Diamond Ace Takanono

Chapter 22 Hitting the Coach
At 7:[-] p.m. on Sunday, the outdoor playground of the Kinoshita Club was empty, and the wind was blowing the sand on the pitcher's mound. Coach Ninomiya watched quietly through the open window. Behind him were the coaches sitting quietly in their respective positions. There were only two people making noises, one was the old man who was packing up his things, and the other was Kinoshita Liu who accidentally hiccupped.

Kinoshita noticed Coach Ninomiya's staring eyes, sat up straight again, and shrugged secretly after he turned around to look outside again.

"Why don't you tell the players?" Yoshida, the coach of the infield team, sat next to the old man who was packing up, helping to hand things down from time to time.

"No, no." The old man shook his head hastily, "Just tell them I've asked for leave."

"But, I always find something is wrong..." Coach Yoshida babbled, as if it was not in line with his usual decisive performance, and he is not to blame for this, any old friend who has been with him for more than ten years will change his mind if he wants to leave Don't look like yourself.

"Yoshida!" The old man stopped what he was doing, and said solemnly, "Stop rambling, you have become an annoying old man."

"What does the old man mean? I'm not yet 50 years old." So the two started bickering again inexplicably.

Kinoshita Liu was reclining on the chair, Mrs. Kinoshita told him the whole story yesterday and warned him not to talk nonsense, so he could only keep stuffing lemon candy in his mouth.

"How is Ryoko's mental state after being discharged from the hospital?" Although Coach Fujii knew that the real situation was to give up treatment, he still looked forward to it.

"Not bad, but it's much better than when I was in the hospital. I ate a big apple yesterday." As Coach Fujii expected, the old man also said with bright eyes.

"Have you found an apartment in Kanagawa?" Because someone first asked a question, which broke the long-standing calm in the office, everyone started asking questions.

"I found it. It's next to my son's house. Our family can finally live together again."

The old man moved a lot faster.

"Okay, there's no need to ask at this time." Coach Ninomiya made a final decision, "Although we won't hold a farewell party in the team, at least we will have a few drinks with you. If you have anything to say, let's talk about it at that time."

Everyone laughed and agreed with this idea, and finally discussed, let Grandma Gu Yue talk to Liang Zi, and they went to the izakaya to drink together for two hours.

Kinoshita Liu wandered away from a group of uncles, originally wanted to stay behind without saying a word, and took the opportunity to slip away, but was pinned in place by Coach Ninomiya, "Kinoshita, where are you going?"

In the end, Kinoshita Liu went to the izakaya together helplessly, and followed this group of uncles with an average age of about 50 years old. The old man who was leaving was called Maeda, a former hitting coach, which was also the reason why Kinoshita Liu was called back in such a hurry this time.

"Mr. Kinoshita," after drinking for three rounds, coach Maeda suddenly came over with the wine, his eyes were a little blurred, and his face was full of long-lost happiness, "I'm tired after coming back from the United States, I'm sorry, Mrs. Kinoshita must have messed up again Bar."

"No, no, coach Maeda, anyway, my contract has expired..."

But the alcoholic in front of him didn't seem to be listening at all: "Time is too fast. You have grown from such a small child to such a big man. I showed Liangzi your photo yesterday, and she was surprised."

Coach Maeda sipped his empty glass, and said without noticing, "I have collected all the strikes of everyone in the team, and it's in that file folder. Yes, put that file folder away."

Kinoshita Liu nodded continuously, and Maeda continued to say with confidence, "But you have to actually take a look, you young people always think differently from us old men, not to mention that you are still at the professional level. It's an amateur, even though I got my coaching license, it's just different in America."

The combat coach who has always been serious in his memory showed a look of inferiority after drinking. He is not as good as Coach Fujii and Coach Ninomiya. They are always tossing some advanced gadgets and doing some training experiments, but he, for so many years The teaching is based on the experience summed up in actual combat.

Coach Ninomiya always said, don’t worry, stick to his own method, but he always feels that he is wasting the talent of the players.

"Mr. Kinoshita, if the players want to hit the ground firmly, they must rely on years of training, and more importantly, they must have a very stable heart. They are a group of children, and it is completely impossible for them to rely on themselves. Yes, so as a coach, you must be steady and keep a straight face, you can't be crazy with them."

Surprisingly, the old man is quite clear now. Kinoshita Liu just wanted to listen carefully. Coach Maeda then expressed a lot of emotion about his career as a strike coach. Children are too naughty, and children are taught better. The third grade left again, and he gave up playing baseball in high school. Before he could finish his expression, he was dragged by his colleagues on the other side to have another drink.

Kinoshita Liu shook the food scraps on his body, smoothed out the wrinkled collar, and just said it, holding his collar all the time, it seems that although he said it nicely, he was still unwilling in his heart Bar.

