Chapter Nine: One Hundred and Fifty-Nine Kilometers... (2nd Update)
"What was the ball speed just now?"
As soon as I heard that, in the process of Zhang Han fighting with Dongqingguo just now, neither of them used all their strength.
But the players of the Seido High School baseball team who were watching around were taken aback.
Judging from their own feelings just now, the abilities displayed by those two people were almost beyond the limits of their imagination.
But even so, people didn't show all their skills.
That's kind of scary......
Several people gathered around the player with the speed gun to see if they were hallucinating in front of their eyes and hearing in their ears.
"One hundred and fifty-seven .5 kilometers..."
Even in Zhang Han's ball speed, this speed must not be considered slow.
They really didn't dare to continue thinking about it, if these were not the speed at which Zhang Han threw with all his might, what kind of grade did he reach at the limit of his all-out efforts?
Some players subconsciously swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
If not, they will feel parched and thirsty.
"I know that you kid didn't bring out all your abilities. Let the horses come, this time won't be as easy as the last one. ”
Dong Qingguo bared his teeth and grinned, with a hideous face.
Combined with his terrifying swing speed and terrifying striking stance, the whole appearance is not much different from the legendary evil ghost.
That's his style.
You don't even have to really fight, just with this hideous appearance, you can scare your opponent half to death.
Imagine how much more strength you can burst out when your opponent is such a fighter?
Fortunately, Zhang Han has been a teammate with Dongqingguo for a year.
And he was promoted to the first army very early, and the two of them worked together for a long time. He was not frightened by his senior's hideous appearance.
He let out a long breath.
He turned his neck and moved his hands and feet.
It still doesn't feel the same.
Just when he was warming up, Zhang Han thought that his whole body had been moved. When he usually competes, this kind of warm-up intensity is enough for him to fight and entangle with his opponents.
But if you want to pitch, it's not enough to just have a normal warm-up intensity.
Zhang Han felt that his hands and feet were still not moving, and he might not feel it when he was not exercising vigorously, once he wanted to throw the ball......
The joints of his whole body are a little stiff.
Muscles and tendons, too, feel stretched.
I was not mentally prepared before, and I was suddenly pulled into the game, and Zhang Han knew it for the first time.
His normal game is different from the warm-up requirements when he pitches.
In a normal game, he only needs to do simple warm-up exercises, and it will not affect the process of the game.
As an outfielder, he doesn't need such explosive power, and even when he strikes, all he needs to move is the usual muscles and joints.
But when it comes to pitching, it's completely different.
Zhang Han felt that he needed to mobilize the strength of every muscle in his body, and he needed to adjust the bones, muscles, and tendons of his body to an appropriate range.
Then you can pitch the ball, and then you can fight your opponent.
"This means that when I pitch, I demand more explosiveness from my body."
Zhang Han vaguely caught something.
His usual physical fitness is very good, plus he is relatively conservative and cautious in the process of practice and competition.
In every official competition, he fully moves his body, and when he wears protective gear, it is not too troublesome at all......
In the course of the game, unless he is forced to do something, he generally does not force some actions that are too out of line.
Whether it was when I was in Matsukata or after I entered the Seido High School baseball team.
The little friends around Zhang Han have been injured countless times.
Zhang Han had no similar experience.
He started getting injured when he entered the Seongdo High School baseball team and began to practice throwing with his left hand.
Originally, Zhang Han didn't understand very much, how could he be inexplicably injured in the process of pitching?
It's not him who has such a fast ball speed, not to mention far away, there is a first-year pitcher in their team.
Akira was a full year younger than him, and she was not as fragile as him.
But now, Zhang Han vaguely understood something......
It's just that this occasion is not suitable for him to continue to think deeply.
His most important task at present is still the showdown with the Eastern Qing Kingdom.
Don't look at the fact that I haven't seen it for a short month, in this month, Dongqingguo, who has been constantly fighting against professional pitchers, has changed a lot in strength.
And he is in the professional team, and the bats he uses are all wooden.
But now he uses a bat made of metal for high school, and it's the largest one.
This not only maximizes his strength, but also largely counteracts the up and down changes that Zhang Han attaches to the baseball.
Don't look at Dong Qingguo, when he knew that he was fighting him, he showed a reluctant look, as if he didn't want to have anything to do with Zhang Han at all.
But looking at his actions, you can see that this senior was ready to fight Zhang Han from the beginning.
"The senior has matured too!"
In the Dongqingguo of the Qingdao High School baseball team, the feeling left for Zhang Han and his friends has always been that kind of giggling.
But the current Eastern Qing Kingdom, although when he speaks, he doesn't look like there is any difference from the beginning.
But if you really want to fight him, you can clearly see that the other party is no longer the same.
