Diamond Ace: Qingdao King

Chapter 195 Troll Battle 6
"Tsk, that catcher!"

Qingliu walked back swinging the stick, and complained to Lian Si who passed by: "Lian Si, you catchers should study hard, how did you learn how to play?"

Lian Si raised a question mark, only to get Qingliu's howl: "They're all liars!"

It is very happy when you deceive your opponent, but once the deceived person becomes yourself, it will not be so beautiful~
This amused Renji, Seidou brought a full three catchers this time, in addition to Miyauchi who has been working as a bullpen catcher and the main catcher Miyuki Kazuya, he also brought an extra named Chris catcher.

The number of appearances is not many, but they can always play a key role. Whether it is defense or attack, they have played well. It seems that they need to pay more attention to other things.

Lian Si himself is a young squatting catcher, and he knows too well what kind of results some specious guidance will bring, even though he was a person who didn't like to lie when he was young, but it's another matter when he is on the court.

Later, I met Senior Du Jiudi, learned more, and became more...

Cough!

But he was a good boy in life, there's no doubting that.

When he walked to the strike zone, Lianji glanced at Qingdao's catcher. From his previous dream, he knew that the catcher was a foreigner, but...he was much stronger than he imagined.

What an enviable catcher's figure, at least when hitting the home plate, it will be more... stable?
But this catcher looks very real, I'm really curious how he fooled Senior Qingliu just now?
It seems... The other party doesn't seem to have any intention of chatting with me?
How did you cheat?

~
As a catcher, he has a strong curiosity about all deceptions.

As for the pitcher on the mound, he wasn't interested for the time being.He knew all of Sawamura's recorded appearances, a rookie pitcher with slow ball speed and similar inexperience.

According to the information brought back by the previous hitters, the opponent's release point is deeply hidden due to the special pitching action, and the tail force is better.

Players from other teams may not understand tail strength very well, or they may not be able to find a reasonable and concrete adjective, but for their big troll players, it is easy to understand. Because no other pitcher can show it more clearly than their true ace, senior Watakuji.

They are naturally very clear about the changes that high and low rotation speeds can bring to the ball.

Like Sawamura's straight ball that can run around, in fact, whether it is caused by the so-called tail force, the root cause is its high speed.

It’s easy to suffer if you’re not prepared, but now that you know it, and when the opponent’s ball is not fast, as long as you seize the timing of the bat and put the hitting point forward, there should be no problem.

Lianji adjusted his stance and looked at the mound.

Focusing only on Sawamura, the corner of the eye is inevitably divided a little on the catcher.

The movement of the catcher, the direction of the center of gravity~ He is a catcher himself, so he naturally knows what these small movements can represent.

Outer corner, high?

~
The suddenness of the pitcher's ball jumping out, whether it is the video or the description of teammates, it is actually difficult to accurately express it.

You can only experience it best if you stand on the strike zone.

But also because of this... the ball comes out suddenly, for the hitter, the ball naturally comes faster than expected, and there is less time for preparation and judgment.

But because he was confident in his own judgment of the catcher's movements, Lianji didn't accept the stick~
It is indeed on the high side!
"Snapped!"

The ball slanted and slipped under the bat into Chris' glove.

nice shot,

Empty?
Lian Si looked at the bat, clicked his tongue and stood up again, understanding what Senior Qingliu said earlier.

Seniors are not human! !Can't you just say it straight?He has to let him come up to the hole himself.

……

"Haha~" Qingliu in the rest area leaned on the guardrail and laughed: "That kid is definitely tricked! Haha~ I usually look like I am the smartest and you don't understand, but this time I met my opponent, right?"

Supervisor Nitta pretended that he didn't hear it, and always held an attitude of neither participating nor opposing the disciples' bad tastes. After all, small troubles can also help maintain a relaxed mood, as long as they don't affect the competition.

Of course, it also depends on the target. If Qingliu was fooling other hitters like this, he would have been cut off long ago.

But Liansi is different. He reacts very quickly on the court, and he can adjust himself quickly after being fooled.

~
Lian Si did discover the problem very quickly. He was influenced by the catcher's body movements, and then made a wrong judgment.

