Ace of Diamonds Golden Boots Silver Rod

Chapter 109 Nothing special? (-in-)

"Ping!" The bat was finally swung early and came into close contact with the baseball.

"Poof!" Finally landed in the outfield!

"Nice hit!" Sendao looked at Kondo and showed a sincere smile the moment the ball was hit. He didn't even look back to see the ball hit the ground and praised.

"Hee!" Kondo showed two rows of big white teeth in excitement!

……

The next day,

"Coach Kunimi! Please give me some advice today!" Teacher Sano had already begun to greet Tokugawa's coach.

"We are the ones, please give us some advice!

Is it okay for the game to start after 20 minutes? "

"Yeah! No problem!"

Since it was Tokugawa's suggestion and the difference in strength between the two sides, the other party didn't care at all, so it was Chisei's decision to attack first, while Sendō directly chose to attack first.

Neither of the two sides really wanted to play this game. Akasei and Kazendo were there to collect intelligence, and Tokugawa was simply curious about Sawamura's ball. Speaking of this game, Akasei had the advantage.

"Sen-chan, are you going to fight like last time today?" Ohno asked Sendao before the game started.

In the last game, Sendō saw through the opponent's catcher's idea of ​​​​distribution. However, for junior high school soft ball teams, the catcher is the position that is least valued. It can be said that the distribution is relatively monotonous, and the same goes for tactics, especially in a country like Nagano.

Even a former professional player coach who worked in youth baseball would never have thought that a team like Chicheng would appear and could see through the catcher's distribution ideas.

It is normal for a hit to occur in a game, even if the strength gap between the two sides is huge. After all, the stadium is too big, and the scope of everyone's responsibility is also too large.

"No, just hit it normally!"

Just kidding, how could Sendo, who wanted to spy on information, take the initiative to expose the information? It was just a practice game, and if he lost, he would lose. Sawamura's information could not be hidden, otherwise the pitcher's mound might have been replaced.

This is why batters are rarely walked in practice games unless the gap is huge.

Of course, Tokugawa did not regard Chisei as his opponent. Some people may think that playing with all the main players can relieve the opponent. In this kind of sub-second game, there will be an obvious pause if the opponent deliberately abandons the opponent, which is easy to see.

Moreover, once you release the water, you are likely to be defeated. It is easy to lose the status. It does not mean that you release the water. You can adjust the state back the next moment if you are careful. Therefore, asking the players to relax and play is already a kind of water release. .

This is also the reason why Seido, Shuhoku and Inami played practice matches without having to meet directly with the main force.

If you let go, the hits will turn into strikeouts, or the kind of strikeouts that are far away, like Sawamura's. When you see his strikeouts, you know that his level is far behind.

"This team doesn't have any tough players. If it weren't for that pitcher, who would want to play against a school that won't improve in so many years?

They had only 8 hits in the last game, most of which were lucky balls.

Why! End it quickly! ” thought the Tokugawa nine-bat catcher.

"Snapped!"

"Strike!"

"Sure enough, this catcher's guidance is too monotonous! It seems that I made a mistake. It should be that the catchers we removed are all abnormal, right?

But that guy Sen-chan forbids us from giving up the transformation ball. This is so difficult! Are you releasing water in this way? "When Ohno saw the barely good shot from the outside corner of the first ball, he began to have various murmurs in his heart.

"The last game ended in a hurry. In fact, they knew nothing about us. Whether they saw through the catcher's distribution or finally chose a straight ball, it ended without leaving any feeling on the opponent. So no matter what they do, they will not doubt it. This is the advantage of being in the dark." Watching the duel between Xiandao in the field, he felt very happy. He liked this kind of game very much.

"Strike! Batter out!" Ohno finally swung the curveball.

"Come on! Aoki!" Sawamura shouted in support.

"To be honest, this hitter had a very weak impact on me in the last game! To be honest, I don't understand why it was the second hit?

Forget it, don’t think about it so much! These guys have no serious coaches at all, and any bizarre things are normal.

We are a national-level team, and it would be too bad if we can't even make it through the first round. "Since ancient times, catchers have had many inner dramas.

The pitcher swings his arm,

"call out!"

"Ding!"