The other party is no longer the high school student they knew, and they are no longer the Dongqing Kingdom they know.
It's a professional baseball player!
And it is a professional hitter in a professional team who can barely mix into the starting lineup.
There are only twelve teams in the entire island country, and only nine people are selected as the starters.
To put it bluntly, the current Eastern Qing Kingdom has basically squeezed into the top 100 in the country.
The specific ranking must not be calculated in this way.
But that's where he's now.
He is one of the top 100 in the country!
Moreover, this top 100 in the country does not have the prerequisite of adding high school students in front. Rather, he looks at his position in all age groups in the country.
"Senior Dong a month ago, I probably didn't have such an awareness. But now, even if he is not obviously aware of it, his body has reacted naturally. ”
This opponent is really different!
Zhang Han warned himself over and over again in his heart.
The last time his subordinates showed mercy, it was not a good memory for Zhang Han.
This time, he wanted to make it right.
But now, Zhang Han suddenly found that he didn't have to dwell on the past at all.
Now the Eastern Qing Kingdom no longer needs him to release water.
The two are opponents who stand on the same level and can be fairly one-on-one.
"Then I'm coming, senior!"
Re-move your shoulders and wrists, then do a simple stretch.
Zhang Han felt that his body was no longer the slightest tight, and he could finally go all out to fight against the opponent in front of him.
It is also until now that Zhang Han admonished himself for the first time in his heart.
His current opponent is not an ordinary high school student, nor is he the Dongqing Kingdom he knew before, but a professional-level opponent.
There are a total of twelve teams, and the players in each team who can serve as beaters are all one in a thousand or even one in a thousand.
If one day, you also enter the professional arena, then these people are the opponents you have to balance in front of you.
Zhang Han was very excited and excited!
Although he had long been determined to enter professional baseball.
But at that time, Zhang Han had many things out of practical considerations.
For example, economic factors, and for example, which way is easier for him to succeed......
Some people may say that it is important to chase your dreams.
But in this world, there are many times when there is no fairness at all.
If you want to chase your dreams, you must at least have the capital to chase your dreams. And Zhang Han did not have such qualifications and capital from the beginning.
He was raised by his mother alone, and he lived with his mother and sister.
Although everyone lives for themselves, Zhang Han has no choice, and he lives so selfishly with peace of mind.
He has to worry about his mother and his sister, and as the only man in the family, he must bear the burden of the family.
At the very least, before earning enough money for his family to live in peace, Zhang Han has no qualifications to talk about ideals and pursuits.
One of the very important reasons why he chose to learn baseball in the first place was that it didn't cost money.
And if you play baseball well, in the process of entering high school, including entering college later.
Tuition fees may be waived.
Zhang Han, who had just arrived in Tokyo and was only twelve years old at the time, had already begun to think about these things in his mind.
If you talk to him about your dreams, isn't that the equivalent of slapping him in the face?
But now, because of baseball, Zhang Han has solved his tuition fees. Because of the income from advertising, Zhang Han solved his family's worries to a certain extent.
Although he has not yet completed the goal he originally set, Zhang Han at this time has already consciously begun to pursue some other things.
Like, dreams!
Before, he wanted to go to the professional stadium, and the idea of making money came first.
But now, Zhang Han's idea of wanting to enter the professional arena has become part of his inner desire.
He longs for that stage!
He hoped that one day, he could also stand on that stage and see the scenery that Dongqingguo could see now.
"This goal should be regarded as a declaration of challenge to this dream!"
Zhang Han pressed all the strength of his body on the two fingers that came out of the ball.
His index and middle fingers pushed the ball out of the way together.
"Whew!"
The white baseball instantly crossed a space of more than ten meters and appeared in front of Dongqingguo.
It's an ordinary straight ball again!
Dong Qingguo looked at it very carefully, because he had suffered a loss before, so he paid special attention to the ups and downs of baseball.
But this goal doesn't seem to have added such a change at all.
Baseball is all about speed!
"Want to be surprised?"
Dong Qingguo seemed to have guessed Zhang Han's thoughts in an instant.
The kind of ball that they just talked about going up and down, Zhang Han thought that he was mentally prepared enough, so at the beginning of the second round of the duel, he first used this most ordinary straight ball to surprise him.
"Then you're underestimating me!"
Dong Qingguo grabbed the bat in his hand tightly with both hands, and began to exert force from the lower half of his body, the whole person turned like a spinning top, and the bat in his hand roared out.
"I guessed it a long time ago!"
He faced such an ordinary straight ball and swung the bat in his hand directly.
As the bat swung, it was as if a storm had blown over the entire strike zone.
In the catcher position, Ono blinked nervously.
For the first time in his life, he saw such an amazing swing of the bat, and for a moment, he even felt like the baseball was going to be played.
