Chapter 29: The third stage of striking practice
"that's too regretful!"
Even though she was already sitting in the car, Akiko Owada was still worried about the interview just now.
She reviewed the entire interview process.
They found that they had wasted more than an hour and more than ten minutes just at the school gate.
Then I wasted some time entering the school.
The actual chat with Todoroki Raizo, the director of the Yakushima High School baseball team, only took over half an hour.
Logically speaking, they can ask a lot of questions in more than half an hour.
But the crux of the problem is that they simply didn't get the interview content they wanted.
The other party's answer was not only low-key, but also full of all kinds of clichés.
"Don't be depressed. They will keep a low profile at this time. There is nothing we can do about it."
Unlike the aggrieved Owada Akiko, Fujio, who wears a peaked cap, thinks that it is natural for the supervisor of the Yakushi High School baseball team to behave like this.
Although the Yakashi High School baseball team has become the biggest dark horse.
But one thing that cannot be denied is that so far, they have not defeated any of the three giants in Nishi Tokyo.
In this case, it is natural for them to keep a low profile.
Otherwise, what would it be like?
If you act arrogantly before defeating one of the three giants, isn't that just waiting to be slapped in the face?
According to what Fujio observed, the supervisor of the Yakushima High School baseball team is not a person who likes to keep a low profile.
Now they just don't have any results yet.
At least in the eyes of Yakushi High School Baseball Team Supervisor Todoroki Raizo, everything their team has achieved so far is insignificant.
Only by defeating one of the three giants in West Tokyo can we have the capital to challenge the structure of West Tokyo.
Only then will the other party's true nature be truly revealed.
Fujio believes it.
That day will come soon!
When that day actually came, they came to interview the Yakushima High School baseball team, and the other party's response was definitely not like this.
Maybe even Li Lei, whom they really wanted to interview, could get an exclusive interview.
"As for now, their attention should have been focused on the next game. Looking at their practice, they should have started special training on the changing balls of the players."
Fujio believes that at this time, the Yakushima High School baseball team has put all its attention on the upcoming 1/8 finals.
That's why they do special attack training.
But in fact, that's not the case at all.
The players on the Yakushi High School baseball team are indeed doing batting training.
But the reason why they did this was not for the next game against the three high schools in the city.
It's because yesterday, when Li Lei and Sanada Junpei played against each other, they hit 30 goals.
Even though you hit 30 balls, it doesn't mean you got 30 hits.
But Li Lei's performance still aroused the vigilance of Supervisor Hong Lei Zang.
After entering the summer competition, Li Lei's performance on the court was indeed what he expected.
Progress by leaps and bounds!
Not only his pitching, but now even Li Lei in the strike zone has evolved completely.
At the very least, Supervisor Todoroki Raizo never thought before that Li Lei could become the core hitter of the team.
but now.
He and Sanada Junpei played 50 goals and were able to score 30 goals.
Even Mishima and Akiba, the core members of the team, may not be able to do this kind of thing.
Although this cannot prove that Li Lei's striking strength has surpassed Mishima and Akiba. But at the very least, Li Lei is not much inferior to them.
Faced with Li Lei like this, Supervisor Todoroki Raizo had no choice but to start his next stage of training in advance.
Even if Li Lei and Sanada Junpei continue to fight, Li Lei's progress will not be much smaller.
It's even possible to progress faster.
But Supervisor Todoroki Raizo can no longer take such risks.
After all, Sanada Junpei is not Li Lei's sparring partner.
During the duel with Li Lei, Sanada continued to hone his pitching and made continuous progress.
It's just that compared to Li Lei, a freak, Sanada Junpei's progress in pitching is not as fast as Li Lei's hitting improvement.
That's why Li Lei hit more and more balls.
But now Junpei Sanada, who is the hidden trump card, will soon represent the team in the game.
If he continues to compete with Li Lei, if it affects Junpei Sanada's pitching confidence and state, wouldn't they lose more than they gain?
Supervisor Todoroki Raizo believes that this risk is too great.
Since he can't compete with Junpei Sanada, he can only start the next stage of Li Lei's training.
Li Lei's first stage was to pitch with a pitching machine. When the hit probability increased to more than 95%, he started to practice with real people.
Now that the live sparring is over, the third stage of striking practice has begun.
When the players on the court finished other exercises, Li Lei was preparing to face off against Junpei Sanada.
Supervisor Todoroki Raizo suddenly stopped him.
Then people discovered that several first-year players on the team had brought a basket of baseballs out of nowhere.
"Is it so extravagant?"
The moment they saw the basket of baseballs, the players on the Yakushima High School baseball team's eyes widened.
After all, they are not from a wealthy family, so they are really not used to this extravagant practice method.
"Don't be stupid, the baseball is rented. After practice is over, you have to clean it up."
Todoroki Raizo said unceremoniously.
Although the price of a single baseball is not high, a full basket contains hundreds of balls.
The total price of one piece is quite scary.
"yes!"
The contestants replied excitedly.
Although they don't know clearly, why practice with so many baseballs?
But it doesn't matter.
For them, just seeing hundreds of baseballs piled together is enough to get their blood pumping.
"Now listen to my order. Use a marker to put dots of different colors on these baseballs. Make the dots bigger..."
After hearing the order from Supervisor Todoro Raizo, the players immediately rushed forward.
There are nearly thirty of them, and they all say that there is strength in numbers, and there is nothing wrong with this.
There were hundreds of baseballs, each of them painted a dozen, and they were finished quickly.
The balls that were clicked were divided into three colors: red, green, and blue.
Just as the players were painting the colors on the baseball, the team's assistant came over with a noisy voice.
"Aren't these balls donated by alumni?"
The Yakushima High School baseball team is getting better and better, and is now even qualified to challenge the three giants in Nishi Tokyo.
Even though the players themselves didn’t notice anything.
But in fact, some changes have taken place around them.
For example, so far, three or four media have come to interview pharmacists.
It's just that these people were dealt with by Todoroki Supervisor and they were not allowed to come into contact with the players.
For another example, some alumni who watched the Yakushi High School baseball team’s game donated money and materials to the team as aid.
It is obviously unrealistic to expect the donated money to buy expensive training facilities.
But using that money to buy some baseballs is still enough.
"If you tell these silly boys that baseball belongs to them, do you think they will cherish the opportunity to practice like they do now?"
"ah?"
The team's assistant, Mari Ozawa, looked at them to supervise with big innocent eyes.
"There are still two days before the game, and there is not much time left for them to really train on the court."
Supervisor Todoroki Raizo said with a wicked smile, "Why don't we give them a good squeeze at this time?"
Chapter completed!