After the drinking session was over, Coach Ninomiya was responsible for sending Coach Maeda home, while the rest took taxis or subways.

Kinoshita Liu opened half of the data on the phone, all the hitting data of the existing players are in it, everyone has the analysis of the hitting situation and the current training plan, there is a short hitting video attached, and there is a The list table, including the children's photos and personalities, can show the collector's intentions.

Suddenly he saw the barber shop from the corner of his eye, "Mr. Driver, please stop here for a while."

"I have to dye my hair so late today, it's really troublesome..." Presumably if I don't dye it back today, my mother won't let me in the house, it's really annoying.

On the other side of the city, the two Gao Zhiye brothers came out for a walk.

"It's been half an hour, do you want to go in?" Gao Zhiye's eyes wandered among the bright display cabinets. From the gaps between the products, he could see colorful gifts, and some girls were walking around together.

"Let's go around again, I haven't decided what to buy yet?" Lang Zhi said hesitantly.

"I'm talking about you, does the girl in it have a classmate you have a crush on?" Gao Zhiye said loudly without any scruples.

"No, I just want to go shopping when there are few people, so I can feel more comfortable."

"Cut," Gao Zhiye took the lead and walked away, and then walked around the central garden twice, and then came to this gift shop, it was already very late, and Lang Zhi went in because he could see the clerk running around from the door.

In an empty shop, Lang Zhi felt a little more at ease, and his mentality of budgeting came back again.

"Bracelet, but my mother is a very simple person, I don't know if I would like to wear it..."

"Crystal ball, oh, look, it's still snowing."

Gao Zhiye ignored him, thinking that Shen Qing and Lang Zhi had reunited a long time ago, and felt a little regretful about assigning this task at that time, but he was still tired in the end.

"Wow, is this a stereo? It's so cool. How much is it?" After flipping through the price, Lang Zhi silently put it back.

Taking advantage of his height, Takano saw the [-] yen marked on it.

After the two walked around, Gao Zhiye also started to turn over some strange gadgets. He didn't expect that there are so many interesting things in this kind of store where there are usually many girls.

"Sure enough, let's go buy steaks." Lang Zhi thought about it comprehensively, and felt that it would be better to eat it with money than to buy inconspicuous accessories.

"Buy that stereo, haven't you watched it several times?" Gao Zhiye said absent-mindedly.

"Really? Did you help pay? I didn't expect you to look a bit like the brother in the TV series now."

"But don't buy the figurine, it will be converted into the stereo." Takano turned around and said again.

"You are still that bastard Takano, why did you detain my figure?"

The two had a verbal argument, and Langzhi finally bought the stereo. Seeing his displeased face, Gao Zhiye thought painfully, take my money and ask Langzhi to buy a gift for Shen Qing. I have nothing to do with it, the biggest disadvantage is whether I am good or not.

But the result was good, Shen Qing was very happy, she didn't ask Lang Zhi where the money came from, she just smiled and glanced at Gao Zhiye.

The next day, it was the boring daily life of the school again. The injured front desk also recovered, and Takano, who was used to being alone, had an extra pendant called Kusakabe on his body. For some reason, the one next to him was determined to The boys who were sports reporters also followed, and after a long time, in the eyes of their classmates, they became a fixed group.

However, for Gao Zhiye, in addition to attending classes and eating and taking naps at school, there is basically not much time left. His focus is still on baseball.

But the premise is that there should be no surprises in his baseball career. For example, in the current situation, everyone looked at each other and was shocked by the news just learned. Coach Maeda took a long vacation, and the hitting coach after that was the yellow-haired young man who just came yesterday. Of course, he has now dyed back to black, and is announcing the news with a serious face.

"I've seen everyone's previous training plan. Now it's the time of the competition, and I will continue the previous habit. However, I will focus on your weaknesses and provide one-on-one counseling. If you have any problems related to combat, you can come. ask me."

After the news was announced, the first army continued to practice in actual combat, while the second army attacked the net uniformly.

Takano and Shibazaki get mixed up again.

"Why did Coach Maeda take a long vacation as soon as Coach Kinoshita came? Could it be..."

"And Kinoshita's surname, is it a coincidence?"

"Ask Hayakawa-kun today, he is very familiar with gossip in this area." Gao Zhiye said quietly.

Unexpectedly, the central figure in their discussion came over in a short while.

"Takano-kun, you have a great sense of smell. Would you like to try swinging without lifting your foot?" Takano was a player who was highlighted by coach Maeda, so today Kinoshita decided to start with Takano.

　Hematemesis, I just wrote this in one afternoon, I’m such a snail

　　
　
(End of this chapter)