In the second semi-final of the afternoon, as expected, the city junior won the competition.

After the Seido people returned to school on the school bus after watching the game, Superintendent Kataoka summoned the members of the First Army for another small meeting.

"The starting pitcher of the finals, Yagami; Both Sakai and Tanba will be ready and will arrange for the two of you to play depending on the situation. ”

Before the end of the meeting, Superintendent Kataoka arranged to do so.

"Yes." The people who were named replied in unison.

Finally, after a few more words of advice to the players who played today's game not to overtrain, Superintendent Kataoka turned around and left.

After Inspector Kataoka left, the others also left the conference room in twos and threes, and Yagami moved his neck and prepared to go home to rest.

"Yagami, can I trouble you?" When Yagami was getting his things and preparing to go home, Koichiro Tanba, a tall pitcher who was a little shy, took the initiative to call out Yagami who was about to leave.

"What's the matter? Tambo. Yagami asked Koichiro Tanba who stopped him, unlike other members of the same grade, Koichiro Tanba usually didn't take the initiative to look for him.

"I'd like to ask you to take a look at my straight ball, I've been throwing very well...... "Koichiro Tanba said a little shyly, "If you're busy, forget it." ”

"Okay, I'm fine right now." Yagami agreed to Koichiro Tanba's request: "Who's going to pick up your balls?" Intrauterine? ”

The two of them walked together in the direction of the cowshed, and Koichiro Tanba whispered, "The ball is received in the palace, and Chris will also come over to help take a look." ”

The two of them chatted all the way to the cowshed, and sure enough, Keisuke Miyauchi and Yuu Miyakawa Chris Yuu were already waiting there.

Yagami stood next to Koichiro Tanba and asked him to throw a few balls to take a look, and after Keisuke Miyauchi squatted, he made a posture ready to catch the ball.

Koichiro Tanba nodded, and after holding the baseball in the same way as a four-stitch fast ball, he waved his arm and threw the baseball in his hand with all his might.

The baseball that flew out of Koichiro Tanba's hand was like a white light that hit Keisuke Miyauchi's position, and he opened his sleeve to catch Koichiro Tanba's pitch, then took the baseball out of the sleeve and passed it back.

Koichiro Tanba threw three more straight balls behind him before he stopped to look at Yagami who was standing aside.

"The ball speed is between 132~134km/h, and the tail strength of the ball is not strong enough." Chris put down the tachymeter in his hand and looked at Keisuke Miyauchi and said. At the same time, Keisuke Miyauchi nodded his head and agreed with Chris.

Both catchers took Yagami's pitch, and in comparison, Koichiro Tanba's fast straight ball was far inferior to Yagami in terms of ball speed and power, but Koichiro Tanba's longitudinal curved ball was a change ball that even Yagami couldn't throw.

Yagami thought for a moment, picked up a baseball, and after holding it, he said to Koichiro Tanba, "Tanba, are you too far inside when you hold the ball?" Try changing your grip and then push the baseball out with your fingertips when you make the final throw. ”

Koichiro Tanba took the baseball that Yagami threw over, tried to change his grip according to Yagamiya's prompts, and threw the baseball in his hand towards the catcher Keisuke Miyauchi, but the baseball only flew halfway and fell.

"I'm not used to it, so I flew away before I could use the ball." Koichiro Tanba picks up a new baseball and re-grips it so that his fingers feel the weight of the ball.

"Actually, Tanba, you are mainly focused on strengthening your physical strength and stabilizing your game." Yagami Ye felt that this had something to do with Dan Ha's taller appearance: "Your whole person is too thin, and your center of gravity is too high...... I used to build up my ball by adding weight. ”

"Yes." Strengthening his stamina has always been his subject, and Koichiro Tanba looked at his right hand holding the baseball, tried several times, and threw the baseball back into his hand.

Keisuke Miyauchi watched as the baseball flew over and opened his case to catch it, but the baseball suddenly floated slightly upwards as it was about to fly in front of his eyes, and he was caught off guard and failed to catch the ball that was drifting a little upward, allowing it to pass in front of his eyes and fly behind him.

"This ......"

"It's a ball that floats a little up."

Seeing this, Chris's eyes lit up: "Tanbo, you can practice this variant of the straight ball as your own decisive ball in the future, after all, this kind of longitudinal change ball floating on the road is rare." ”

"It's true that among the longitudinal drop balls, the curveballs that change diagonally, and the ordinary straight balls, there is suddenly a variant of the straight ball that floats vertically, and no matter how powerful the hitter is, it will be difficult for them to react." Yagami immediately agreed, and Chris used such a ball as the decisive goal for Koichiro Tanba in the future.

"Tamba, do you remember how you held it?" Chris walked over and handed the baseball in his hand to Koichiro Tanba.

"Hmm...... It seems that this is the case, and after holding it with your fingers, it is still a little far from the tiger's mouth. Koichiro Tanba tried it with a baseball and threw it at Keisuke Miyauchi, who was squatting in the catcher position.

Keisuke Miyauchi, who was squatting in the catcher position, stared at the flying baseball, and when the baseball floated slightly upward, he quickly followed and moved his ball sleeve to successfully catch the flying baseball.

"That's what it looks like, I'll go to the hitter's seat to see the effect." After Yagami finished speaking, he was about to run towards Keisuke Miyauchi.

"Yagami, put on the protective gear first!" Chris reached out and grabbed Yagami and told him to put on the protective gear before anything else.

"Just one ball." Yagami really didn't want to take the time to put on the armor for striking again.

"Nope." Chris directly rejected Yagami's idea of ignoring danger and wanting to be lazy.

"Okay." Yagami can only run to the side first, put on the protective gear and take the bat, and then walk to the hitter position and stand.

During this time, Koichiro Tanba threw several more balls, and only after making sure that he would not throw too much, did he give up.

Yagami Yatsuya held his bat high, stood on the right seat, and shouted to Koichiro Tanba in front of him, "I'm ready, I can start." ”

Koichiro Tanba nodded and threw the baseball in his hand in the same position as he had held the ball before.

Yagami watched the ball fly straight from the pitcher's position and suddenly floated upwards when it was about to enter home plate, and at this moment, he had the illusion that a baseball would hit him in the face, and instinctively took a step back. At the same time, Keisuke Miyauchi opened the ball cover and successfully caught the ballball that was floating up.

"Wow, that's how it feels!" Yagami was a little excited about this, "It's really interesting, the hitter will feel that the baseball is flying towards the face when standing in the hitting area, and if it's the first time I've seen this kind of ball, I'll definitely be instinctively driven to avoid it." ”。

After hearing this, Chris turned to Tanba Koichiro and said, "Tanba, this kind of ball must be practiced well, it will definitely become your decisive ball." ”

Tanba Koichiro was also very excited at this time, and nodded at Chris with a red face, whether it was Yagami Ya or Manaka, they were already far ahead of him, and he must try to catch up with them.