As the training approached, Takashi Nishino changed his catcher equipment to a good mood and planned to take good care of it.

I walked past the baseball club office next to the court and was called.

"Nieno, come in."

Supervisor Totao Department signaled Nishino Tetsuya to enter the department, and it seemed that something was necessary to discuss.

When he entered the ministry, Tetsu Nishino found that Minister Makiko Kawamoto and several coaches were there, so he found a seat to sit down.

There are as many as 8 supervisors and coaches in the baseball department of Baishan High School, including supervisors, coaches and ministers responsible for civilian work, including 5 on-site mentors.

Among the leadership of the baseball department are steady middle-aged people such as Superintendent Totaku and Minister Kawamoto Makiko, as well as young and enthusiastic coaches in their 20s, such as Keita Ikeyama and Toshishi Isoshima.

Young coaches are regarded as brothers and are very close to the players. There are often scenes of getting along well during practice.

I like baseball very much, my students’ teachers very much, and everyone warmly guards the country schools.

Although there are many serious players in the baseball department of Baishan High School, there are also students who are not paid attention to in the middle school baseball era. Such behavior is regarded as a dereliction of duty by Baishan coaches.

The date of the autumn county conference is getting closer.

The coaches also began to become serious and increased the training intensity because the allocation of numbers was put on the agenda.

Today, the supervisor of Tokutao Department called Takashi Nishino to come in, asking him to participate in the discussion on the candidates for the roster of the autumn county conference.

Tetsu Nishino is both the captain of the team and the main catcher who coordinates the entire team. I believe that there is no better understanding of the situation in the entire team than him.

Supervisor Totaku let Takashi Nishino become the leader in the first grade, of course, not to raise morale and lead training, but to let him enter the team's decision-making level discussion.

Team tactics, training plans, and regular selection lists are all inseparable from the opinions provided by Tetsu Nishino.

In high school baseball, the core players in building a team have a great impact on the team.

After Tetsu Nishino became a rare first-year-old player, the high school baseball media that followed gave a report, calling the White Mountain team "Nisino's team."

In the eyes of some people who are not familiar with high school baseball, wouldn’t it be bad to say that one person represents one team?

But on the contrary, it is a tradition of high school baseball that is led by core players. Supervisors, players and fans have the same thinking. Sometimes the statement that one person represents one team is still expressed by supervisors.

For example, Omi High School in Shiga Prefecture.

After the summer ended, Omi's supervisor Taga Akihito proposed a change with catcher Arima as the core, so the media took advantage of the situation and called Omi "Arima's team".

The management of the baseball department of Shiratsuyama High School attaches great importance to Tetsu Nishino's opinions, so he asked him to come in.

Superintendent Totoshi said, looking at the practice competition data sheet on the coffee table.

"Starting the new semester, players have been participating in the competition, accumulating experience, winning and losing, strengthening confidence and finding shortcomings."

"The autumn county conference is coming soon, and the number memorization should be almost assigned."

Unlike Hiroki Tsuji's third-grade class, all 13 people can be included in the list from first to third-grade class, the baseball department of Shiratsuyama High School is now a large number of people.

There are now 17 people in the second grade and 25 people in the baseball department, totaling 42 people.

The number of people allowed to register for the roster of the county conference in the fall is only 20.

Four or five years ago, there were vacant seats as soon as they entered the division, and this year it will not happen again.

42 people compete for 20 numbers, and some people must go to the stands, and the 9 garrison positions on the field also determine that someone will definitely be on the bench.

There are different ways to allocate numbers in high school baseball.

Some schools supervise a person's decisions, some schools use the players to vote democratically to select the most recognized person, while Baishan adopts the plan of supervision and decision after the coaching meeting.

The captain's opinions account for a large part.

In spring, Tetsuki Nishino was able to directly take over the No. 2 back-up of the catcher. The strong recommendation of the captain Hiroki Tsuji at the coaching meeting was particularly important.

The meeting discussed for a while.

The original plain registration form sample has many names written on it, and almost every memorization has several alternative names.

In fact, some players with the strength of the back-range players are close, so they can give anyone, but the difference is only the impression of the coaches.

But for the player, even though his strength is similar, others can get the memorization, but he can only go to the stands. Only he can experience the unwillingness to do so.

The reasons for choosing that general supervision, such as "better root", "consideration for reserve strength", and "some aspects of the selected players are more prominent", are actually scenes that comfort the unselected.

There must be something that cannot compare to others, and there is a reason to be convinced if you lose the position.

In high school baseball where supervision is mostly a one-man show, sometimes the impression of supervision is the source of confidence in a certain player.

"Xiaozhe, what do you think?"

Supervisor Tototao Department handed the registration form sample to Takashi Nishino.

After taking the registration form sample and checking it carefully, Tetsu Nishino saw that most of the melodies were obtained by second-grade players.

Sophomore players have played high school baseball for more than a year, and even if most of them are practice games, their strength is much stronger than that of first-year players.

Following the memorization number, the names of several first-year students were placed behind.

"Does the supervisor want Tiipo and the others to come up?"

Tetsu Nishino speculated on the hesitation of the supervisors and coaches of Tokutaoji.

If the judging standard is completely based on the instant combat power, few first-grade players can enter the bench, let alone get the starter and memorize.

But this is only temporary.

With the example of Tetsu Nishino, the coaches noticed that several people in the first grade have made rapid progress. If nothing unexpected happens, they can gradually catch up with the level of some second-grade players.

After Jiaziyuan returned, the management of Baishan High School’s baseball department encountered a conceptual dilemma.

If you aim to give way to juniors with better potential, some players who have slowed down will lose the opportunity to get a memorable score.

This is a very realistic problem, and Totoshi and the others must face it.

Takashi Nishino guessed something about the adults' thoughts, but he still responded calmly.

"Supervisor, maybe it's not appropriate to say these words in my experience, but I still think..."

……………………

The day before the fall triple meeting.

White Mountain High School Baseball Department.

42 department members, 3 managers, 8 instructors, and all members of the baseball department gathered in front of the pergola.

Supervisor Totoshi stood in front of the players with the planned 20-man roster.

The players felt that the most important moment before each conference was coming, and they held their breath, waiting and looking forward to hearing their names with a little nervousness.

Looking at the players with different faces, Toshitao spoke slowly.
Chapter completed!