Chapter 6 Second Army

"despair!"

The white ball fell from the net and fell on the grass.

"Homerun!?"

Hongshu was also a little bit dissatisfied and murmured.

It’s not that Hiroki is not as good as Tetsu Nishino. Anyway, Hiroki is a four-bat main hitter. It is not difficult for him to hit a home run on such a straight ball.

But the key is that Hiroki has nearly three years more experience than Tetsu Nishino. As a freshman in baseball, Tetsu Nishino has such strong adaptability. He obviously has amazing talents in baseball athletic ability, especially batting talent.

"Strong shoulders, strong hitting, coupled with improved catching ability, this is the seed of a perfect ace catcher." Supervisor Higashi Takuji was also very surprised.

Higashi Takuji has seen many extremely talented baseball prospects over the years, including two players who are much more talented than Nishino Tetsu and the others.

Especially those epoch-making geniuses.

Genius pitcher Kengo Kimura got the No. 1 pick in the summer of his first grade in just three months and led the team to Koshien!

"Heisei Monster" Daisuke Matsusaka threw a no-hitter in the Koshien finals!

There is also the monster hitter Hideki Matsui, who has a batting average of nearly 80% in the high school league. In Koshien, he was hit five times in a row and walked five times in a single game!

The talent of these players is something even comics would not dare to draw like this.

"Reality is sometimes more comic than comic."

But these baseball geniuses usually appear in private high schools, and very rarely in prefectural high schools.

This is also related to the development history of Japanese baseball.

The Japan High School Baseball League was established before 1915, while the Japan Professional Baseball League was not established until decades later.

Therefore, at that time, the members of the Japanese high school baseball club were mainly local students, and every high school had the same chance of entering Koshien.

"The bond of locality" was the core theme of Koshien at that time.

After the new century, the development of the Japan Professional Baseball League has led more and more high school players to choose "baseball study abroad". That is, to enter strong private baseball schools through special sports admissions.

Prefectural high schools are not allowed to recruit special sports students, which makes the brain drain of county high schools more and more serious.

Koshien has almost become a stage for pure private high schools.

It has become increasingly difficult to enter Koshien in a prefectural high school.

Some pessimistic experts have even called out the view that "high school baseball is dead!"

Of course, these issues have little to do with the supervision of Dongtuo Division.

"It seems that I have to think about the training of the team." Totoji thought in his heart.

After all, two talented players suddenly appeared on the team, and there were also some first-year students who performed relatively well. If it delayed their growth, it would be his dereliction of duty as an instructor. Besides, Baishan High School did not

There is no investment at all.

When Higashi Takuji and the others were thinking about the development of the baseball club, Nishino Kazuya ran next to Nishino Tetsu and said dissatisfiedly.

"So Azhe, you are so good! Why didn't you play baseball with me earlier? Otherwise, I would have entered the national competition in junior high school."

"Well, no, it's just that the ball is easier to hit." Nishino Tetsuo quickly denied that his seniors could do it, and he didn't think he played very well.

"Tetsu-kun, you are indeed playing well and have the ability to become a strong player." Hiroki came over to give Tetsu Nishino recognition.

"You gave me a surprise."

"Although the ball machine we use throws straight balls, the trajectory of each ball thrown is actually slightly different by taking advantage of the subtle speed differences between the three roulette wheels."

Although they had only known each other for a short time, Hiroki found that he liked Nishino Tetsu more and more as a junior.

Hiroki continued, "So just by judging the timing of the strike, you won't be able to hit every ball. Let alone hit a deep hit."

"You must carefully observe the trajectory of the ball, which is the judgment of the ball path."

"Another point is that your body coordination and reaction capabilities are very good."

Nishino Tetsu thought about Hiroki's words and found that it was indeed the case.

Because Tetsu Nishino had never received formal baseball training, once he saw the ball flying, his striking posture was out of shape, and his swing speed was not fast enough.

But the most outstanding thing about Tetsu Nishino’s talent is that he is familiar with it so quickly!

As a bystander, Hiroki could clearly see that Tetsu Nishino constantly adjusted his body position and posture for the next ball according to the incoming ball, and gradually adapted to the best hitting method.

In layman's terms, it means it's quick to get started.

Every pitcher's pitch is different, and it takes a number of pitches for the hitter to adapt.

And Tetsu Nishino's talent will bring him extremely terrifying adaptability!

In this case, it is very difficult for a general pitcher to catch Nishino Tetsu's outs. When there are too many balls, it is very easy to get caught in the ball path.

This ability of professional baseball players is basically not bad. After adapting to it, combined with powerful hitting skills, they can often catch the ball and hit home runs.

"Sbarasi's descendant!"

...

White Mountain High School baseball field.

As the first graders completed the test one by one, Supervisor Totoji allowed them to rest for a while before gathering them together again.

Takuji stood in front of them.

"Today's test is here first. Generally speaking, everyone's results are very good."

"Don't worry too much if your results are not ideal. It's just a small test. You can improve your level by training hard in the future."

"There is no difference in love for baseball based on ability!"

"Yes! Supervision!"

Toshi continued to make arrangements: "All the first-year students will temporarily join the second army. I just learned that you are responsible for taking care of the first-year students in the second army."

"Yeah, no problem, supervisor."

A senior who had been helping with testing responded.

Higashikata turned to the senior members who had been sitting in the pergola for a long time and shouted.

"Hey! Have you rested enough? Quickly pack up and continue training."

"I understand, supervisor."

"Ah, it's time to train again. It's so comfortable here. I almost don't want to go out."

The senior, who was sitting in the pavilion, drinking cold drinks and sweating, muttered softly.

The person next to me joked: "Okay, anyway, the supervisor doesn't force us to train. I'll practice hard later, and next time I'll be the shortstop first, haha."

"Practice, practice, practice, who can say no, I'm just joking."

With that said, the senior students tidied up and continued their defensive training.

On the other side, Tetsu Nishino and others are also getting to know Iwata-senpai.

"Hello everyone, my name is Gochi Iwata. I am a third-year student. San is the director of the team, and I am the deputy director. Currently, I am the team's substitute pitcher. I am now responsible for leading your training. Please take care of me."

"Hello Iwata-senpai, please take care of me!"

Gochi Iwata wanted to remind them.

"Don't be upset when you hear that it's the second army. The first army is composed of relatively strong seniors. If you want to join the first army, just be stronger than your seniors."

"But don't think that the second team is bad. Baseball is played by everyone together. It doesn't mean that you are not allowed to stay in the baseball club because your level is not good enough."

"Not everyone's goals are so high. We can all have fun playing baseball together in the Second Army. Do you understand?"

Nishino Tetsu was thoughtful and followed everyone there.
Chapter completed!