Chapter 7: Are You Still Human? (3rd Update)
"How many do you use now?"
"There are knuckle forks, speed balls, four-seam straight balls, side-shot sliders, submarine pitches ......"
When Li Lei told the superintendent of the change ball that he had already used, Bang Leizang's head was confused.
Just by hearing the names of these change balls, he was already a head or two big.
It's hard to imagine that a catcher can remember so many balls on the field?
And after there are more weapons, there is also a very troublesome matter.
So how to choose?
Inspector Thunder Zang glanced at his main catcher Watanabe with regret.
He could imagine it.
Compared to Li Lei's ultra-luxurious engine, the material of Watanabe's shell is too poor.
He couldn't carry Li Lei's speed at all.
So much so that Li Lei had to deliberately suppress it in the process of pitching.
"So many balls of change, what about your hand?"
Overseer Thunder asked.
But before he could finish asking this question, the superintendent realized that he had made a common-sense mistake.
Li Lei was able to learn so many changes so quickly.
There is only one plausible explanation.
That's how he throws the ball, which is one in ten thousand, or even one in a million.
It's no wonder that Li Lei can control the ball so accurately when he is in possession.
Not only does he divide the good ball into squares, but he can also switch to different positions within each square.
This level of possession.
Not to mention the whole of Tokyo, even if you look at the whole country, you can count it on your fingers.
As far as pitching is concerned, Li Lei's evolution is really very complete.
It's no wonder that he, such a thorny player, can finally be selected for the national team.
"The level of each of your changing balls is also different, right? Although every change is good, it is not sharp, and it is not enough to reach the level of lore. Do you have that lore ball? ”
Thunder Zang asked.
The reason why Lei Zang asked this question was to suppress Li Lei's arrogance.
So that this guy can't find the north.
Li Lei's problem is not that he doesn't have a deciding goal, but that he has too many deciding goals.
Geniuses sometimes have this kind of trouble.
Because there are too many things to be good at, it is not easy to make choices and trade-offs.
Li Lei has practiced so many changing balls, and his pitching is certainly ever-changing, but he has not practiced every change of ball to the extreme.
Take their team's Sanada Shunpei for example.
The number of Sanada's change balls is far inferior to Li Lei's.
But Sanada's deterrent power on the pitcher's mound is no less impressive.
Especially his deciding goal!
After Li Lei heard the question of the superintendent of the thunder hide, he did not open his mouth to defend himself.
Instead, subconsciously, he glanced at Watanabe.
Well?
Of course, his small action did not escape the eyes of the superintendent of Thunder Hide.
"What do you mean?"
Li Lei shrugged his shoulders and made a helpless expression.
Boom Lei Zang didn't dare to ask any more.
Li Lei's posture was as if he was telling Lei Zang.
It's not that he didn't have a tiebreaker, it's just that his tiebreaker Watanabe couldn't catch it.
How, probably?
This is the truest thought in Thunderhide's heart.
Even Li Lei's super maneuver, Watanabe can be firmly connected to the glove.
What other balls Watanabe can't catch?
If this was said by someone else, the Thunder Collector would definitely not let it go, and he wouldn't even believe it.
You haven't used it, how do you know if your partner can't catch it?
But it was Li Lei who said this.
Li Lei practiced with Watanabe almost every day.
"Do you want to change his partner?"
As soon as this idea came to mind, it was abandoned by the Thunder Collector.
It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice.
Even if he had an idea in his heart, there was no one in the Yakushi High School baseball team who could replace Watanabe.
In addition to Watanabe, Akiba can also serve as a catcher.
It's okay for Akiba to be a catcher, but if it's said that he's better than Watanabe, it doesn't seem to be.
The two of them as a whole are half a pound and eight taels.
But the summer tournament has begun, and they've been honing this squad for a long time.
The consequences of a sudden change of catcher are difficult to predict.
On the whole, substitutions are definitely not possible.
Since the substitution is not good, the change ball that was used by Li Lei as the decisive ball is afraid that it will not be able to be used.
This is undoubtedly a very regrettable thing.
Especially considering that they will have to challenge the big three clubs of Nishitokyo later.
If Li Lei can have one more decisive ball at the bottom of the box.
Their chances of winning will undoubtedly improve a lot.
But it can't be ......
Bang Lei Zang is upset when he sees Li Lei now, who let all this be recruited by Li Lei.
"Don't practice striking yet, do you want to be lazy?"
The face of the superintendent is like that of a child, and he will turn it over.
Fortunately, after a few months of getting along, Li Lei has gradually gotten used to it, and he has started his daily strike training.
The practice of swinging the stick of the other partners is an ordinary treatment.
Those who can pitch the ball with a pitching machine are all members of the pharmacist high school baseball team.
Li Lei's practice of swinging the stick enjoys super VIP treatment.
When the team's players were in defensive practice, he played two pitchers on a 1-on-1 duel.
One of them, fifty balls!
The process was very fast, and in just over half an hour, Li Lei completed 100 swinging exercises.
"Cut!"
Even in the game against the Chengkong High School baseball team, Li Lei showed extraordinary striking strength.
When he faced off against Sanada Junhei and Senior Mino again, Li Lei still felt struggling.
Sure enough, his striking strength is still far behind.
Bomb Lei Zang Supervisor now especially likes to see Li Lei's disgraced appearance.
"It's good to be able to see the gap clearly, which means that you still have room for improvement."
After commenting on Li Lei's blow, Bang Lei Zang asked Li Lei to go to the cowshed to practice pitching.
Li Lei is a pitcher after all, and pitching is his job.
After Li Lei left, Bang Lei Zang asked the team's leading teacher.
"How's that kid doing today?"
"Of Mino's 50 goals, he hit 42."
When Superintendent Thunder Zang heard the news, his face suddenly showed a happy look.
"Sanye is in good shape!"
Before 50 goals, Li Lei was able to hit 46 at most.
The team's lead teacher cautiously glanced at his supervisor before adding.
"Seven of his 50 goals are bad!"
"What?"
Thunder Zang's eyes widened directly, "What do you mean?" ”
"Li Lei didn't make a single shot of these bad balls. Of the remaining 43 good shots, he hit 42. Only one didn't touch the ball! ”
Boom Thunder Zang Superintendent turned his head to look at Li Lei's disappearing back, his eyes flashing with shock!
It's only been a few days, huh?
Playing Mino's pitching, his success rate has increased from 80% to 98%?
Is this still human?
"What about Sanada?"
……