Chapter 122: Transition
On Court B, the coach in charge of this training activity divided the 2nd Army, which had 37 members, into two groups to play an intra-team match.
Kurosaki Kazutaka stood at the end of the line, casting her eyes on Rei Takashima, who rarely appeared in the rest area, and she reached out to hold her glasses, staring at the team of the Second Army, with a light smile on her face.
Kurosaki Kazutaka looked at several of his classmates next to him, and he could feel the excitement and excitement on their faces, as if he was full of confidence in the next match.
Do you think you can compete with the seniors in this way?
Things developed as he expected, and the strength of these first-year students was still inferior to that of the second- and third-year seniors.
With the passage of time, the team members who went on the field to guard have changed batches, and the cooperation between the first-year freshmen and the second- and third-year seniors in the garrison has become more and more skillful, and the performance has become more and more outstanding, so that many seniors who are not satisfied with the first-year freshmen who have been promoted to the second army so quickly have begun to become pleasant.
Soon it was Kurosaki's turn to pitch, and he followed his seniors onto the field, standing on the pitcher's mound as a pitcher, while the coach at home plate shouted for them to continue their unfinished fielding practice.
"Yes!" The members of the Second Army on the field shouted in unison.
After the restart of the match, because of Kurosaki Kazutaka's unreserved outburst, his strength was recognized by the second- and third-year seniors who watched their garrison training on the sidelines.
"That kid is pretty good, I'm afraid his ball control ability is not much worse than Jinguji?"
"Indeed." A person next to him nodded, "This level of pitching is very difficult for them (the second army) to overcome, and I don't know why the overseer ......"
"Let's take a look at it and see how he performs next."
At the same time, in the rest area of Court B, Rei Takashima couldn't help but sigh because of the hitters who hit Kurosaki on the pitcher's mound with the cooperation of the catcher Miyauchi seniors:
"Supervisor, he has a lot of shortcomings, but he wants to win, he wants to get on the board, he wants to be better than anyone else......"
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It's May 22, 40 days before the draw for the Summer Liga Qualifiers, and 48 days before the start of the Summer Qualifiers.
"Between now and June 20, there will be a total of 10 practice matches for the first army." While eating breakfast in the cafeteria in the morning, the baseball club found the schedule posted on the whiteboard.
"There are also seven practice matches in the Second Army." Ryosuke Kominato said as he looked at the marker on the schedule.
Although the crowd was working hard in private, Inspector Kataoka did not give more instructions on this, and still let the crowd carry out training based on basic exercises, supplemented by garrison and throwing drills.
All five pitchers of the First Army had their time in the cowshed shortened, and some more targeted simulated garrison exercises were done at the behest of Superintendent Kataoka.
Yagami's performance was the most satisfying, with excellent judgment and execution during guard practice, and according to Minister Ota, Yagami was a player who was ready to play at any time.
Jinguji also scored high for his performance, and there were no problems in other areas other than the occasional error in judgment or the lack of speed to fill in the position.
Sakai Yu's performance can only be said to be very average, although all aspects are decent, but this also shows that he has no outstanding aspects, which can be used to play to his advantages; His motivation is not much worse than that of Yagami Yagami and Jinguji Ichi, but it is difficult to ensure his stable performance in the face of fighters with strong strikers.
Although Tanba Koichiro has a good consciousness, his shortcomings in physical fitness are too obvious, not to mention his shyness in personality and psychological defects are the most fatal.
Takuya Kimura, as a first-year freshman, did not experience enough baptism of competition in junior high school, so he was more than the upper and more than the lower; He may be able to become the main player of the Qingdao pitcher team in the future, but now he is mainly focused on improving his own strength and absorbing various game experience.
At one point, Superintendent Kataoka had set his sights on the pitchers of the Second Army, and Kurosaki had a higher score than both Tanba Light and Kimura, and considering that he was only a first-year student now, it could be said that his future was in the past; However, his personality likes to disguise and calculate his teammates, and he does not care about the heavy responsibilities of the pitcher on the pitcher's mound, and likes to pay attention to the supremacy of personal strength, and never cherishes the teammates who fight side by side with him......
In desperation, Superintendent Kataoka could only temporarily abandon the plan to adjust the pitcher formation of the First Army and turn his attention to the garrison of the Second Army.
There are no particularly outstanding players among the third-year students, except for Chris, who is gradually recovering, the remaining few are okay, but they all have their own shortcomings. Except for Kurosaki in the first year, the remaining four people are still a little less hot, and even if they are promoted to the first army, it is estimated that they can only be bench players and will not be able to come in handy in the game.
After a few days of brief observation, Superintendent Kataoka decided to test everyone's performance through the practice match, after all, some people are big tournament players, and they are usually not very strong, but they will perform well when they arrive on the field.
There is still a long time before the draw day for the summer morning qualifiers, and he can wait and see.
In the expectation of the baseball club, the Qingdao Baseball Club ushered in one practice game after another, whether it was the players of the first army or the second army, they were all working hard and doing their best to win the practice matches with other schools.
This also makes the school have greater expectations for this year's Summer Liga qualifiers, and I believe that this summer they will definitely get the right to qualify for Nishitokyo and enter Koshien again.
During the period from May 22 to June 20, Superintendent Kataoka made several adjustments to the personnel of the First Army, sending several second- and third-year students as substitutes to the Second Army, and then deciding whether to re-promote the First Army based on their performance, such as Koichiro Tanba, Jun Izagiki, and Toru Masuko in the second grade, Ita and Namiki in the third grade, and even Takuya Kimura in the first grade were transferred to the Second Army by Kataoka Superintendent.
On June 20, the afternoon of the final practice game, Superintendent Kataoka asked the coaches to inform the baseball club members to assemble at the indoor training ground.
Twenty minutes later, Superintendent Kataoka walked into the indoor training ground, looked at the baseball club members who were already standing in line, put his hands behind his back, and looked at the group of teenagers in front of him: "There is still one last spot in the First Army. ”