Chapter 4 The First Army New Candidates and Practice
Director Kataoka was also thinking about the candidates to be selected into the First Army. He looked at the two lists in his hand and hesitated for a long time before choosing one and putting the other in the drawer.
"Kinten informs everyone that Namiki, Ita and Tanba have been promoted to the First Army." Supervisor Kataoka told Minister Ohta about his candidates.
In fact, if it hadn't been for Yagami Night's appearance, Kataoka would have been there more than a month ago (in my setting, Qingdao's second semester starts at the end of August, and the specific time will be adjusted according to the situation every year).
The supervisor thought about recruiting Koichiro Tanba to the first team and training him to be Yinnian's main pitcher.
(Note: In the original work, both Tanba and Yuki were promoted to the army in the fall of their first grade. This is a plot that is reproduced in the original work.)
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Because the autumn Tokyo Metropolitan Games is approaching, the training of Seido Baseball Club has become more and more divided. Basically, players from the first army are training on the playground. At present, Yagami is the only player in the team.
The four pitchers are the second-year ace Jinguji Kazuo, the second-year relief pitcher Yu Sakai, whose nickname is No. 11, the first-year relief pitcher Yagami Yagami, whose nickname is No. 15, and the first-year relief pitcher whose nickname is No. 15.
Koichiro Tanba on the 19th is the center of the team's training at this stage.
In the past few years, Seido High School's pitching has always maintained the top level in the country. In the entire Kanto region, no team that has played practice games with Seido High School has a pitcher that can suppress Seido High School.
The strength of colleges and universities.
Although the offense is strong, Seido High School has a fatal flaw on defense, that is, there is no ace pitcher who can perform stably, whether it is the third-year pitcher who has withdrawn from the baseball club, or the second-year Jinguji and Sakai, the former
There is a problem with mentality, and the latter is a problem with both strength and mentality.
In many cases, especially in the middle and late stages of the game, Seido High School often lost the game due to the self-explosion of the pitcher. Last year's autumn Tokyo Conference, this year's Hajia qualifiers, and even earlier games
, such experiences abound in the past few years. A pitcher who can truly be called an ace, or a pitching staff composed of several capable pitchers, is what Seido High School has lacked in the past four years.
, which is also the reason why Qingdao High School repeatedly fails in the top four or even the top eight in annual competitions.
Because as long as they encounter Daocheng Industrial, Ichida San and Teito, these powerful players in the Tokyo area, Seido High School's defensive loopholes will be infinitely magnified. Seido High School's line is strong, but those of the same level
Qianghao and their line planning are no joke.
"Tanbo, the ball you throw has no power at all. Show your grace and throw the ball with all your strength!"
"OK……"
"Danbo, haven't you had enough to eat? Speak louder. With your virtue, don't go on the field and embarrass our team!"
On the strike zone, Higashi Seikuni had a furious expression on his face and shouted loudly at Koichiro Tanba on the pitcher's mound, which was in stark contrast to Koichiro Tanba's sweating profusely on the mound.
"Phew!" Koichiro Tanba used all his strength to throw the ball out as a response to Tokiyo.
"Here, shoot a few more balls. If it doesn't work, get down here and let someone else come up who can!"
"Yes, Senior Dong!"
As the core of the team, Higashikata often dominates the training rhythm on the training ground, especially for the pitchers within the team. Higashikata likes to train them, whether it is Jinguji who is the ace or Sakai who is the substitute.
Yu, if he is very dissatisfied with a shot he makes, he will point it out unceremoniously.
As the fourth bat, as the captain, Dong Qingguo believes that this is his responsibility.
"call out!"
"Whoosh!"
"Pong!"
"Go on, push me harder, Tanbo!"
"Yes, Senior Dong!"
The second-graders have long been accustomed to Dong Qingguo's behavior on the court. If Dongqingguo doesn't yell one day, they will feel strange.
During the four-day fast-paced training, targeted adjustments were made in various aspects such as fielding, base running, passing, swinging, and hitting. In the second grade, due to one extra year, the basic skills have been improved.
Not to mention proficiency, among the first-year students who entered the first army, although Chris and Yagami can keep up with the training progress of the second-year seniors, the intensity of such training is still too much for Tetsuya Yuki and Koichiro Tanba.
Difficult.
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"call out!"
"Crack!"
"Iori, your condition is also very good today."
Kentaro Matsuda threw the baseball in his hand back to Yagami, with a faint smile on his face.
"Senior, let's try to slide the ball next." Yagami held up the brim of his hat and said in a deep voice.
"No problem." After Kentaro Matsuda squatted down again, he opened his ball cover and assumed a posture to catch the ball.
Yagami waved his arm and suddenly swung it down. The baseball in his palm jumped out of his hand like a white light and flew towards the open ball cover of Matsuda-senpai not far away.
"Bang!"
The dull roar also attracted the attention of second-year ace Jinguji Kazuo who was also practicing pitching next to him. Although this was not the first time I saw Yagami's pitching, the speed of Yagami's sliding ball was
The falling trajectory and the power of his fast ball still surprised Jinguji.
"Jinguji-senpai, what's next is a straight ball from the low outside corner." Chris, who was also squatting in the bullpen, said softly to Jinguji-senpai not far away with a gentle expression.
"Well, I understand."
Jinguji's whole body suddenly moved, and under the swinging arms, the white baseball leaped out.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
The straight ball path does not make an exaggerated sound. In terms of the power and tail power of fast straight balls, Jinguji Kazu is undoubtedly inferior to Iori Yagami. His ball speed reaches a maximum of 143km/h, and the average speed is 138~
140km/h, but in terms of ball control accuracy, Jinguji is better than Iori Yagami.
As the ace pitcher of Seido High School, even though he is a tall man among the short ones, Jinguji Kazu's strength is very good. He has a standard pitching posture and just the right ball control.
With the ball stuck and his defensive ability not too weak, his weakness is only compared to the ace pitchers of other powerful teams.
"Today's ball path is very stable. Next, we will simulate fielding exercises centered on the ball path in the low outside corner area and the low inside corner area. Is that okay? Jinguji-senpai."
No matter what kind of pitch it is, Kerry can catch it in a very stable manner. When the clear sound of the baseball entering the ball cover is heard, it shows that he is indeed a moderate catcher.
"Yeah, no problem." Jinguji nodded and agreed.
No matter how outstanding the juniors are, as a second-year senior and the ace of the team, I can never lag behind the juniors.
The failure in the Hagar qualifiers, the tears of the third-year seniors, and the regrets of the second-year students, he never thought about backing down. No matter how much pressure, no matter how strong the offense, Jinguji collapsed on the pitcher's mound. However,
, in most cases, the game does not mean just having perseverance. Perseverance is only one of the key factors to win the game. The biggest factors are always the overall state of the team and the individual strength of the players.
If you don't have enough strength, victory is out of the question! What's more, Takano is a sport where as long as you lose one game, everything will be over.
You can't be satisfied with your efforts, you have to become stronger, become stronger. Only by becoming the strongest can you lead the team to win the only victory. This chapter has been completed!