On the afternoon of October 7, after four days of running-in training, everyone in the baseball club stayed at the indoor training ground waiting for the arrival of Director Kataoka.
Soon Director Kataoka brought Director Ota and Rei Takashima to the training ground. Everyone in the baseball club quickly gathered and stood, waiting for Director Kataoka's words.
Director Kataoka didn't say any nonsense. He stood in front of everyone in the baseball club and said directly: "Now let's start distributing numbers. Those whose names are called should come to the front in order to receive their numbers."
"First of all, the number one, Jinguji No. 1."
When Jinguji's name was said, there was only a small commotion in the team. On the contrary, Jinguji responded with some excitement: "Yes!" Then he walked out of the team, came to the front of Director Kataoka, and took the
The bib number is small but contains profound meaning.
"As an ace, in addition to standing on the pitcher's mound to protect the team's victory, you must also use your actions to set an example for the younger generations!" Director Kataoka said earnestly.
"Yes!" Jinguji nodded, grabbing the bib with "1" printed on it and returning to the team.
In the team, although Yagami Yagami has a little expectation for this, this is a normal situation. If Director Kataoka really hands over the "No. 1" representing the ace to him, he will feel strange.
However, if Qingdao can reach the first division of Spring Koshien as he wishes, then he will have to work hard to get the "1" number in Spring Koshien.
Just when Iori Yagami was thinking wildly by himself, the number had been issued to "9", and the previous starting number had not changed at all from the qualifiers of the autumn Tokyo Metropolitan Games.
"No. 10, Yu Sakai." Director Kataoka said as he took another bib number from Rei Takashima.
The first reaction of Yu Sakai, who was standing in the team, was to turn around and look at Yagami Yagami standing on the other side, and then he walked out of the team with some hesitation.
"Sakai, please continue to work towards your goal. One day, your efforts will be rewarded!" Director Kataoka handed the bib in his hand to Yu Sakai who walked up to him.
"Yes... Supervisor!" Yu Sakai's eyes were slightly red, he stretched out his hand to take the number bib with some trembling, turned around and returned to the team.
"No. 11, Yagami Night."
"Yes." Yagami walked out of the team, came to Director Kataoka, and reached out to take the "11" number cloth.
"Your excellence has been recognized by everyone, and this is just your starting point. I believe everyone is looking forward to your growth." Supervisor Kataoka encouraged.
"Yes!" After receiving the encouragement from Director Kataoka, Yagami turned around and walked back to the team.
"No. 12, Kentaro Matsuda."
"Yes." Kentaro Matsuda walked out with his head held high and his hand out to take the bib.
"Perform well!" Director Kataoka encouraged him and handed the bib in his hand to Kentaro Matsuda.
"No. 16, Tetsuya Yuki." Supervisor Kataoka still remembered Tetsuya Yuki's poor defensive performance at the beginning of school, but after just a few months, his growth was faster than that of other students at the same level.
Incomparable, including Chris.
"Yuki, hard work won't lie." Supervisor Kataoka said and handed the "16" bib to Tetsuya Yuuki.
"Yes, thank you very much." Tetsuya Yuki took the bib number with both hands and kept Director Kataoka's words in mind.
"Number 19, Koichiro Tanba." Director Kataoka took the last number bib from Rei Takashima and looked at the first grader walking towards him. As the first grader, he was the only first grader to get one before Iori Yagami transferred to Aomichi.
As for the pitchers who have to wait until the summer of the dark year, after the current second-year players retire, Aomichi's pressure on the pitching array will probably only be borne by Yagami Yagami and Koichiro Tanba.
After distributing the bib numbers, Director Kataoka looked at everyone again: "I think everyone knows that there is no retreat in high school baseball games. Every day's hard work, tears and sweat are all for our team to win.
Enter Koshien and try your best to win!"
"Yes!" the baseball club members' shouts echoed throughout the sky.
October 8th was the time when the Autumn Tokyo Metropolitan Games started. In the afternoon of that day, Supervisor Katagang asked all the main candidates of the First Army to listen to the information about the first opponent.
The team member recorded a video about the opponent's game and quickly played it while explaining it. It took everyone an hour and a half to finish watching the video of the game.
"Our opponent is Hokane Gakuen. Their pitcher is a left-hander like Yagami. Their ball control level is average. The ball speed is 140km/h. The winning ball is a Carter ball. The overall defense is quite satisfactory, and the attack is stronger than the defense.
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After listening to the intelligence officer's explanation, Director Kataoka nodded and said to everyone: "No matter what the opponent's level is, we must go all out. Only in this way will victory belong to us."
"Yes!" everyone responded loudly.
"So, the starting pitcher on the cloudy day is..." Director Kataoka said this, paused, and then continued: "Yori Yagami, the first-year player; Chris, the catcher, is the first-year player."
Upon hearing this arrangement, everyone present was stunned.
"I want to make sure that you guys can play in the best condition. The importance of a game is self-evident. I will make arrangements for the replacement shot rotation according to the situation during the game." After Director Kataoka finished speaking, he looked at the team's head again.
Ace Jinguji Ichi: "Jinguji, you have to warm up from the beginning of the game so that you can go on the court at any time for follow-up shots. This is your responsibility as the ace."
"Yes!" Jinguji replied loudly.
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On October 9th, at 11 o'clock in the morning on Sunday, after everyone in the First Army gathered, they formed a circle at the request of Supervisor Kataoka. Captain Dong Qingguo led everyone to shout the slogan of King Qingdao, and then they each took their hands.
He walked onto the school bus with his backpack and golf equipment and set off towards the stadium where the game was taking place.
After arriving at the Jingu Second Field at 12 noon, when everyone from the Seido Baseball Club got off the school bus, some reporters immediately gathered around and wanted to conduct interviews. Minister Ohta declined because the players had to concentrate on the game.
After being interviewed and followed by reporters, they entered the stadium from the players’ exclusive channel.
There were not many people in the stands to watch the game, and there were only a few scattered people on both sides of the stands. After all, this was only the top 24 of the autumn Tokyo Metropolitan Conference, and not many people would pay attention. On the contrary,
There were many people wearing uniforms of different schools gathered at the back of the stands, apparently coming to investigate the enemy situation against Qingdao.
"The next thing that will be played is the first round of the Tokyo Metropolitan Conference in the autumn, the game between Hokane Gakuen and Seido High School. The first base side, Hokane Gakuen, the third base side, Seido High School; the game will officially start at 10 a.m.
, the current real-time temperature is 23 degrees Celsius, and the highest temperature will reach 25 degrees Celsius. Please pay attention to all spectators watching the game..."
Starting at 12:25, the host's voice continued to sound on the radio, repeatedly playing the schedule, reminding the audience who came to watch the game to pay attention to various matters when watching the game. This chapter has been completed!