hand, turned it a few times with his fingers at will, did not deliberately hold it according to the stitches, and then posed to maximize the accumulation and release it in one breath.
In that exaggerated posture, anyone thought it was an all-out pitch, and then under the shocked gaze of the hitter, the baseball slowly entered the glove after he swung the bat.
"Sawamura, relax a little more, it's too stiff, and the change is not enough."
"Yes."
"The ball path is so simple, no one will fall for such a ball as a lob."
"Yes, one more goal."
"It's still too high, press it down, press it down."
"Yes."
Compared to the sound coming from here from time to time, the Tamba seniors and Chris seniors who came in later were quieter, of course, the movement of the pitching was another story.
Tenba's seniors have wanted to partner with Chris's seniors for a long time, and not long after he entered the school, Chris's seniors went to the first army, but he failed to become a partner, and finally when Tamba's seniors worked hard to be promoted to the first army, Chris's seniors retired to the second army due to injury.
But fortunately, although it was a long time, the two finally became partners, and Chris still returned to the first army.
So under the buff that the wish finally came true, Tamba's senior's pitching was like a sudden hanging, and he was in super good condition, so much so that the huge noise generated by the pitching scared Miyuki and Eijun, and the two looked at the excited Tanba seniors next door with ignorant expressions.
"Tanba, the previous supervisor said that you are not in good shape, I don't think it's super good."
"Ah, it's always exciting to be paired with you, Chris."
Looking at the two partners who were about to start complaining to each other, the light bulb Rong Chun plugged in,
"That's right, if it's Chris's senior, people always want to dedicate their best pitch to him."
The Tambo seniors who were interrupted by the juniors were not angry, but nodded with a sense of agreement, and Chris looked at the two pitchers who had begun to discuss how powerful and gentle Chris was, and shook his head helplessly.
As for Yukiya Miyuki, I'm sorry your partner is offline, Chris Blow is online. The neglected Miyuki had to quickly pull his pitcher back, and if he continued to talk, Rong Chun should look at him with a dead fish-eyed expression again, as if to say why didn't Chris take my ball again.
Although Miyuki has always thought that as long as the pitcher can throw better pitches, it doesn't matter if he is hated, but he is still a little unbearable to be so naked and disgusted by comparison.
"By the way, Sawamura, you've tried two of the speed ball positions, right, do you want to try the others today?"
"Huh? Are there any other ways to hold the ball? ”
Hearing the pitching Rong Chun obediently turned his head back to Yu Xing's side, and saw that it had attracted Rong Chun's attention, Yu Xing introduced it even harder,
"There are many ways to hold the ball in a variable speed ball, OK type, crab type.... You can also use your middle finger and ring finger to grip or something, like you do with five fingers, and like the middle finger and index finger up, in short, as long as you can slow down the ball. ”
"Huh? There are so many. ”
"Yes, since you started with a five-finger grip and a middle finger with your index finger raised, so why don't you try something else today, maybe it will suit you better than these two."
"Uh-huh, I'm going to try."
Chris seniors looked at them with some concern, trying so much, will it affect Rong Chun's own posture (it still breaks the heart of Chris seniors. )。
"Okay, then you can try them one by one according to the gestures I told you earlier."
"Yes! Well.... First, wrap your fingers around the ball with an OK gesture. ”
Rong Chun, who tried to hold it, experienced it a few times, felt good, and then waved his arm at the senior of Miyuki and said,
"I'm ready, I'm going to vote, Miyuki-senpai."
Senior Miyuki looked at Rong Chun, who was in a pitching pose, and was also ready to catch the ball. Then Miyuki looked at the baseball flying over and nodded, and the speed of the ball decreased
"Huh?"
The pitch flew into the lower left corner of Miyuki's glove and landed behind Miyuki.
Miyuki looked at the good quality speed ball with some surprise, but he didn't expect that it had made further changes at home plate, and the trajectory of the changes was completely different from the first two.
Senior Chris and Senior Tambo, who were watching from the sidelines, were also quite frightened and didn't know what to say.
Change ball, each person has their own characteristics, the size of the hand, the length of the fingers, the body, the posture, the personality of these are different from person to person, even if the same type of ball ten pitchers will throw ten different variation of the ball, that is no one can imitate, only their own ball.
Although the grip is different, it is just to better reduce the speed of the ball, but is it really possible to change the trajectory with a different grip?
"Colorful Change Ball Pitcher ....."
Miyuki's predecessor muttered to himself, this is the first time Miyuki Kazuya and Sawamura Eisun met, Takashima Rei's evaluation of Eisun, and now Miyuki finally understands the meaning of this title, naturally unadorned, it belongs to Sawamura Eisun's quirk ball.
Senior Yu Xing subconsciously looked at Senior Chris, and saw the same shock on Senior Chris's face, and then Senior Chris looked at him and nodded, Senior Yu Xing said to Rong Chun,
"Sawamura, try another grip."
"Huh? I know. ”
After Rong Chun experimented with five or six different grips, in Miyuki's crazy miss, Chris Senpai and Miyuki Senpai both determined Rong Chun's traits.
"Woo Woo Woo Woo .... I can't control the ball at all, and it's even harder to control the ball than before. ”
Rong Chun was a little deflated when he saw that he started to twist the pitch again, and finally he was able to master the control of the speed ball, but it was messed up after changing the grip.
"Sawamura, it's okay, let's practice the first two first."
As soon as he heard this, Rong Chunle replied, not at all reacting to what Yuyuki's predecessor said about practicing first.
In this study, the biggest reaction is not the two catchers and the bowler himself, but Tanba seniors, originally the existence of Sawamura made Tanba seniors under a lot of pressure, but the game has not started before Rong Chun has developed new skills, as a senior, he should have congratulated Rong Chun, but he couldn't say anything.
Chris senior in front of Tambo realized that Tamba's predecessor was not in the right state, and seeing Tambo staring at Rong Chun tightly, Chris understood Tambo's thoughts.
is also a third-grader, and has a genius junior, Chris is also under a lot of pressure, but the experience of these two years has made Chris stronger, so he hopes that his peers are the same as him.
'Tamba, no matter what, I'll be behind you well, so....'
"Chris..."
Tamba's senior's sudden words interrupted Chris's inner monologue,
"As a senior, I should congratulate him, and as an ace, I should be glad that the strength of the team has grown, but why do I feel scared and unwilling, and the tension and excitement in my heart..."
The original sense of depression of Tanba's predecessors gradually disappeared, and was replaced by a soaring desire to fight.
"Tamba...."
"Don't worry, Chris, I'm fine, I feel better than ever now, why do you say that."
"Because you're a pure pitcher, it's just your instinct."
"Hmm~"
Tanbo and Chris, who were smiling at each other, looked at the pair of partners who had practiced to the point of forgetfulness, and their inner thoughts were even firmer.