Chapter 225 Arrival in Nishinomiya City and the lottery
It took less than three days in total, and the peaceful routine before the game passed quickly. On the afternoon of August 2, Qingdao’s school bus parked in the open space in front of Qingxinliao, and the members of the First Army were carrying more luggage than usual for the expedition.
One after another got on the school bus.
The first army members of Aomichi Baseball Club will leave for Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture this afternoon in order to participate in the cloudy lottery.
The place of stay this time is a hotel not too far from Hanshin Koshien. Ms. Takashima Rei has taken the lead in booking two floors for them to stay there during the National High School Wildball Players Rights Conference. If they are very lucky,
If it's good, maybe we can stay here until the closing day of the conference.
At the same time, Ms. Takashima Rei also contacted a middle school baseball club near the hotel and was able to borrow a training field of the baseball club for daily training during the conference.
After the hotel staff led everyone from Qingdao to the floor reserved by them, they briefly introduced the layout of the hotel, then handed a bunch of room cards to Miss Rei Takashima, bent down and bowed before exiting.
Go down.
Miss Rei Takashima had a room of her own, while Director Kataoka and Director Ohta chose a two-person room with the best view as their room, and then handed the room card to the team leader, allowing the team members to choose the room they wanted to live in.
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Everyone in Qingdao chose a room, packed their luggage, changed into casual clothes, and then gathered together again and went down to the lobby on the first floor.
"If everyone is here, let's go." Murasuke Daiki counted the number of people and after confirming that everyone was here, everyone left the hotel and walked towards Hanshin Koshien.
After a while, everyone in Qingdao once again saw the holy land of Hanshin Koshien Stadium after four months of absence. Summer is when the plants grow most luxuriantly. The beige wall tiles on the outer wall of Koshien have been covered with green.
The ivy is covered tightly.
After everyone in Qingdao took a brief walk around the Koshien Stadium, they started to go to Koshien Suzhanmu Shrine, one of the destinations of the trip.
Along the way, they also met many groups of young people who came to pilgrimage with the same excitement and excitement as they did. In addition, I am afraid it was also to get a glimpse of the teams that would play together later. This was also
As a result, everyone just nodded to each other and then separated.
"Higashi, you go to Mitarashi to take a shower first, and then ask for a fortune!" After arriving at the shrine, Murasuke Daiki reached out and patted Higashikata in front of him, asking him to move faster.
"Why are you so anxious? Haven't you seen so many people?" Dong Qingguo pointed to Mitarai, who was surrounded by many people, and asked everyone to wait patiently.
After waiting for a long time, everyone in Qingdao calmed their hands at Mitarai, then went to the main hall to drop sesame oil money, pray sincerely, and then bought a baseball-shaped Ema next to it, wrote down their wishes and hung them on the shelf.
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People who had written their wishes gathered around Dong Qingguo and watched as he held the baseball-shaped sign and went to the signing office to receive the signature.
"Successful..." When the signature was opened, the first thing everyone saw were the two big characters at the top.
"It's not bad, as long as it's better than the signature in March. After all, you can't force too much on Dong's luck." As soon as Taro Fukuda finished speaking, many people nodded in agreement.
After completing the goal of drawing lots to test their luck, everyone in Qingdao began to walk back, and in the middle of the process they talked about the lottery meeting on a cloudy day.
"Dong, I don't have high requirements for your luck. It would be great if you can draw the number that directly enters the second round. No matter what, there are 15 places." Tanaka Yuki really wants to play one less game.
"If the demands are not high, tell me what high demands mean?" Dong Qingguo was quite self-aware of his bad luck.
"A bye in the first round, and then meet a strong team in the quarterfinals or even the semifinals?" Hiroshi Ohta expressed his thoughts.
"Why didn't you say that even the team we met in the semi-finals was a weak team, so that we could advance directly to the finals?" Dong Qingguo felt that many people in the team were already in a state of ecstasy.
Everyone in Qingdao talked and laughed and returned to the hotel where they stayed, just in time for dinner. After eating a hearty and nutritious dinner, everyone in Qingdao picked up their golf equipment and went to the middle school baseball team they had contacted before.
Club, starting their first evening practice here.
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On August 3, the Seido school bus carried members of the Seido Baseball Club and their supervisors to the Osaka City Music Hall, where the lottery for the National High School Field Baseball Players Rights Conference will be held.
After registering, everyone in Qingdao was led by the staff to the designated seats and sat down. Dong Qingguo, as the captain, sat in the seat prepared for the special captain.
Contestants from various schools arrived one after another, filling the auditorium of the concert hall. Reporters from newspapers or magazines stood in the back row, taking photos of them.
Everyone in the auditorium was looking around, guessing which school team would be their next opponent.
Time passed very quickly. The person in charge of the Asahi Shimbun Osaka headquarters came on stage to announce the start of the lottery. After explaining the lottery method, the captains of each team stepped forward to draw lots in order.
The captain of Shirakaba Gakuen, the representative school of North Hokkaido, was the first to go to the lottery to draw lots. He drew a sign, then walked to the microphone and raised the sign in his hand: "Shirakaba Gakuen High School, 1b."
After that is the captain of Otomakomai, the representative school horse of Southern Hokkaido.
Atsushi Honma, the number plate he pulled out was: "Komada Tomaki Komaki High School, 18b."
Behind Komaki Tomakomai is Aomori Yamada, the representative school of Aomori Prefecture, and then Junior College Kitakami, the representative school of Iwate Prefecture. (The main materials for the National High School Fieldball Players Rights Conference in this book are taken from 2006 and 2012
conference.)
The captain of Teito, the representative school of East Tokyo, was the fourteenth person to come up to draw lots. As the captain of Seido, the representative school of West Tokyo, Higashi Kiyokuni followed behind and walked together to the table where the lottery was held. After him, he stepped forward to draw.
After taking a look at a sign, he followed Captain Didong and walked towards the microphone, "Didong High School, 23b."
"Hey, what's the number you said Dong drew?" Tanaka Yushu asked the person next to him.
"It can't be the first day of competition, right?" Taro Fukuda replied casually.
Dong Qingguo walked to the microphone, looked at the number plate in his hand, raised it, and said: "Qingdao High School, 2a."
"What's going on with Captain's luck?" Kotaro Tojima said, rubbing the back of his head..
"At least...well! No matter what happens, we are not one of the two teams that will start the game after the opening meeting." Murasuke Daiki thought for a while and decided to defend Dong Qingguo's luck.
"After the opening meeting, the third team to play?" Hiroshi Ohta complained about this. This chapter has been completed!