Chapter Ninety-Six: The End of the Practice Match and the Encouragement of the Superintendent
"The beaters in the back have to be taken seriously."
Jinguji nodded in agreement with Miyuki Kazuya's statement, and the next thing they had to face was a team bent on winning.
"Ping!"
After five balls of the black clay kan five bats, Kenji Nomoto hit the center of the ball with his sixth swing, and the baseball flying from the pitcher mound was knocked to the left field, and before the left fielder Takashi Fujii ran to the baseball, he smashed it to the ground first, allowing Kenji Nomoto to run to second base.
Jinguji wiped the sweat on his face, pinched the dry powder bag at his feet, and looked irritated, so that Yagami who stayed in the rest area to watch this practice game could also feel that this group of baseball fools in Kuroshikan is really annoying and troublesome!
Mikoichi also made a secret signal to the Jinguji senior on the pitcher mound based on the information of Shota Sato Sato and the performance of the previous seat at the Kuroshikan
After the senior of Jinguji shook his head in denial, Yukiichi also changed the code twice because of this, and the senior of Jinguji nodded in agreement.
"Whew!"
The baseball flew off the pitcher's mound and headed straight for home plate, and Shota Sato stared at the baseball speeding from the pitcher's mound and swung the bat with all his might.
"Huh!"
However, the longitudinal drop of the baseball as it was about to fly into home plate prevented Shota Sato's swept bat from hitting the center of the ball accurately.
"Ping!"
"Out of bounds!"
The baseball, which was hit by Shota Sato's swing, flew upside down in the direction of third base and landed outside the touchline.
"Whew!"
"Huh!"
"Bang!"
βNice pitch.β
The second ball was a slide from the good ball to the outside corner of the bad ball area, and Shota Sato misjudged the second ball thrown by the pitcher for a good ball, and then swung the bat to turn the bad ball into a good ball.
On the third ball, catcher Yukiichi also asked pitcher Jinguji senior for a stretch ball.
"Whew!"
"Huh!"
"Ping!"
The amount of variation in the stretch ball is not small, and it changes late, so that Shota Sato can only play it as a normal straight ball, and then hit a limp boccia ball.
Taro Fukuda, the second baseman, immediately ran forward as soon as he heard the sound of the metal bat hitting the baseball, and after confirming that the ball hit by Shota Sato, the sixth baton of the Kuroshikan, immediately predicted the path of the ball and prepared to catch it.
With his legs slightly bent and his gloves on the ground, he received the ball in a crouching position and passed the ball to Tetsuya Yuuki, the first baseman.
Tetsuya Yuuki opened his ball sleeve to catch the baseball passed by Senior Fukuda, and then turned to look at the first base.
βout.β
The first base judge's raised right hand signaled the hitter to be out, and it also meant the end of the practice game.
The players from Qingdao and Kuroshikan came to home plate one after another to stand up, bowing and shaking hands with each other.
Yukiichi also stepped forward to hold the hand of Ryo Suzuki, the fourth stick of the Kuroshikan: "In the next game, my ball will not let the senior fly out again!" β
Ryo Suzuki, like all baseball fools, smiled "hehe" and withdrew his hand from Yukikazuya: "The next time I want to see you on the field, I guess it will be until Koshien in the summer." β
"Money." Chris walked to the end of the Black Scholar Pavilion line, shook Caimae's hand and said, "You can't work as hard as you did last year, it's too messy." β
"No matter how I say it, I'm also an ace, standing on the pitcher's mound with everyone's expectations and throwing the ball, so I have to keep throwing!" Cai Qian took Chris's hand and said, "Aren't you the same?" Carrying the expectations of his teammates, in order to live up to this expectation, no matter how much pressure is on them, he will fight against them, even if he hides his own injury, but only to be able to lead the team to win the only victory. β
After Cai Qian finished speaking, he said goodbye to Chris, turned around and followed the back of the team at the Black Restaurant, and walked back to the rest area of the Black Scholar Pavilion to sort out his backpack.
As he left with his backpack on his back and left the Seido Baseball Club with the others, Caizen glanced straight back at Chris, and finally had to get on the school bus at the Black Shokan with some unknown affection and return to their school.
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Kataoka asked someone to play a video of the practice match between Seido and Kuroshikan.
During the broadcast, Superintendent Kataoka walked up and down behind the team with his hands behind his back.
After the video was broadcast, Superintendent Kataoka walked to the front of the army and looked at the teenagers in front of him.
"After watching the previous games, who found the problem?"
A soldier looked silently at Inspector Kataoka, who was standing in front of everyone.
"You did win this practice match, and you looked very good in the upwind game, but once you encountered a headwind, the defense started to get scattered and the blow started to weaken." Superintendent Kataoka's gaze swept over the group of starters.
"If I hadn't let Jinguji play in the last game, you would probably have lost this game."
"On the other hand, your opponents, even if they are at a disadvantage, are thinking about how to fight back effectively, if you are complacent because of this......"
Supervised by Kataoka, because the practice match was over, several members of the first army who had begun to relax sat up straight again.
"Think for yourself, are you really doing so well that you're doing it impeccably?" Superintendent Kataoka clasped his hands in front of his chest and said loudly, "Every opponent in the Hagar qualifiers will repeatedly study your previous matches and come up with various ways to break your defense!" If you still only have this kind of strength in July, then you won't be able to break into Koshien. β
Superintendent Kataoka is worthy of being a former baseball fool, and he likes to strike them accurately when these baseball fools are in full swing.
But they forgot that they are just a group of teenagers who urgently need to be recognized, and if they blow too hard, they may not even be able to play at the level they should have.
Minister Ota on the side and Yagami Yagami among the members of the army felt that Inspector Kataoka's criticism was too harsh at this time.
"I know you've been working hard to improve yourself and you've made a lot of progress, but on the field, you should be a team, not a piece of loose sand, don't just think about doing your part, always pay attention to the whole game, and then judge what you should do about it!"
"Only by constantly sharpening their own skills and strengthening the ability of collaboration between teams can we defeat one powerful opponent after another, achieve the final victory, and dominate the country."
There was silence in the conference room, and then a group of soldiers shouted in unison, "Yes! At this moment, everyone except Yagami had the so-called determination to 'keep win'.
Superintendent Kataoka is worthy of being a teacher of the Chinese language, and in just a few words, while waking up a few players who were fluttering after winning the game, it also completely stimulated the competitive spirit of the teenagers, and Minister Ota, who was standing next to Superintendent Kataoka, couldn't help but shudder when he thought of this.
"It's going to be a cloudy day and the expedition is about to begin, so rest early tonight." After Inspector Kataoka finished speaking, he left with Minister Ota, leaving only a group of teenagers who were very emotional.