Chapter Twenty-Eight: Pitcher, Substitute! (1st Update)
"Overtaken so quickly?"
"These new players, sure enough, still can't work."
"Although the results of the Seido High School baseball team in the past two years have not been very good, the players who have been supervised and trained by Kataoka generally have a certain strength."
"Compared to the new players, there is still a big gap between them."
The alumni who watched were full of discussions.
From their words and words, they can basically have a certain understanding of the situation on the field.
The current situation of the freshman team is very unoptimistic.
The aggregate score is 4:3.
The lead that Yu Xing and Zhang Han worked so hard to maintain was gone.
And the attack of the old team still seems to be endless, and they don't know when they will stop?
The freshman team, which was still a little imposing just now, also fell in morale after encountering this situation.
Compared with the seniors, they are really too immature.
In fact, even when the team was ahead before, they felt this way.
It's just that because the team is ahead, they suppressed the uneasiness in their hearts. Now that the score has been overtaken by the veteran team, the original idea of being suppressed has also been turned over again.
Through the battle just now, they clearly realized that the strength of their side was compared with the old team.
The gap is too big!
After several rounds, the enthusiasm of the freshmen has basically cooled down at this time. Through the competition, they basically all have an objective understanding of themselves. Do you know how many pounds and taels you have? What kind of role can you play in such a competition?
To put it bluntly, if it weren't for the strong leadership of Yu Xing and Zhang Han, the other freshmen would not have been able to play at all in this game. It is even more impossible for the freshman team to play the same advantage as the opening game!
And apart from the two of them, that is, the performance of Kuramochi and Hakushu, which is barely qualified.
As for the other freshmen, in the previous games, their role was equivalent to playing soy sauce.
This even includes Kawakami on the pitcher's hill.
If it weren't for Miyuki's effective guidance, it would be difficult to deal with those seniors just by relying on Kawakami's pitching?
Now his skills have been seen through. If you want to put pressure on the seniors by bluffing, you can't do it anymore.
More and more balls are being hit!
Skill comes from practice. Once the veteran team is familiar with Kawakami's pitching routine and rhythm, it will be difficult to continue the game by relying solely on his pitching.
And this is not the most terrible, the most terrible thing is that now Kawakami's mentality has also gone wrong. He is no longer as confident as he was at the beginning, if he can maintain the confidence at the beginning, with the cooperation of Miyuki Kazuya, even if Kawakami inevitably loses points, he can control the loss of points within a certain range, but now, his whole person has collapsed. If you want to rely on him to maintain a certain score, you can't do it anymore.
At this time, Governor Kataoka suddenly gave an order.
"Let Kawashima play."
When this order was given, the freshmen were a little incredulous.
When the veteran team was at a stalemate, Superintendent Kataoka didn't hesitate to use Chris, the de facto core of the Seido High School baseball team.
The purpose is not to make the old students too embarrassed, but also to give the new students a wake-up call.
Although the freshmen have resentment in their hearts, they can actually understand Kataoka's approach.
Whether it's for the team's trump card or the team's stance, he can't afford to allow the freshman team to win the orientation match.
A group of players who have not received any training after entering high school surpass the players he has carefully cultivated for a year or two. If this is placed on any overseer, I am afraid that it will not be able to save face.
Even if it is the potential of a newcomer, no matter how outstanding it is. How good did they do in middle school?
This will never be allowed to happen.
In other words, Superintendent Kataoka, who looked very fair in today's game, actually took a very firm position, and he was already on the side of the old team.
Standing in Kataoka, the veteran team, how can he help the newcomer team give advice?
At this time, as long as he does not replace the core and main force of the old freshman team, it will already be magnanimous.
I didn't expect that he would make such a choice at this critical moment?
"Oversee his ......"
Minister Ota frowned, puzzled.
In the current situation, they finally raised their eyebrows.
According to common sense, Superintendent Kataoka should not make adjustments.
Let the game continue, so that the advantage of the old team is greater, so that the previous shame is completely washed away.
"Supervising him is not such a stingy person. His purpose is to test the strength of the players on the field and see who is qualified to represent the Seido High School baseball team. Whether it is a new student or an old student, as long as the strength is enough, he will be promoted. ”
Miyuki Kazuya!
Zhang Han!
Even if the orientation game is not over yet, the light of these two people has already shone into everyone's eyes.
They will definitely be promoted.
Next, let's see, are there any pitchers in the freshman team that are worth cultivating?
After all, the most lacking position in the first army is the pitcher.
The test score surpassed Kawakami Kawashima, and the performance was not satisfactory.
In one game, he lost six points.
Even if Miyuki partnered with him, he didn't show the ability of Kawakami.
Looking back, people think that Kawakami's performance was still good before.
At first, everyone thought that he was stained with the light of Miyuki, which is why he could play so well.
The role he plays is just a pitching machine.
I'm not afraid of not knowing the goods, I'm afraid of comparing goods.
Compared to Kawashima, who just came on the field, his performance is very good.
Very valuable for cultivation!
The game reached the fifth game, and the score of the new and old students was 10:3.
The new students are seven points behind the old students.
Superintendent Kataoka gave the order again, Zhang Han went to pitcher hill, and Miyuki went to second base.
Hiroshi Ono, who was originally partnered with Zhang Han in Matsukata, took the position of catcher.
It can be seen that today's orientation match, at the beginning of Supervisor Kataoka, was not prepared for everyone.
He only targets those players who are hopeful of being promoted.
of the First Army, of the Second Army.
As for those players who are difficult to grow in a short period of time, and it is difficult to have the strength to be promoted to the first and second armies.
Kataoka is not considered.
In the first half of the fifth inning, the freshman team attacked.
As soon as the game is out, no one is on base.
The blow was once again in Zhang Han's hands......
"Speaking of which, this class of freshmen is also quite capable. So far, I've won several hits! ”
"And scored three points!"
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