"Good pitch!" The third-graders in the dugout were cheering for their pitcher.
After the third-year seniors struck out Taro Fukuda and Yuki Tanaka in succession, they faced Takashi Fujii, the third bat behind them.
"Senior's pitching has been played many times in practice before, but this is the first time we have faced off against each other like this." Standing on the batting box, Fujii Takashi waved the metal bat in his hand and chatted with Kiryu-senpai.
sky.
Third-year catcher Takashi Fujii didn't pay much attention to Takashi Fujii. He signaled to pitcher Yuuto Fukuda and put the open ball cover in place.
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
Takashi Fujii missed the first pitch that flew from the low outside corner, and then swung the metal bat in his hand at the second pitch that came from the pitcher's mound.
"Ping!"
The flying baseball flew backwards when it collided with the swinging bat. After hitting the infield, it quickly bounced a few times and bounced from the infield area to the left field area.
Takashi Fujii successfully reached first base with this hit.
As soon as the four-bat hitter Dong Qingguo came on the field, the members of the first army shouted.
"Captain, give me a big shot!"
"Senior Dong, throw the ball out."
Facing the "monster hitter" Higashikata, Kiryu Hiroshi spent a while to think before giving his signal to Yuuto Fukuda on the pitcher's mound.
Yuuto Fukuda nodded, glanced at Takashi Fujii at first base, and after preventing a runner from stealing a base, he waved his arm and threw the baseball in his hand.
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
"Ping!"
Dong Qingguo vigorously swung the metal bat in his hand, and the collision between the bat body and the ball made a crisp sound. Unfortunately, it did not hit the center of the ball. The baseball flying from the pitcher's mound flew high after being hit by Dong Qingguo.
Skyrim.
Third-year catcher Hiroshi Kiryu immediately stood up, took off his face shield, ran a few steps after the baseball in mid-air, and raised his hand to catch the infield fly ball.
“out.“
Supervisor Kataoka signaled the batter Higashikata to be out.
"Three outs, exchange offense and defense."
…
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
"Ping!"
Third-year hitter Kenichi Tagami (named after a junior who was founded in 2005) swung and hit a baseball pitched by Jinguji.
"Shortstop!" Chris stood up and yelled.
"Look at me!" Tanaka Yuuki took a few steps back, jumped up on the spot with a strong kick, and the outstretched ball sleeve caught the baseball that was flying upside down from the home plate, causing Tanou Ken who was running the base to catch the ball.
Neng stopped helplessly and returned to the third-grade dugout along with the runner at second base.
"Three outs, exchange offense and defense."
Director Kataoka looked at the scoreboard and saw that the sixth inning had just begun. The current score between the two sides was 2:2.
"Iori, get ready, you will pitch in the seventh inning." Supervisor Kataoka, who as the chief referee should not interfere too much in personnel arrangements, suddenly said to Yagami.
"Ah? Oh, okay, Supervisor." Yagami Yagami, who was watching the game outside the station with the Second Army and the Third Army, was stunned for a moment after being suddenly called upon by Supervisor Kataoka, and then walked out of the crowd and responded.
"Let me help you warm up." Kentaro Matsuda walked out and went to get the catcher's protective gear.
…
The game soon came to the second half of the seventh inning, and the score between the two sides was still 2:2.
Iori Yagami took the pitcher's glove and talked to Chris about the subsequent tactical arrangements while walking onto the pitcher's mound.
"That's basically it, do you understand?"
"It's clear. I have memorized the characteristics of the third-year seniors. As long as they don't let them hit hits, it's fine." After Yagami finished speaking, he felt that he should continue to close the relationship with the catcher, and then added: "Takigawa,
I trust your matchmaking."
Chris didn't say anything more, walked directly back to the back of home plate, squatted down again, and gave a signal to open the ball sleeve.
After Yagami threw a few practice balls, the game started again. Looking at the third-year senior standing on the batting box, Yagami waved his arm and pushed the baseball in his hand hard with his fingertips.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
The baseball came straight off the pitcher's mound, flew over home plate and into Chris's open sleeve.
"Hey, what's the speed of this ball?"
"I don't know, I didn't bring a speedometer."
"The ball is very powerful and difficult to hit."
“nice pitch.“
Chris stood up, took out the baseball from the holster, and threw it back.
"call out"
Iori Yagami raised his hand to catch the baseball that Chris passed back to him. He looked at Chris's signal after squatting down again. What kind of four-seam fastball is pitching that is not very straight?
As someone who studied and grew up in the American baseball world, Yagami Yagami’s four-seam ball is very different from most American pitchers. He doesn’t like to throw the kind of straight ball! If he hadn’t returned to Japan from the United States last year
Later, I discovered that Japan’s Takano liked the straight ball, and if he spent time to practice his four-seam ball, he would not be able to throw the four-seam fast ball that is very straight! Unexpectedly,
Reese actually asked him to throw the four-seam fast ball that he used to throw that wasn't very straight?
"call out!"
Since it was the catcher's request, Iori Yagami had nothing to object to. After all, he liked this kind of fast ball with a certain displacement.
"Whoa!"
"Bang!"
When the third-year senior's swing missed, the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound smoothly passed through the strike zone and fell into Chris's open ball sleeve.
“strike.“
Yagami raised his hand to take the baseball that Chris passed back to him again. He could still feel the ball feeling different from before. He looked at Chris with an increasingly angry look, then raised his arm and reported to Director Kataoka: "Supervisor,
I suspect Chris’s right shoulder is injured!”
Chris's behavior has touched Yagami's bottom line of respecting individuals and paying attention to the value of people themselves. Even if he cannot worsen the relationship with the catcher as a pitcher, he cannot tolerate these idiots choosing to go to football or baseball for temporary satisfaction.
Damage your body and give up your bright future.
"What?!" Supervisor Kataoka said in surprise.
After coming back to his senses, Director Kataoka ignored Chris's objections and quickly suspended the game, and together with Miss Rei Takashima, took Chris to the hospital for examination.
Others on the field asked Yagami why he suspected that Chris' right hand was injured?
Yagami told them his suspicions. He had discovered something was wrong with Chris in the semi-finals and finals of the autumn Tokyo Metropolitan Games. Of course, at that time, he just thought that Chris was in poor condition due to high-intensity competition;
The Mingye Shrine Conference began to wonder if there was something wrong with Chris' shoulder, but because they were not sure, they didn't say anything until today's retirement match...
In fact, Yagami felt that Director Kataoka was not suitable to be a supervisor many times. Although Director Kataoka loved the members, he did not conduct regular physical examinations on the members. As a result, Chris was able to train and compete with injuries for a long time, but no one else except him
People have discovered that the attack only looks at the most ordinary amount of training. When Jinguji-senpai's mentality was unbalanced on the field, he did not replace the players earlier. He often turned a blind eye to the psychological problems of the players and only wanted to cultivate aces who can take the lead, but forgot
The Seido Baseball Club does not have such a player, nor does it have the ability to cultivate such an ace. This chapter has been completed!