In the evening, the meeting room of the Qingdao Baseball Club.
After dinner, everyone in Qingdao sat together and rewatched this afternoon's game between Red Sea Osugada and City Sanda through video.
As a rising strong school in the Tokyo metropolitan area, Red Sea Osugada has only entered the Koshien once in the spring and twice in the summer (2005 and before), but they were a dark horse in this year’s autumn Tokyo Conference.
His posture continued to break through the obstacles of various powerful enemies. After a bye in the first round, he first defeated Chuangsheng 2:1, then won 5:0 against Feng Didong, and finally won 3:4 against the city's three major players and directly entered the finals, so that the current Qing Dynasty
If we don't stay prepared, we will lose the match against them.
Although the Red Sea Oh Sugada does not have an outstanding first-year pitcher, the sophomore ace pitcher Kazuya Seda is now a legendary pitcher in the Tokyo area. He became the Red Sea Oh Sugada's pitcher with the number 20 this spring.
He was a first-choice member of the first team, and then became the ace of Sugata in the Red Sea after retiring as a third-year student. He led the team to counterattack all the way in the autumn Tokyo Metropolitan Conference, especially in the quarterfinals of the autumn Tokyo Metropolitan Conference last year.
With a score of 7:3, Didong, which they defeated, had a clean sheet of 5:0, avenging their previous humiliation.
In addition to Kazuya Sada, the second-year pitcher No. 10 Rika Yagye, who often played at the start of Red Sea Osugada, also has very good strength. Their pitching lineup is not necessarily better than Aomichi.
, the difference between the top three baseball players in the city and Didong, coupled with the iron-clad defense, the city's top three teams could only exit the game with a narrow defeat.
The Seido players are also no strangers to Red Sea Osugada's line-up. After all, they are all teams from the Nishi-Tokyo area and will inevitably encounter them in previous games. In addition, both sides organize practice matches from time to time. Their
The number of fights was not too small. Director Kataoka gave a brief explanation and ended the analysis of Red Sea Osugada.
"The starting lineup is announced below." Director Kataoka began to announce the starting lineup for the finals: "Pitcher, Iori; catcher, Chris; first baseman, Tojima; second baseman, Tanaka; third baseman, Azuma; shortstop
, Fukuda; left fielder, Fujii; center fielder, Murasuke; right fielder, Ohta...and above."
As Director Kataoka finished speaking, there was some slight commotion in the team.
Yuki Tetsuya heard that he was not the starter in this most important game, his expression was slightly stiff, and his hands on the table were clasped together and squeezed tightly.
"Sakai, warm up."
"Yes!" Yu Sakai nodded vigorously. Although he knew that the possibility of him playing was very small, Director Kataoka's willingness to say this meant that he had been recognized by Director Kataoka.
"The same goes for other team members. Be prepared. The situation on the field is ever-changing and you may be needed to play at any time."
"yes!"
"There can be no negligence in this competition. We must win and go to Koshien together." Director Kataoka said to everyone in a serious tone.
"yes!"
"Everyone should take a good note of your opponent's information. The day after tomorrow is the final. Prepare carefully tomorrow, but don't over-practice. Go to bed early and recharge your energy for the game the day after tomorrow. Don't relax at all for the final battle!
"Supervisor Kataoka emphasized specifically at the end.
"yes!"
After saying what needed to be said, Director Kataoka immediately announced the disbandment and returned to the office alone.
Director Kataoka, who came back from the office, looked at the night outside the window. This was the closest they had been to Koshien in four years. They must win the final the day after tomorrow!
He wanted to take these teenagers to Jiaziyuan and let them see the unique scenery of Jiaziyuan that he had seen before.
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On the other side, in the screening room of the Red Sea Osugada High School Hardball Club, a video of Yagami's pitching game was being played on the large projector.
Most of the Red Sea Osugada players watched Yagamiya's pitching video carefully with solemn expressions.
While the Aomichi Baseball Club is carefully analyzing Red Sea Ohsuda from all angles, Red Sea Ohsuda is also collecting as much information about Aomichi as possible.
"The reason Aomichi was able to beat Daocheng Industrial in today's game was due to the role played by Yagami Yagami. After the second-year Yutaka Sakai was defeated by Daocheng Industrial's line attack, Yagamiya's boarding not only re-stabilized Aomichi's defense.
, it also allowed Qingdao’s ace Jinguji Ichi to not have to pitch in the game against Daocheng Industrial, and he could face the game with us the day after tomorrow in good condition. It can be said that he was the decisive figure for Qingdao to win the semi-finals.
"
"Iori's pitching level is second only to Kuroshikan's Zaizen Naomi. His four-seam fast ball has a ball speed of more than 147km/h. He has at least three kinds of change balls. It is very difficult to attack him."
The president of the Red Sea Osuda Hard Baseball Club, as an intelligence collector, stood next to the Yagami night pitching video and gave commentary.
"Although there are many rumors that Qingdao's hitting level has been weakened due to the retirement of the third-year students, through the videos of these games, I believe you can all understand that Qingdao's overall strength cannot be underestimated. The game the day after tomorrow
, I don’t want you to lose the game because you despise them, do you understand?!”
"yes!"
Supervisor Wakabayashi continued to say in a calm tone: "After everyone goes back, remember the information just handed out. Cancel independent training tonight, go to bed early, keep energy and physical strength in a strong state, and disband."
"yes!"
For the last game of the autumn Tokyo Metropolitan Conference, Aomichi and Red Sea Osugada have made corresponding arrangements and preparations.
Whoever wins the finals will get a place to participate in the spring Koshien. As for the remaining half of the places, it can only be decided by the participating school selection committee.
It can be said that whether Qingdao can enter Koshien again after six years depends on tomorrow's decisive battle.
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On October 30th, at 11:30 noon on the day of the final, the second court of Mingye Shrine.
The autumn Tokyo High School Field Football Conference finals will officially start at 12 noon at the Jingu Second Field.
Before the game even started, the stands were already packed with spectators, and people kept walking to the Jingu Second Stadium with tickets outside the stadium.
Most of them are baseball fans who come from various areas of Tokyo to watch the game. Some even come from nearby prefectures and cities to watch the game, just to witness their favorite baseball game with their own eyes.
The moment the team wins the conference championship.
Of course, there were also many people who were cheering groups and groups of relatives and friends from the two schools. There were also many junior high school juniors who came to watch the game from previously defeated teams or to choose schools for next year.