"Winter training starts tomorrow. Don't you know what training items there will be? Matsuda-senpai didn't say anything. He's a little nervous."
(Note: During winter training, day students must also stay on campus. The dormitory where Yagami stayed temporarily during winter training was Matsuda-senpai’s dormitory.)
However, it was not until the day after the winter training that the pictures of the training schedule sent by Iori Yagami came belatedly.
"Training schedule..."
Looking at the dense content in the picture and the amount of practice required marked at the back, Chris felt very lucky that he did not have to participate in the club's winter training.
The already short winter vacation became even shorter because of winter training, and it passed by in a flash.
The members of the Qingdao Baseball Club returned to school earlier than ordinary students, which also made the deserted Qingxinliu and the baseball club's cafeteria lively again.
From December at the end of the year to February of the next year, it is prohibited for schools to compete with each other, but there is no problem for the school to organize intra-school competitions; Supervisor Kataoka therefore arranged several intra-school competitions that mixed the first and second armies.
After trying various lineup combinations, the concept of the new team gradually became clear.
By the end of February, because the school would no longer ban reporters from coming for interviews, Supervisor Kataoka no longer arranged on-campus competitions. In addition to the necessary basic training every day, he also asked everyone in the first army to do some defense and attack.
training.
On March 1st, Director Kataoka re-issued memorization numbers.
Jinguji Kaichi still got the ace number of No. 1, and surprisingly, Tetsuya Yuuki got the starting number of No. 5.
In the end, Supervisor Kataoka's bib numbers were only issued until No. 16. Everyone had some speculation that the two reserved spots were to stimulate those team members who were not selected and make them work harder. On March 18th
The spring Tokyo Metropolitan Conference qualifiers were held from September to the 24th. Because Seido High School is a seed school, it can get the right to qualify without participating in the qualifiers. This also caused everyone in Seido to put all their focus on starting from March.
The 78th High School Baseball Selection Tournament started on the 23rd, which is the 78th Spring Koshien.
The schedule for the 78th High School Baseball Selection Conference is as follows: on January 31st, the participating school selection committee will convene to determine the 32 participating schools; on March 6th, the Japan High School Baseball League and Mainichi Shimbun
Accepting Koma Dai Tomakomai's request to withdraw from the competition, Hokkaido Sakae was selected as a replacement school; on March 15, the thirty-two participating schools were divided into two half-districts by drawing lots; on March 23, the opening ceremony; four
On the fourth day of the month, the closing ceremony.
March 15th is the day of the Spring Koshien Lotteries.
"Captain and the others are back!"
After dinner in the evening, when everyone in the first army who was preparing to disband saw the familiar car, someone immediately shouted.
So when Dong Qingguo got off the car, he could only see a group of people swarming from all directions.
"Dong, you did a good job in drawing lots this time."
"You're so lucky, Captain."
"That's right, I'm really lucky this time."
Different from summer Koshien, the spring Koshien lottery only requires the team leader to go to the site to draw lots. So early this morning, Minister Ohta took Tokiyokuni to drive to Nishinomiya City and participated in the lottery.
Send him back again.
Team members who did not go together can learn about the situation by watching the live broadcast of the draw.
The position drawn by Dongqing Country is in the upper half of the district. Although there are many strong schools in this half of the district, apart from the powerful Kansai High School in the Central and Eastern Regions that will be encountered in the second round, Seido High School only has
They will meet the powerful Yokohama High School from the Kanto region in the other group in the semi-finals.
Of course, this does not mean that Qingdao can easily reach the top eight or even the semi-finals in the top half.
After all, in baseball, you may be overturned by your opponent before you get the last out.
Everyone in Qingdao's impressions and understanding of other teams are limited to last year's Mingye Shrine Conference. After four months of training, they still don't know to what extent the strength of each team will improve.
Of course, everyone in Qingdao has also experienced training in the past four months and has made great progress. They are confident that they will not lose no matter what kind of opponent they encounter, even the former Komadai Tomakomai.
After everyone in Qingdao gathered around to watch Dongqing Kingdom, which was rarely lucky, they quickly dispersed in all directions. Those who needed to practice practiced, those who needed to rest, and those who needed to go home went home.
On the afternoon of March 20th, Director Kataoka gathered together everyone from Seido who were about to go on spring break. He walked back and forth several steps before turning to face them and standing: "The list of participants for the spring Koshien will be announced below.
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As soon as Director Kataoka finished speaking, there was a small commotion in the team.
, Takashi Fujii; No. 9, Kotaro Tojima." Director Kataoka reported the numbers and names in a leisurely manner. The starting lineup was undisputed, and no one had any ideas.
"No. 10, Yagami Yagami; No. 11, Yu Sakai; No. 12, Hiroshi Ohta; No. 13, Keisuke Miyauchi..." When the last number and name were reported, Director Kataoka paused deliberately before speaking slowly.
: "No. 18, Koichiro Tanba, above."
Not hearing their names at the last moment, the two second-year seniors who had not received bib numbers even though they were members of the First Army became a little stunned. A sense of loss quickly came to their hearts, and they lowered their heads and clasped their hands.
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The Spring Koshien and Summer Koshien are different from other competitions in that each team only has eighteen places.
There were voices of discussion in the crowd, but I quickly became quiet again. After the voices of discussion in the team disappeared, Director Kataoka continued to speak: "Recorder, Hidaka Kawako (second-year female manager); in addition,
, Assisting team members: Shang Shima (former second-year senior of the First Army who lost the selection), Kuroki (former second-year senior of the First Army who lost the selection), Masuko Toru, Isashiki Jun, Kominato Ryosuke, and the above."
"Yes." The six people named by Supervisor Kataoka responded.
Chris, who is still recuperating and recovering, is actually the most suitable candidate to be a record-keeper, followed by Hidaka Kawako and two other sophomores in the Second Army who are responsible for intelligence collection. However, in order to reward Hidaka Kawako as the representative
In order to understand the contribution of the female manager of the baseball club to the baseball club, Director Kataoka decided to let Hidaka Kawako serve as the scorer and follow the team to participate in the spring Koshien.
As for the second-year Shangjie and Kuroki, first-year Masuko, Isashiki and Kominato, the five of them are assisting team members. In addition to serving as ball boys on the court, they can also let them experience what Koshien has in advance. For them,
A very strange atmosphere for a baseball player. This chapter has been completed!