Ace of Diamonds Golden Boots Silver Rod

Chapter 17 Rookies pecking each other

Civic Stadium

"Is it about to start? Today's game!" Xiandao, who was waiting in the shadows, said to himself.

Soon after.

"Admission!"

I don’t know which student’s parent shouted. I saw players from both sides entering the court and starting to salute, and then Akagi Junior High School returned to the players' bench.

"Today's first match between Akagi Junior High School and Nagano High School's Junior Division will begin soon. Akagi Junior High School will attack first, and Nagano Junior High School's players will enter for defensive practice!"

The broadcast officially announced the start of the game. After 20 minutes of defensive practice by both sides, the game officially began.

"In the first half of the first inning, Akagi Junior High's attack! One hit, shortstop, Ohno-kun!"

Ohno is a pool noodle from Akagi, the one with a head shape a bit like Kuramochi. Counting the guy with pretty good athletic ability, he is pretty good here, but compared to the fat guy and Wakana with glasses. The infielder with the camera in Wakana's memory.

(Other than the little fat guy Catcher Letter and the one wearing glasses who have obvious characteristics, I won’t introduce them anymore.)

"Is it broadcasting in the venue? It's very atmospheric!"

Sendao found this atmosphere interesting.

Baseball is a game with long intervals between pitches. Every time a pitch is thrown, the batter can walk down to the batting area and swing the bat several times to get a feel for it. The same pitcher will also have time to adjust and field before the start of each inning. Both sides have to do fielding exercises and pitching exercises to get a feel for the situation.

"Youxia" Ohno shouted to cheer himself up, and then walked to the playing area.

In junior high school, the first and second rounds of the county competition, to put it bluntly, it was a lot of rookies pecking each other, and the ball speed may not be as fast as even the most ordinary Little League pitchers.

It’s only about 100 kilometers, and there are even weaker teams that can’t even reach 80 kilometers.

What's more, there are too many decisive points in the center. Nagano is also a weak prefecture in baseball. But Akagi's luck is good or bad. The opponent's ball speed happens to be less than 100 kilometers.

first goal,

"Strike!"

Ohno missed the ball with a speed of less than 100 kilometers.

second ball,

"Bad ball!"

The third ball,

"Ping!"

The bat hit the ball, but it didn't fly far. Instead of flying, it could even be said to be rolling close to the ground. However, the distance between each landing was relatively large, and the opponent's defense was slower.

(In the Yotsuba game, the outfield balls that Hikaru and his friends played when they graduated from junior high school were just like this, but they rolled to the outfield faster.)

Ohno got on base on a relatively quick grounder from the infield.

"nibang (second bat), second baseman, Kondo-kun!" Kondo can be considered a pool noodle.

"Is it okay? He looks nervous, right?" Xiandao said to everyone outside the court.

Then, two bats, three empty swings and three strikes!

"This is the ball in the center! And it's so slow. My stomach hurts! Hahahaha!" Sure enough, it lived up to Xiandao's expectations.

"Three sticks, catcher, Takeda-kun!"

"This one seems more tense!"

But three bats reached base on an infield error.

"yongbang (four sticks), pitcher (pitcher), Sawamura-kun!"

One out, one or two, and the batter's fourth hit should have been a perfect opportunity.

"youxia!"

"huixia!"

"huixia!"

"kesou, just a little bit!" ˆ ˆ ˆ "..."

"Rongchun, don't worry!" Someone in the audience comforted him!

"Right?" Sawamura immediately regained his energy and replied!

"Hahahahaha! Cough cough cough...Hahahaha I'm laughing so hard, vomit!"

A certain person laughed and then coughed. He retched a little before taking his last breath. Finally, he held his head with one hand for a while before he regained his composure.

"The swing is very smooth and powerful, but... hahahaha!" He immediately continued to laugh.

Although Sendō admits that Sawamura's swing is the smoothest he has ever seen, even Masako Harada is not as good as him. This is the smoothness brought about by the softness of the whole body.

The bat and body look like a whip-like whole, but even if he knew it would be like this in advance, it still made him laugh so hard that he couldn't stand up straight.

"Five sticks, santa (backbone player), Omura-kun!"

The field will not stop because of this kind of thing. After giving the next bat time to practice swing, it will continue.

"Pong!" A solid hit, the ball was not hitting the ball very fast, it was a hit that stayed close to the ground but rolled through the infield, and finally scored one point after the opponent's outfielder passed it back.

This team only has one bat and five bats, and looks a bit like a baseball boy. Even if the hitting is just average, it is the level of enthusiasts who don't like to practice and just play casually.

"Six bats, right fielder, Aoki-kun."

Glasses Aoki-kun, after all, junior high school baseball outfield is quite simple.

In the end, Aoki's ball that had no rolling ability was easily handled by the opponent's infielder who was a new Little League student.

Then the field changes begin, with the offensive players getting off the field to change equipment, followed by fielding drills and pitching drills. (I won’t describe it in the future except for the incident.) In junior high school competitions, everyone’s name will be called through the stadium announcement.

Although they were rookies, Sawamura's ball speed was obviously higher than that of an ordinary junior high school student. Even if he restrained his strength, he was still not very good at catching the center of the ball.

However, in addition to Ohno and Kondo, the other three infield guards are Sawamura, Wakana, and Oyama who often misses the ball, and the others also often make mistakes. Such a group of people who usually show off their teammates can expect the results. And know.

In the end, the first pitch was handled by the infield, and the second pitch reached second base due to an error by the third baseman.

Three bunts were sent to third base. The opponent obviously saw a chance to win and tactically grabbed points.

Four at-bats were caught by shortstop Ohno, five at-bats were scored on an infield hit, and six at-bats Wakana reached base on an error.

Sawamura lost two points due to missed passes and fancy mistakes. The batter didn't finish until 9 bats.

However, Xiandao couldn't laugh anymore at this moment. After all, if he lost points on defense, no one would see the joke.

"Akagi Junior High School's attack in the first half of the second inning, nanabang (seven bats), third baseman, big tiger."

Qibadaoshan lost his previous luck and hit first base and was thrown out. Similarly, after a game of offense and defense, Akagi's first-year corps was obviously no longer nervous as before. Except for one heartless guy.

The subsequent eight-bat chubby Takada and nine-bat first baseman Wakana also returned without success.

This game was obviously about novices pecking each other. The players on both sides were composed of amateurs who were casually playing around. There were all kinds of funny scenes in an endless stream. There were even several good scenes in which a ground ball penetrated the crotch with almost no fast bouncing. Coupled with someone's special performance, the whole game made Sendao laugh until his stomach hurt.

In the end, I could hardly stand anymore, so I randomly found a place without many people, holding my belly and laughing.

Not only him, but the entire audience was filled with laughter. Even some of the other party's parents couldn't bear it anymore, but they still had to hold back and cheer for the players.

Sawamura in particular doesn't have a long memory. The bold air swing makes it difficult for people to straighten their waists.

In terms of hitting, the entire team is the same. The opponent's pitchers are obviously in bad shape. If they stand and don't hit, they will have a lot of 4-balls. However, except for the fact that they deviate too much from the strike zone and are obviously unbeatable, the rest will be swung. Great, Sawamura was in the middle to decide the winner, resulting in no bad goals for both sides in the entire game.

　This game was very dull, just a battle between normal junior high school baseball enthusiasts.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)