Diamond Ace Takanono

Chapter 63 The strong team from Kyoto

In the second half of the training camp, every time I set off to go to another venue, the surrounding scenery changes slightly. The refurbished tender green takes up more and more weight in the field of vision, and there will be extra wind from the first few days to the evening. , which is now also much softer.

The Kinoshita Junior League training camp has also come to the 10th day. Continuous games have brought accumulated fatigue. The physical fatigue is not bad. After all, I have experienced daily training during the summer vacation and winter training. In addition, there is also mental tension. The negligible weariness of the game.

For several days in a row, Gao Zhiye would dream of the game when he slept, which made him wonder if he paid too much attention to the details of the game and the outcome. After all, this was just a series of practice games.

"What's the matter, get up quickly."

In a flash, the surrounding ground was empty, and I was the only one sitting under the quilt, "Immediately, help me make the quilt."

Lang Zhi looked around and found that everyone had gone to wash up, so he had to accept his fate to help Gao Zhiye clean up.

Gao Zhiye was holding toothpaste and toothbrush, and met his teammates who came back from washing along the way.

"Good morning, Trump."

"Today too, please."

"Today we will decide the winner."

Gao Zhiye responded with a nod, the fresh air in the morning took away the tiredness of dreaming all night.

The current record of the Kinoshita Junior League is 6 wins, 2 losses and [-] tie. There are three pitchers, Takano takes a tie, Shibasaki and Sato each swallow a losing pitch, and the team that will play today is the last time the Kinoshita Junior League The Yongming Little League team that was tied in a tie, this team is very similar to the Kinoshita Little League team, with a very tight defense and a solid pitching lineup. The only difference is that Yongming is better at hitting.

In the last draw, neither team scored any points, and it was extended to the 7th inning. In the end, the two coaches discussed and decided to fight again in the future.

Today is the time to fight again. Gao Zhiye felt the pressure of playing against a strong team for the first time since he became the ace.

Calculating the time, after the seniors left in the fall, there will be games about once every two weeks, most of which are practice games within the team, and occasionally there will be games from other teams, Kinoshita will always be better than the opponent in some aspects, such as defense or pitching .

But the teams that come to this training camp are different, half are familiar faces from Tokyo, and half are from outside Tokyo.

The Yongming Junior League came from Kyoto, which made everyone in the Kinoshita Junior League feel the pressure of playing against themselves. As a four-sticker, Takano did not crack the opponent's curve ball. hand.

'In the final analysis, a baseball game, for pitchers, is all about spending each other, to see who loses the most points first, or who loses the most points. 'That's why Coach Ninomiya will start the game in rotation. One is to train other pitchers, and the other is to give the pitchers enough rest. In a game, pitchers have the heaviest defensive task and the greatest mental pressure.

'As long as I can still hold the score this time. '
After washing up and returning to the house, Lang Chi had already gone to eat, and only put a new pair of socks on Takano's bedding roll. As planned before, new socks would be changed every day, and the dirty socks were piled up and taken home for washing. It didn't seem to work very well, ten people, the result of everyone doing this was that on the third day, when they opened the door, they were suffocated by the sour smell.

"It didn't smell so bad yesterday!"

"Probably because we have been staying in the house and the nose has adapted..."

Then the few people agreed to wash the socks of the day before going to bed every day.

Hurriedly catching up with the pace of the team, the members of the Kinoshita Junior League warmed up as usual and waited for the arrival of the Yongming Junior League. Today is the home game on the elementary school playground.

After a while, on the bench next to third base, Takano picked up his baseball bat and stared at the pitcher on the mound. He was also about 1.8 meters tall, and with that curve ball - he could only aim at it every time. The point where the base hits, so it is particularly difficult to hit.

Yibang is still Yoshino-kun, who watched the entire Yongming Little League defensive warm-up process from the sidelines, "It's so smooth, so it seems that those opponents in the past always said that they felt pressure after watching our defense. That's how it feels."
The chief umpire cleaned up all the sand and dirt on home plate, and the game began.

The first pitch catcher wants the ball from the outside corner, and the pitcher misses it for the first time, a "bad ball".

After that, he made two bad shots in a row, and Yoshino carefully selected them. If the start is so unstable, it is better to watch another ball.

But this mentality is often used by catchers. At this time, in order to stabilize the mentality of the pitchers, they will let the pitchers make good shots.

