Chapter 16: Before the Final

In the evening, the conference room of the Seido Baseball Club.

After dinner, the Seido people sat together and rewatched this afternoon's match between the Red Sea Osuda and the city's three major through video.

Although the Red Sea Osugata is a rising school in the Tokyo metropolitan area, although it has only entered the spring Koshien once and the summer Koshien twice (2005 and before), they have been a dark horse in the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in the autumn of this year, and after the first round of byes, they first beat Sosei 2:1, then beat Tedong 5:0, and finally beat the three cities 3:4 and directly entered the finals, so that the current Seido will lose the game with them if he is not strictly prepared.

Although there is no outstanding first-year pitcher in the Red Sea Osuda, the ace pitcher of the second-year students, Kazuya Kazuya, is now one of the more legendary pitchers in the Tokyo metropolitan area. In the spring of this year, he became the first team of the Red Sea Osuda with the No. 20 back number, and then became the ace of the Red Sea Osuda after the third-year student retired, leading the team to counterattack all the way in the autumn Tokyo Metropolitan Conference, especially in the quarterfinals, they defeated the emperor with a score of 7:3 in the autumn Tokyo Metropolitan Conference last year.

In addition to Kazuya Kazuda, the sophomore pitcher Yaye Rifa, who often played at the beginning of the Red Sea Okada, who often played at the beginning of the game, also has a very good strength, and their pitcher lineup is not necessarily worse than the baseballs such as Qingdao, the three cities and the emperor, and with the iron wall of the guard, the three cities can only exit with a pity.

The Seitao players are also no strangers to the Red Sea Osugata's line, after all, everyone is a team from the Nishitokyo area, which will inevitably meet in the previous games, plus the two sides will organize practice matches from time to time, and the number of times they have played against each other is not small. Supervisor Kataoka briefly explained and concluded his analysis of the Red Sea Osuga.

"The first list is announced below." Superintendent Kataoka began announcing the starting lineup for the finals: "Pitcher, Yagami; Catcher, Chris; First baseman, Tojima; second baseman, Tanaka; Third Baseman, East; Guerrilla, Fukuda; Left fielder, Fujii; Nakamido, Muraksuke; Right fielder, Ota ...... Above. ”

As Superintendent Kataoka's words fell, there was a slight commotion in the ranks.

Tetsuya Yuki heard that he was not the first in the most important game, his expression was slightly stiff, and his hands on the table were clasped together and squeezed tightly.

"Sakai, warm up."

"Yes!" Yu Sakai nodded vigorously, although he knew that the possibility of playing was very small, but Superintendent Kataoka was willing to say this, which meant that he had been recognized by Superintendent Kataoka.

'The rest of the players are the same, be ready, the situation on the pitch is ever-changing and you may need to play at any time.

"Yes!"

"There can be no negligence in this competition, we must win and go to Koshien together." Superintendent Kataoka said to everyone in a serious tone.

"Yes!"

"Everyone should take a good note of the opponent's information, the day after tomorrow is the finals, prepare seriously tomorrow, but don't practice too much, rest early, and save up for the game the day after tomorrow." In the last battle, there can be no slackness! Superintendent Kataoka finally emphasized.

"Yes!"

After saying what to say, Superintendent Kataoka immediately announced his dissolution and returned to the office alone.

The superintendent Kataoka, who came back to the office, looked out the window at the night, and this was the closest they had ever been to Koshien in four years. The final the day after tomorrow must be won!

He wanted to take these teenagers to Koshien and let them see the scenery that he had seen before, which belonged to Koshien alone.

……

On the other side, in the screening room of the Red Sea Osuda High School's hard ball club, a video of Yagami's pitching was playing on the large projector.

Most of the players in the Red Sea Osugata watched Yagami Yagami pitching carefully with solemn expressions.

While the Seido Baseball Club is carefully analyzing the Red Sea Osuda from various angles, the Red Sea Osugata is also collecting as much information as possible about the Seido Group.

"The reason why Qingdao was able to win in today's game is that Yagami Yagami played a great role, after the second-year Sakai Yu was defeated by Inagi Industry's line, Yagami Night's board not only re-stabilized Qingdao's defense, but also made Qingdao's ace Jinguji no longer have to board and pitch in the game with Inagi Industry, and can face the game with us the day after tomorrow in good condition, it can be said that he is the decisive figure for Qingdao to win the semi-finals."

"Yagami's pitching level is second only to Kuroshikan's Caizen Straight, the speed of the four-seam fast straight ball is more than 147km/h, and there are at least three kinds of change balls mastered, and it is very difficult to attack him."

The president of the Red Sea Osugata Hard Baseball Club is an intelligence collector who stands next to the Yagami Night pitching video and explains.

"Although there are many rumors that Seido's striking level has been weakened due to the retirement of third-year students, through the video recordings of these games, I believe you can understand that Seido's overall strength should not be underestimated. The game the day after tomorrow, I don't want you guys to lose the game by belittling them, understand?! ”

"Yes!"

Superintendent Wakabayashi continued to say in a calm tone: "After everyone goes back, remember the information just sent, cancel the self-training tonight, rest early, keep your energy and physical strength in a full state, and disband." ”

"Yes!"

For the final match of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in the fall, both Seimchi and Red Sea Osugata have made corresponding arrangements and preparations.

Whoever wins the final will be given a place in Koshien in the spring, and the remaining half of the place will be decided by the participating school selection committee.

It can be said that whether Seido can enter Koshien again after six years depends on tomorrow's decisive battle.

……

On October 30, at 11:30 p.m. on the day of the final, the second court of Mingye Jingu.

The final round of the Tokyo Metropolitan High School Wild Ball Tournament will begin at 12 p.m. at Jingu Court 2.

Before the game even started, the stands were already full of spectators, and there were people outside the stadium who kept walking to Jingu Second Stadium with tickets.

Most of them were baseball fans from all over Tokyo, and some of them even traveled from nearby prefectures and cities to watch the games so that they could see their favorite team win the tournament.

Of course, there are many people who are support groups from the two schools, as well as relatives and friends, and there are also many junior high school students who have been defeated in the past or who have chosen to watch the game for next year's school.