Superintendent Kataoka was also thinking about the candidates for the first army, and he looked at the two lists in his hand, and hesitated for a long time before choosing one of them and putting the other in a drawer.

"On a cloudy day, inform everyone, and the three of them, Namiki, Ita, and Tanba, will be promoted to the first army." Superintendent Kataoka told Minister Ota about his choice.

In fact, if it weren't for the appearance of Yagami Night, more than a month ago (in my setting, the second semester of Seido starts at the end of August, and the specific time is adjusted according to the situation each year), Superintendent Kataoka would have thought about raising Koichiro Tanba to the army and training him to be the main battle pitcher in the lunar year.

(Note: In the original book, Tanba and Yuki were both promoted to the first army in the autumn of the first grade, so this is a restoration of the plot of the original book.) )

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Because of the approaching Tokyo Metropolitan Conference in the fall, there is a significant differentiation in the training of the Seido Baseball Club, and the A playground is basically trained by players from the first army, and in the current team, including Yagami Yagami, there are only four pitchers in the team, the second-year ace Jinguji one, the second-year substitute pitcher, and the back number of the eleventh Hiroshi Sakai; First-year bench pitcher, Yagami with the number 15 on his back; Koichiro Tanba, a first-year backup pitcher with the number 19 on his back, is at the center of the team's training at this stage.

In the past few years, Seido High School's lineup has always maintained the top level in the country, and in the entire Kanto region, none of the teams that have played practice matches with Seido High School have the strength to suppress Seido High School's line.

Although the offense is strong, Seido High School has a fatal flaw in the defense, that is, there is no ace pitcher who can play stably, whether it is a third-year pitcher who has quit the baseball club, or a second-year Jinguji and Sakai, the former has a problem with mentality, and the latter has a problem with strength and mentality.

Last year's autumn Tokyo Metropolitan Conference, this year's Summer Liga Qualifiers, and earlier games, such experiences abound in the past few years, a pitcher who can really be called an ace, or a pitcher formation composed of several pitchers with good strength, is what Qingdao University has lacked in the past four years, and it is also the reason why Qingdao University has repeatedly stopped in the top four or even the top eight in the annual competition.

Because as long as you encounter Daocheng Industry, City University and Imperial Pavilion, which are the strong men in the Tokyo metropolitan area, then the loopholes in the garrison of Qingdao colleges and universities will be infinitely magnified, and the line of Qingdao colleges and universities is strong, but those who are strong at the same level are not joking.

"Tanbo, you kid doesn't have any strength to throw the ball, show me the bearing, throw the ball with all your might!"

"Okay......

"Tamba, haven't you had enough to eat? Give me a loud voice, and with your virtue, don't go on the field and disgrace our team! ”

On the strike zone, Dong Kiyokoku had an angry expression on his face, and the appearance of yelling at Koichiro Tanba on the pitcher's mound formed a fresh contrast with the sweaty Koichiro Tanba on the pitcher's mound.

"Whew!" Koichiro Tanba used all his strength to throw the ball out in response to Tokiyokoku.

"Come on, throw a few more shots, if it doesn't work, just let me go down, and someone who can come up!"

"Yes, Senior Higashi!"

As the core of the team, Dong Qingguo often dominates the training rhythm on the training ground, especially for the pitchers within the team, Dong Qingguo likes to temper them very much, whether it is Jinguji as an ace or Sakai Yu as a substitute, as long as the ball is thrown, if he is very dissatisfied, he will unceremoniously point it out.

As a four-batter, as a captain, Dong Qingguo considers it his duty.

"Whew!"

"Huh!"

"Pong!"

"Go on, give me a little harder, Tamba!"

"Yes, Senior Higashi!"

Second-year students have long been accustomed to Dong Qingguo's behavior on the court, and if Dong Qingguo doesn't roar twice one day, they will feel strange.

In the four-day fast-paced training, targeted adjustments are made to guard, run bases, receive passes, swing sticks, strikes and other aspects, because the second year has an extra year, the basic skills have been proficient, not to mention the first-year students who have entered the first army, although Chris and Yagami Ye can keep up with the training progress of the second-year seniors very well, but this kind of training intensity is still very difficult for Tetsuya Yuki and Koichiro Tanba.

……

"Whew!"

"Smack!"

"Yagami, I'm in good shape today."

Kentaro Matsuda threw the baseball back to Yagami with a faint smile on his face.

"Senior, let's try to slide the ball." Yagami Ye lifted the brim of his hat and said in a deep voice.

"No problem." Kentaro Matsuda squatted again, and then opened his ball cover and took on a receiving pose.

Yagami waved his arm and shook it suddenly, and the baseball in his palm jumped out of his hand like a white light, and sped towards the open ball sleeve of Matsuda Senpai not far away.

"Bang!"

The dull roar also attracted the attention of the second-year ace Jingu Teruichi, who was also practicing pitching. Although it was not the first time that Yagami had seen Yagami's pitch, the speed and trajectory of Yagami's slide, as well as the power of the ball when he threw a fast straight ball, still surprised Jingujiichi.

"Jinguji senior, next is a straight ball in the low position area of the outside corner." In front of Chris, who was also squatting in the cowshed, he whispered softly to the senior of Jinguji Temple not far away.

"yes, I see."

The whole person of Jinguji suddenly moved, and under the shaking arms, the white baseball flew out.

"Whew!"

"Bang!"

Straight ball path, not an exaggerated sound, in terms of the power and tail strength of the fast straight ball, Jinguji is undoubtedly inferior to Yagamiya, his ball speed is up to 143km/h, and the average speed is 138~140km/h, but in terms of ball control, Jinguji is higher than Yagamiya.

As the ace pitcher of Qingdao High School, even if he is a tall man selected from the short ones, Jingu Teraichi's strength is also very good, standard pitching posture, just the right amount of ball control, as the decisive ball, the control of the card ball in place, coupled with the not weak defensive ability, his weakness is only relative to the ace pitchers of other strong teams.

"Today's ball path was very stable, and the next step is to simulate the defense around the ball in the low position area in the outside corner and the low position area in the inside corner, right? Jinguji senior. ”

No matter what kind of ball it is, Kerry can follow it in a fairly smooth manner, and when the clear sound of a baseball drilling into the sleeve is heard, it shows that he is indeed a moderate catcher.

"Well, no problem." Jinguji nodded in agreement.

No matter how good the juniors are, as the second-year seniors and the ace of the team, they will never be able to lag behind the juniors.

The failure of the summer qualifiers, the bitter crying of the third-year seniors, and the regret of the second-year students, he never thought of backing down. No matter how much pressure there is, no matter how strong the offense is, Jinguji didn't fall on the pitcher's mound, however, in most cases, the game is not just about perseverance, perseverance is only one of the key factors to win the game, and the biggest factor is always the overall state of the team and the strength of the individual players.

If the strength is not enough, there is no way to talk about victory! What's more, Takano is a sport that only needs to lose one game, and everything is over.

You can't be satisfied with the hard work you've already worked on, you have to become stronger, you have to become stronger, only by becoming the strongest, can you lead the team to win the only victory.