"Bunt? No one said anything on the base." This time, the first ball bunt caught Tokugawa off guard, causing his reaction to be slow. The main reason was that he looked down on Chicheng and relaxed.

"It's too late!" Tokugawa's trump card already knew that they were caught off guard and it was too late!

"Safe!" Sure enough, Aoki was on base!

He has not been idle in the past six months. His main focus is on bunt running and switching between bunt and run. Among the nine people on the team, only Aoki, who is flexible and smart, is qualified for this job.

"Nice, bunt Aoki!"

"Nice bunt!" teammates praised him on the court.

There was a runner on base, and Tokugawa finally became a little more nervous at first.

"Leave! Leave! Leave! Leave! Leave!"

Aoki is also trying to interfere as much as possible. He knows very well that Sendao did not give any code, which is freedom, and Kondo will not bunt.

"Snapped!"

"Safe!" Aoki must be restrained if he is so blatant!

As a pitcher, someone on the base really has to constantly change his eyes, use his eyes to contain and contain the ball, and prevent the runner from really leaving the base unscrupulously.

Pitchers and catchers are really tired trying to hit out!

This time the pitchers began to switch to a conservative fixed posture, which meant that except for individual pitchers, the power of the ball, that is, the impact generated by the rotation speed, and the ball speed itself would begin to decline.

"call out"

"Ping!"

"Out of bounds!" Sure enough, a ball that hit the strike zone in the inside corner was called a foul ball.

"What's so great about this hitter?" The catcher squatting there was a little confused. He didn't remember that Chicheng had such a good hitter in the last game.

"Leave! Leave! Leave! Leave! Leave!" Aoki's eyes lit up when he saw this ball, but he did not show any abnormality and interfered with the batter normally.

"That's a bluff! That four-stick guy is useless. Kill this guy here and the game will be over!"

"Yeah!" The pitcher nodded, glanced in the direction of first base, and turned his head like a pitcher's mound!

suddenly,

"what!"

"Snapped!"

"Safe!" The moment the pitcher turned to the mound, he made a surprise containment of first base!

However, due to the containment rule, right-hand pitching requires that the foot cannot lift the pitcher's plate, and the stepping foot must be pointed in the direction of the base bag. Otherwise, it will be a foul by the pitcher and all runners advance to the first base bag. The ball thrown by the arm will give the runner more than 1 second to two seconds to react.

"Leave! Leave! Leave! Leave! Leave!"

However, Aoki had no intention of letting the opponent go, and was still about 5 meters away from the base. In terms of base running, this distance can be achieved by even a well-trained runner, even if he is not a horse. Of course, some heavy runners cannot. Practice this stuff.

"It's so annoying! It's so verbose and noisy!" Seeing that there was no way to contain it, I knew that this distance was the opponent's own pitch and had already estimated the safe distance, so I allowed him to maintain this distance. It would not be good to continue this stalemate. . "This third-year ace has a very fast ball speed. According to Sen-chan's estimation, the maximum speed should be less than 135 kilometers. When maintaining control of the ball, the average speed is about 130, but he controls the ball very well. Hits are difficult. Without Sen-chan in the past six months If you pitch!

Let’s struggle with it for the time being! And that guy doesn’t seem to be very honest! "Kondo finally glanced at Aoki at first base with a clear look.

"call!"

"call!"

Before Kondo could exhale, the pitcher started pitching!

"Steal a base!"

"What? Damn it!" Tokugawa's pitcher saw that the batter didn't move, so he had to rely on his partner.

"Snapped!"

"Don't underestimate me!" The catcher quickly picked up the ball and threw it to second base.

"Snapped!"

"safe!"

"Last time, I felt that this catcher's average shoulders were not particularly strong." Aoki thought as he looked at the opponent's catcher after hitting base.

Sendao is not an old woman who can't help think of everything. They observe the timing of stealing bases and these details themselves, and Aoki is one of them.

And this ball is still a bad ball! The number of balls has also come to one bad and one good!

"However, the situation is still on our side no matter what! Just deal with the hitter! But be prepared to lose a point." After the catcher experienced a simple gaffe, he immediately adjusted his mentality.

"Leave! Leave! Leave! Leave! Leave!"

But immediately, the sound of being beaten sounded again.

"Sure enough, this guy won't make people worry! Nice run!" At the same time, Kondo gave Aoki a thumbs up in his heart.