Fortunately, none of this happened.
The baseball passed through the bat and got into Ono's open glove.
"Smack!"
"Good shot!!"
The amazing momentum of the Eastern Qing Kingdom, the first swing of the stick full of confidence, just failed.
The Qingdao friends who were watching the duel almost couldn't help but jump up.
"So handsome!"
"It's worthy of Hansang."
"What's the speed of this ball?"
Their excitement had just emerged, and they were ruthlessly suppressed by themselves.
Dongqingguo, who was in the strike area, had turned cloudy.
He glanced at the baseball in Ono's gloves with an ugly face, then took a deep breath and re-struck the stance.
"Come again!"
This ball did not defeat the Eastern Qing Kingdom, but made his body burst out with a stronger fighting spirit.
It's not over yet, and the showdown between them isn't over yet.
Rei Takashima, who watched the duel between the two, was full of appreciation in his eyes.
There is no doubt that the duel between these two people has far exceeded the level of high school.
And these two players are both cultivated by their Qingdao High School baseball team, which is exciting to think about.
The most important thing is that in such a high-level duel, whether it is Zhang Han who is pitching, or Dongqingguo who is fighting.
The faces of the two people were full of surging fighting spirit.
It doesn't matter if you have an advantage or if you are suppressed.
On their faces, there was no depression or gloom, and there was not the slightest negative energy.
Such a competition is undoubtedly very helpful for both players.
"One hundred and fifty-nine kilometers!"
The friends who watched the game, the players with the speed guns, excitedly raised the speed tester in their hands.
The expressions on the faces of the little friends who heard this number were more and more exciting.
Zhang Han's ball speed is fast, and the friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team know it in their hearts.
But they never imagined that Zhang Han would approach one hundred and sixty kilometers so quickly.
One hundred and fifty-nine, the speed of light at one hundred and sixty kilometers is only 1 kilometer away.
At the speed of this kilometer, as long as Zhang Han performs well, he will maintain his condition well.
It was only a matter of time before he wanted to throw the ball at that speed.
The key depends on which game he throws this ball in.
The friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team are obviously looking forward to this.
Dongqingguo, who was fighting against Zhang Han, although he put most of his attention on Zhang Han.
But it is still inevitable that some are scattered on the body of others.
He also quickly learned the number.
Then he incredulously set his eyes on Zhang Han's body.
"This guy really did it!"
Not to mention the high school baseball world, even in today's professional teams, there are no more than 10 pitchers who can speed the ball to more than 150 kilometers.
As for the ball, the ball speed can approach 160 kilometers.
There are two in total.
There is only one man who can really throw a ball speed of more than 160 kilometers.
Zhang Han, the current ball speed is not to mention the entire high school baseball world. Even if you look at the whole country, his ball speed can be ranked in the top three.
"No wonder this guy throws so hard balls."
In just one month, Zhang Han has made progress again, and it is a huge progress.
Today, Dong Qingguo and Zhang Han faced off five times.
He only scored a bout in the fifth matchup.
Or when no one is guarding it, take it down.
If there were friends from the Qingdao High School baseball team standing on the court at that time, there was a high probability that this ball would become blocked.
"Very well, let's stop here."
Dongqingguo is happy!
After he was satisfied, he directly stopped the duel.
Zhang Han had a smile on his face.
Although the time just now made him a little unwilling, people must know how to stop in moderation.
Five duels, one catch, two noticeable infield bounces, and one strikeout.
This last time, even if he let it go, what does it matter?
But......
There is one point, Zhang Han still minds very much.
Just a month ago, he had gone all out to face off with the senior of the Eastern Qing Kingdom, which was the last moment to release the water.
At that time, Zhang Han could clearly feel that he had stunned the senior of the Eastern Qing Kingdom.
The reason why Zhang Han chose to release the water at the last moment was also because he felt that if the duel continued, he might really collapse the Eastern Qing Kingdom.
But this time, although he still had the upper hand in the matchup.
But the gap between him and Dongqing is obviously not as big as it was a month ago.
Zhang Han's pitching has not changed much.
It's not much progress, but it's not going to regress.
This also means that in just one month, the senior of the Eastern Qing Kingdom has caught up to this point?
That's a little, incredible!
"What does a professional team game look like?"
After the duel, Zhang Han took the initiative to find Dongqingguo, and he was very curious to know, what is a professional team like?
"You kid wants to participate in the draft, let me tell you, the overseers of our team are very optimistic about you. If you go to the draft, he's going to pick you out in the first round. ”
"Where's the money?"
Zhang Han asked a very crucial question.
"It hurts to talk about money, and the most important thing is that our brothers and sons can stay in the same team."
"Talking about feelings, that's a loss of money. Let's talk about the money......"
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