Sure enough, the next time, "Strike!" It was a strike in the center. Yoshino glanced at the bench. Coach Ninomiya didn't give any instructions, just let him play according to his own mentality.

Therefore, Yoshino glanced at the pitcher, thinking of the experience of the last game, and decided to bet on a bad four.

"Four bads!" An unstable start seems to be a problem for many pitchers, and Yoshino hits first base with ease.

Afterwards, a fly ball on the second bat sent Yoshino to second base.The third bat was Hayakawa. At this time, the opposing pitcher began to add change pitches to his pitches.Hayakawa was tricked into swinging by a curveball and struck out.

"Damn, this curveball is too difficult to hit." The reason why a subtle curveball is difficult to hit is that compared with a straight ball, a pure straight ball can predict the rhythm of one's swing through the previous trajectory.

But a curveball is like a peanut falling from the second floor. Not only do you need to look at its previous trajectory, but you also need to estimate the changes brought about by the acceleration of gravity when it reaches home plate. , The pitcher throws the ball to a height of four or five meters, and it falls straight on the home plate. The ball will only overlap one intersection point on the batter's swing trajectory. Although the speed is slow, there are very few people who can hit it.

'His curveball is far from that level, so he can hit it', Takano tried to stop his heart from beating so fast.

Now it's two outs with a man on second base.It was Takanono's turn to hit the fourth.

The first ball was a tentative high straight ball from the outside corner. Gao Zhiye didn't swing the bat, and it was a "bad ball".

Gao Zhiye recalled the last game, the curve ball that impressed him, the game ended too early, otherwise he must have played well.

The catcher is thinking about how to make the winning shot more powerful. Before the curveball, the hitter must have an impression of the straight ball. In the last game, it was just a straight ball that hit a little red, and it hit a super far out of bounds. This hitter's Power cannot be underestimated.

So the next ball is a low straight ball from the outside corner, and the shot is a little bit off, and it doesn't matter if the ball is a bad ball.

Gao Zhiye didn't hit a stick again, "strike".

'Don't hit two straight balls, waiting for a curveball? ’ The catcher knew right away that this was an opportunity to get the ball count.

The pitcher nodded and tucked in a straight ball high inside the corner, "strike."

"Two strikes!" Kinoshita's Little League bench, everyone looked at the non-swinging four-bat, and then looked at the coach, "Gao Jun didn't look at the bench at all!".

' So tell us blatantly, does he want a curveball?How arrogant! The catcher was very sensible, and he called a low straight ball from the outside corner, but the pitcher shook his head, "Tsk, the pitcher is such an emotional guy, let's play the tiebreaker!" '
The pitcher was finally satisfied. From the corner of the eye, he glanced at the person who was watching him intently, and threw the best pitch of the day.

The curve ball was very exaggerated, and Takano faced the curve that was more than two meters high and fell straight to the home plate, 'No, this is a bad ball! '
The bat has been swung vigorously, and the sound of "swoosh -" is very exaggerated, but it is empty.

"Three strikes!"

"Okay—" The Yongming Little League guards quickly ran off the field.

Gao Zhiye stared at his bat, "This bat doesn't feel right, I'll change it to Langzhi's next time I play!" '
Thinking to pieces in my heart, I was about to lower my head and pass by Coach Ninomiya.

"What were you thinking just now?" The coach's tone was very flat, but Gao Zhiye turned his head, "I have seen that curveball many times in the last game, and I can play it well."

"So you're going to keep trying, and when will you be able to play well and send your teammates back to home plate."

"..." The bench was very quiet, Lang Zhi turned around, not looking at the embarrassed man.

"Let's go to the field and defend first." One sentence made the quiet bench move, everyone prepared things faster than before, and returned to the field as if fleeing.

　Going home this week and then I made a mistake, I brought the computer and didn't bring the charging cable and the mouse? ?Just bring a computer body, okay? ?It's the first time I used my mobile phone to code words today, and I feel okay

　　Finally, I would like to thank everyone for supporting me all the time. Whether it is comments, recommendations, monthly tickets or rewards, they have given me a lot of psychological strength as a lonely old man. Thank you again~ (I just suddenly remembered that I have not thanked everyone, hee hee)
　　After two months of writing, I feel like I can persevere! ! (If there are no major accidents haha)
　　
　
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