"Snapped!"

"Strike!"

"Steal a base!"

"You're still here? Stop joking!"

"Bang!" The ball arrived at about the same time as Aoki, but it was still too late to hit the ball. However, this base running was a bit too risky. Tokugawa's catcher's shoulders were not weak enough to steal bases casually.

“But it’s already been two good shots!

The infield moves forward to defend! Prevent forced points! "

Although the runner reached third base, it was not a crisis.

"That's not good!" Xiandao said to himself.

The pitcher gets ready and resumes his swing!

"Don't wait for the ball to come to you, get in front of your body and swing with all your strength!"

"Boom!" The bat swings!

"Bang!" There are two bad balls and two good balls. How could the opponent be stingy with the change ball that he is good at?

"Strike! Batter out!"

"Yo Xi! Two out!" the catcher stood up and shouted.

The teammates on the field also responded!

"Hahaha! You did a good job! But, I'll fight!

Watch it! Immortal way! Let me show you a big one! "Sawamura stood up and shouted loudly.

"That idiot! But do as you like!"

"Snapped!"

"Batter is out! Change the field!"

"It's just that close! Damn it!" Sawamura hit the helmet on his head with an exaggerated bat.

"Okay, now it's our turn to attack. Take a good look at this pitcher's pitching! Don't rush to swing the bat. This game itself is just for you to satisfy your curiosity!" Tokugawa's Kunimi coach said in the second half of the first inning. He spoke.

"Oh!!!"

"Ah!" At the same time, Xiandao was so distracted that he yawned.

"What's wrong?" But when he opened his eyes, he saw Sawamura's big head in front of his eyes, so he asked.

"Immortal! Don't you have any instructions?"

"No! That kind of thing! Just fight as you like."

"hateful!

snort! let's go! "Sawamura whispered, and then called everyone to come on!

"play!"

“It’s not our style at all to match the ball and stuff like that!

And we have no other choice! Inner corner, outer corner, right in the center! bring it on! "Takeda showed off his gloves.

"That's right!"

"Snapped!"

"Strike!"

"Huh? This is the ball that kept us scoreless for three games before? It's very ordinary!"

Sawamura stopped throwing, and the change in his ball was really not that big. For a high school slugger, there is no difference between this change and the same. However, in terms of explosive power, strength, etc., it is far weaker than that of high school students. For junior high school students, it has a little impact.

But there is also an advantage that it is not easy for the batter to distinguish. After all, it is normal for the ball thrown by a person to float more or less. After playing for a long time, you will get used to it and you will not even notice how it moves. But now the problem comes. Sawamura's changes are different every time.

The last Seiwa battle was guessed by their coach through experience and professionalism. Although Tokugawa had won consecutive battles, the professionalism of Kunimi's coach was still insufficient.

So a happy scene happened. Nothing could be observed. Sawamura's ball was in the strike zone and the batter was basically 2 good and bad. In the end, he had to swing the bat and was struck out or defended.

Perhaps the only benefit is that Chicheng's fielding has improved greatly. The fielding range is wider, the movements are more flexible, and there are almost no mistakes (provided that the ball hit by the batter is near the movement range of the infielder.).

The first game was zero-to-zero. To be honest, it was not painful at all. At most, the Tokugawa players felt that they were tricked by the opponent's ball, which was nothing special. They began to classify the autumn games as luck or their good condition. .

"Really?" Coach Kunimi said after hearing the report.

"Really, we are idiots! We actually think that there is some secret in that ball!"

"Yes!"

"However, this team has become a lot stronger than in the autumn, so it won't be too boring!" After the first game, the Tokugawa players also started talking.

"Okay, don't be too whiny. Even if there is no secret, this team doesn't look that bad. Let's finish the game seriously! But now that it's here, don't be too arbitrary. Under the condition of ensuring the number of goals, then Please observe more!”

"Hi!"

In the end, it was Coach Kunimi who stopped the discussion among the players. Coach Kunimi also responded very well. He gave a final definition to one thing without being too arbitrary. This caution is one of the reasons why he has been able to lead the team to win. one.

Otherwise, excellent players may fail miserably on the field because of their arrogance. Baseball is the most unpredictable sport.

(End of this chapter)