After everyone in the First Army left the conference hall one after another, Chris put away the CD, looked back and saw Yagami Ye was still waiting for him at the door, and walked over.
"It's still early, let's go to the bullpen to practice pitching." After leaving the conference room with Chris, Yagami told Chris the purpose of waiting for him. After Chris nodded in agreement, the two of them took their golf equipment.
, went straight to the bullpen.
Senior Matsuda and Senior Jinguji were also practicing pitching in the bullpen. After Chris said hello to them, he squatted down and set up his ball cover, allowing Yagami to start pitching.
Yagami looked at Chris at the catcher's position with his ball sleeve open and set, raised his feet, twisted his waist, and swung his arms, and he threw a four-seam fast straight ball.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
The baseball flying from the pitcher's position was firmly caught by Chris in the ball cover. He then stood up, took out the baseball from the ball cover and threw it back to Yagami Yagami: "One more!"
"Understood!" Yagami caught the baseball passed by Chris, turned it behind his back, then raised his leg and stepped forward, swung his left hand down with all his strength, and the baseball in his palm flew out again, straight into Chris's
In the ball sleeve.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
This ball was obviously more powerful than the previous one, and the momentum of flying into the ball cover was stronger. Chris took out the baseball from the ball cover and threw it towards Yagami Yagami: "Good ball!"
Yagami Yagami and Chris just went back and forth to catch each other's pitches. Yagami Yagami's ball power became stronger and stronger, and the sound of the baseball jumping into the ball cover became louder and louder.
Jinguji-senpai, who was practicing throwing with Matsuda-senpai on the side, suddenly stopped throwing and turned to look at Iori Yagami before retracting his gaze. After adjusting his grip, he raised his leg and stepped forward, swinging his arm.
The baseball in the palm of his hand was thrown.
"call out!"
The baseball started to fall rapidly just as it was about to fly into the home plate area, and was caught by Matsuda-senpai in the low inside corner.
"Bang!"
The power and tail power of the ball were very good. Kentaro Matsuda took out the baseball from his holster, stood up and passed it back to Jinguji Kazu: "Good ball!"
That's it, Jinguji, use your full strength! You are the well-deserved ace of our team!
On the other side, Yagami Yagami is focusing on finding the previous feeling of the ball, and he can feel that the baseball he throws is getting more and more powerful.
When Chris saw this, he would go over and talk to Yagami about his feelings about catching the ball from time to time.
"call out!"
The ball thrown by Yagami Yagami this time made a sharp sound and whizzed away. Before it could reach the catcher, the horizontal sliding changes became larger and larger. Chris quickly adjusted his posture before collecting the ball.
The baseball was still shaking in the sleeve, and it wasn't until Chris held the sleeve tightly that the little ball settled down.
"nice shot!"
Chris stood up and threw the baseball in his hand back to Yagami. Although he was breathing slightly, his excitement could not be concealed.
"I seem to have found the feeling, and the completion degree of the ordinary slide ball is getting higher and higher." Different from Yagami Yagami's high (fast) speed slide ball as the decisive ball, he had previously completed the ordinary slide ball that focused on the amount of lateral changes.
Not high.
Yagami recalled the feeling just now, raised his legs and waved his arms, and threw the baseball.
The baseball flying out of the pitcher's position went straight to Chris at the catcher's position with a large lateral change. He opened his ball cover to catch the ball, and held the ball cover tightly until the momentum disappeared, and then released the ball again.
Take the baseball out of the sleeve.
"One more ball!" Chris threw the baseball back in his hand, and Yagami caught the baseball he passed back and assumed a throwing posture.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
After Chris caught the baseball flying from the pitcher's box, he said to Iori Yagami: "Iori, this ball is not good."
"I think so too." After throwing two consecutive balls, Yagami felt that his energy was not as concentrated as before. It seems that now he can only throw ordinary sliders well when he is in good condition.
"In the semi-finals and finals of the Tokyo Metropolitan Conference in the fall, don't think about shooting such a ball." Chris gave his opinion to Yagami Yagami.
…
After Yu Sakai left Supervisor Kataoka's office and returned to his dormitory, he sat on a chair in a daze for a while, then picked up his ball cover and went out to find the catcher to practice pitching.
"Pitching practice? Of course." After hearing Sakai-senpai's request, Miyauchi Keisuke immediately agreed. He took the ball cover and protective gear and walked towards the outdoor bullpen with Sakai-senpai.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
"call out!"
"Bang!"
As soon as Keisuke Miyauchi and Yu Sakai walked to the bullpen, they heard the sound of pitching coming from inside. When they went in, they saw that it was Koichiro Tanba practicing pitching with another catcher from the second army.
"Sakai-senpai." After seeing that the person coming was a senior from Ichijun, Koichiro Tanba immediately stopped throwing the ball and greeted Yu Sakai.
"Yes!" Sakai, Koichiro Tanba and the others nodded, walked to the pitcher's position, and began to warm up by passing the ball to Keisuke Miyauchi.
After finishing the warm-up, Yu Sakai held the baseball in his right hand, raised his leg, took a step, swung his arm and threw the baseball in his palm.
"call out!"
This is a sinking curveball that will suddenly drop sharply in front of the batter. It is Yu Sakai's winning ball.
"Bang!"
After Miyauchi Keisuke's glove successfully caught the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound, he got up and passed the baseball back to Sakai-senpai.
“nice pitch.“
"call out!"
A baseball heading toward home plate seems to slow down even more after entering the home plate zone.
"Senior, the speed difference of the ball is very good."
"call out!"
Mr. Sakai's pitch this time was a slider.
"Bang!"
After Keisuke Miyauchi caught the flying baseball again with his ball sleeve, he stood up, walked to Sakai-senpai, and handed the ball to him.
"If the seniors can throw such a ball in the semi-finals against Daocheng Industrial, it shouldn't be too difficult to prevent Daocheng Industrial's hitters from getting on base before they get used to it..."
While listening to the words of his junior student Keisuke Miyauchi, Yu Sakai clenched the baseball in his hand, "Yes, I will definitely do it!"
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"Is it pitching practice today?"
Yagami Yagami came to the baseball club after school in the afternoon. He looked at the practice items written on the blackboard, then found out the protective gear and put it on, and went to the batting practice area to feed the ball.
"Iori, you are throwing straight balls, fastballs and changeups today." Director Kataoka came over and said to Yagami.
"Yes." Yagami nodded and started to warm up.
"Jinguji, you're going to throw some variations of the ball that you have mastered today." Director Kataoka walked to Jinguuji and then called Koichiro Tanba over, "Tanba, come here."
"Yes!" Koichiro Tanba, who was doing basic training with others, jogged to the hitting practice area. This chapter has been completed!