Although the catcher also has his own little moves, but just now the catcher of Qingdao did a series of fake moves, the purpose is to induce himself~
The outer corners are right, but definitely not too high!

I also admire it, he can do fake moves himself, but it is so natural, and it is not so easy to guide a newcomer.

If there are too many fake moves, the stability of the pitcher's shots is no problem, but once a miss is made, sometimes there will be a blowout.

He didn't want to risk such a chance to do such a thing during the game.

~
Renji stared at Sawamura, from the opening of the movement to the release of the ball, and then the ball came out~
He didn't plan to wait for the next one. Although the last ball was holed, the ball was already seen clearly. In the end, it did have a certain displacement, but... there is only this kind of ball, and that's it.

The stick came out early and the swing was firm...

"state!!"

The ball comes slowly, but the touch is heavy!Lian Si almost pulled the ball back forcefully, and it was not easy to pull, but in the end it brought out the strength, and the speed was very fast...

Sawamura was taken aback, and immediately looked over, facing the sunglasses that Chen Xin passed by~
The ball didn't hit the ground, it was put into the glove directly.

Straight out!

Chen Xin made a gesture: "Two out!"

Sawamura breathed a sigh of relief, laughed, and responded loudly: "Two outs!!"

All he knew was that Chen Xin had stopped the ball for him, and he hadn't responded to other problems at all.

Why does Chen Xin, who is guarding second base, appear between the second and third bases?

Why is Chen Xin handling this ball?
It was enough for him that the outs were counted.

~
But none of the other players are rookies who have just started to play regularly, let alone some stupid and sweet people with rough nerves. The ball just now is a very troublesome signal for both offense and defense.

For Fang Qingdao, the sense of crisis popped up almost instantly.They never expected to rely solely on Sawamura to suppress the opponent's line. They always just hold the ball and go out, and just defend well.

But because of Chris's small moves and the level of stealing the ball, he was able to keep the troll's line a little bit in the first few rounds.

But now it's only halfway through the first round, and the ball is caught very smoothly.

Chris saw it most clearly. Although the hitter on the fourth bat was tricked by him before, and the hit on the fifth bat just now was confiscated, these two hitters are consciously moving the hitting point forward. It means that they discovered Sawamura's biggest weakness.

Sawamura is a newcomer, even more 'new' than ordinary newcomers.

Unlike most other players who have undergone professional training in the Little League since they were young, Sawamura used to be a half-hearted player, and only slightly corrected and adjusted after entering Qingdao.

But the time is too short, and it will not be a matter of overnight to modify many places.

Everyone knows where his weaknesses are.

The ball ran late, the ball did not change, etc.~
Originally, it was necessary to polish for a period of time, at least get the second grade, gain enough experience, and undergo a lot of adjustments in all aspects before being able to be recruited into the first army for a formal competition.

But Qingdao is really short of pitchers!
They scored in Koshien, and the schedule became longer and denser, and the already shallow pitching array was naturally not enough.

So even if it has not been corrected by the system, it can only be used by pulling people out first.

In the local competition, there were good steals as a cover-up, which allowed many of Sawamura's deviations to be corrected, but in fact... he is just a rookie who has just entered high school for only a few months.

Physically, mentally and technically, he was not ready.

I'm in trouble...

~
As far as the trolls on the attacking side are concerned, it is gratifying to find the direction of attack, but the defense of Qingdao is really a big trouble.

Through the previous records, they naturally had a certain understanding of Team Qingdao's defensive skills.

But right now it seems to be more troublesome than they thought.

Seido's second team defense is very strong, and he also has a lot of beautiful skills in each game, but after the original second baseman Ryosuke Kominato retired from injury, Chen Xin has no problem making up for it.

More importantly, the defensive problem of Sanyoujian, which should be weakened at the home plate, has not been exposed!
It's not how good the third base's fielding is, but the second baseman has enlarged his fielding area.

The distance between shortstop and second base is widened~
Now there is a bit of a switch between second baseman and shortstop.

