After the three rounds of the battle with Yasuda Academy, everyone in Seido immediately took the school bus back to school. Except for Yuki Tetsuya and Yagami Yagami who were day students, the dormitory team members returned to the dormitory and put away their golf equipment before gathering in the conference room.
At the same time, the members of the second army who went to another stadium to record the opponent of the next game also came back. They handed over the video and scorebook of Daocheng Industrial vs. Nariko Gakuen to Supervisor Kataoka before leaving.
"We will review the game after today's game. Let's first watch the video of Daocheng Industrial vs. Nariko Gakuen to learn about our opponent in the semifinals, Ichida San." Director Kataoka turned on the TV and sat down to watch the game video.
Narukon Academy (the prototype here is Horikoshi High School, the actual date of the game is October 23rd), as a famous baseball powerhouse in Nishi Tokyo, played back and forth with Daocheng Industrial in this game, and the two sides ended up with 5
With a score of :4 after nine games, Daocheng Industrial won the three rounds with a slight advantage of 1 point and entered the semi-finals.
After the video was played, Director Kataoka first expressed his opinion on Inagi Industrial's outstanding performance in this game, and then asked someone to play the video of Seido's game against Yasuda Gakuen.
During the playback, Director Kataoka put his hands behind his back and kept walking around the Qingdao people.
After the video was played, Director Kataoka walked to the front of the Qingdao crowd and stood still, looking at the teenagers in front of him.
“After watching the previous games, did anyone find any problems?
Everyone in the First Army looked silently at Supervisor Kataoka, who was standing in front of everyone.
"In the first three games, your performance looks very good, but once you encounter a headwind, your defense may become in disarray and your attacks will become weak." Supervisor Kataoka
His eyes swept over the nine starting players.
"So far, you have been very lucky. You have never encountered a strong opponent. Will you start to feel complacent if you reach the semi-finals?"
When Supervisor Kataoka said this, the team members who had begun to relax sat upright since the game was over.
"Think about it for yourselves, is your performance really impeccable?" Director Kataoka clasped his hands on his chest and said loudly: "Every opponent in the future will repeatedly study your previous games and think about it.
Find various ways to break your defense! If you only have this kind of strength, it will only be a matter of time before you lose the game."
Director Kataoka is worthy of being a former baseball idiot, and he likes to hit these baseball idiots accurately when they are in full swing.
But they forget that they are just a group of teenagers who are in desperate need of recognition. If they are hit too hard, they may not even be able to perform at their original level.
At this time, Director Ota and Yagami Yagami in the team felt that Director Kataoka’s criticism was too harsh.
"I know that you have been working hard to improve yourself and have made great progress. However, on the field, you should be a team, not a mess. Don't just think about doing your part.
You must always pay attention to the situation in the audience and know what you should do for this!”
"Only by continuously honing our own skills and strengthening the collaboration ability between teams can we defeat powerful opponents one after another and achieve the final victory."
There was silence in the conference room, with only Supervisor Kataoka's voice constantly ringing, "In the semi-finals with Daocheng Industrial, I am going to let Sakai start, and Jinguji will not be able to play until after the seventh inning."
After hearing this, Yu Sakai and Kazuo Jinguji both looked up at Director Kataoka. However, the latter did not explain this.
"Let me see what you can do when the ace, the core of the defense, is not present."
"Yes!" Everyone in the Yijun replied loudly. At this moment, everyone except Yagami Ye had the so-called determination to "keep winning".
Director Kataoka is worthy of being a Chinese language teacher. With just a few words, he woke up some team members who felt elated after winning the game, and also completely inspired the competitive spirit of the teenagers.
"For the semifinals on October 29th, I will wait until the 28th to announce the rest of the starting lineup except for pitchers. I hope you can bring victory to your ace!"
After Supervisor Kataoka finished speaking, he said to Yu Sakai who was sitting in the crowd and looking up at him: "Sakai, come to the office with me, and the others will disperse on their own."
After Yu Sakai followed Director Kataoka to the office, Director Kataoka found the diary belonging to Yu Sakai from the pile of baseball diaries on his desk and opened it.
"I hope I can have a better mentality, become stronger, and become an indispensable force for the team... I hope I can have more opportunities to play." After reading Yu Sakai's diary, Director Kataoka turned to look at it.
Looking at Yu Sakai standing aside, "As the starting pitcher in the semifinals, I hope you can do what you say!"
Sakai Yu lowered his head and responded in a low voice: "I will do it, supervisor!"
"Sakai, you are very lucky compared to Jinguji."
Responding to Supervisor Kataoka's sudden words, Yu Sakai could only raise his head and look at him in confusion.
"Before the third graders retire, you can step down when you can't stand the pressure; when the third graders retire and you can't stand the pressure, you can still step down. However, at this time, Jingu
Temple cannot retreat because he is the ace, and if he also retreats, Seido will lose the game with his opponent."
"Iori also had a home run by his opponent in the previous game, and you also had a home run by your opponent in the finals of the qualifiers. However, your performance after that and his performance were completely different.
It’s different. You are escaping and giving up on yourself, but Iori is facing his mistakes and overcoming them.”
"I can continue to give you opportunities to play, but there are only so many games in Takano. If you cannot seize these opportunities, then - I would rather leave the opportunities to those who can seize the opportunities."
"Supervisor..." Yu Sakai looked directly at Supervisor Kataoka in front of him and said loudly: "I will work hard. Thank you, Supervisor, for giving me another chance."
"Just talking won't do it. You have to prove it to me with actual actions! In other words, in the semifinals against Daocheng Industrial on October 29, how long you can stay on the court as a starting pitcher depends entirely on you.
My own performance." Director Kataoka folded his hands on his chest and said in a very serious tone.
"Yes!" Yu Sakai responded loudly.
Supervisor Kataoka nodded and pointed to the door, indicating that Yu Sakai could leave.
After Yu Sakai left, Supervisor Kataoka took out the list of the Second Army and circled the names of several members of the Second Army on it with a pen to see if they could be promoted from the Second Army to supplementary recruitment after the Tokyo Metropolitan Conference in the autumn.