This first-year newcomer... is too ghostly, right?
Advance movement, anticipation, running...everything is perfect, how do you do it?
……

But Kuramo couldn't stop rolling his eyes, and he didn't even want to boast, so he just rolled his eyes: "What's wrong? Just go guerrilla."

"Hahahahaha~" Chen Xin was overjoyed: "I used to guard guerrillas before, so I have no interest at all."

He is a serious midline player, but he has no intention of playing infield all the time. Whether it is a second player or a pitcher, it is not his interest.

"You are great at defending guerrillas. There is nothing to say about your skills. Just strengthen them slowly in the future. Don't compare with me."

Kuramochi: "..." He wasn't comforted at all, instead he became even angrier, okay?

Chen Xin explained to him earnestly: "I have accumulated more years of experience than you, and I told you after the game that this is not your problem at all."

Kuramochi didn't really feel that the defense area was unbalanced after being robbed. After all, it's good to be able to defend it.

"Go away~"

"Ha ha!"

~
"Pong!"

First ball!
The six-stick hitter played very solidly, but fortunately, Cang Chi held a relatively deep position, and made a contribution, passing the ball to Jie Cheng and gave Chen Xin a disdainful look.

Offensive and defensive exchange!

Chen Xin giggled and ran over to pat Kurachi on the back: "Look, didn't you defend well? You just lack experience and special training for this area. After the summer games are over, I will take you to do it a few times." You will know."

"Huh~"

"Humph!"

The two were chattering, and just returned to the rest area when they heard Chris talk about the problem of hitting: "Please, the situation of the infield defense will be more severe in the future."

Cang Mochi agreed, and Yucheng and Zengzi also expressed that they would pay attention. Zengzi asked, "Do you want to move forward?"

He is still a bit concerned about his defensive ability, especially in comparison with Chen Xin, he is really worried that his defense will affect the team's future situation~
If possible, don't go forward and give him more preparation time.

Chris also knows Masuko's situation. The opponent is a player whose stick is bigger than the glove, so even if the infield needs to be tightened, he will not be allowed to make meaningless advances.

"Normal defense is fine, and you don't need to defend too shallowly in the outfield. The batters with big trolls have good long-hitting ability. Once they bite through, it will be troublesome if they are too shallow."

Cang Chi talked about the troll formation before: "Is that okay? Is it to prevent Chen Xin from stealing the base?"

Chen Xin shook her head: "If it was just to prevent me from stealing bases, then I would have walked Chris directly from the beginning."

Chris: "..."

After a long while, he said, "That's right, I should be the slowest runner in the line."

Zengzi slowly continued: "I... the slowest."

Chen Xin pushed Zengzi aside, and then continued: "The formation should be the reason why they have thoroughly studied our batters, for example, the chance of Chunsang pulling back is very high~ But it's a bit strange, I think he It is probably intentional to draw this out, after all, it is not difficult to guess, to make Chunsang worry about the defense over there."

Kuramochi asked, "To lure him into right field?"

"That shouldn't be the case. I don't think he really wants to let people get out. Otherwise, what would you do with such a big gap? Right?"

"what does that mean?"

"Let him push and beat? But not let him fight?" Chen Xin stared: "Ah!! I... I don't know how to say it, anyway, it probably means that~ Oh, I can't find the words at once."

Chris thought for a while, and explained to him: "Probably to let him push and hit, there just happened to be some balls that couldn't be pushed, and then turned into a skyrocket."

"That's right, that's what it means."

Kuramochi was a little confused: "Just for one blow? Preparing so much?? Isn't it realistic?"

To be honest, let alone him, even Chris thinks it is unlikely.

This layout is a bit too big, with a large range of defensive moves and tricks and pushes, and the result is for an infield skyrocket?Not to mention whether there are too many things, the success rate should not be high, right?
"Maybe we are just overthinking it."

Having said that, a few people couldn't help looking at the field. Today's pitcher is too strange, and their guesses still need to be reserved~
It is Jiang Gu who is attacking now. Although he is only in the first grade, his attack is actually quite reliable. Just observe?
"No~ What did the catcher say again?"

　The fourth update will start tomorrow~
　　There may be more updates today, and if there are, it will be after eleven o'clock.

　　
　
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