soul of baseball

Chapter 233 The Persian Cat Pitcher

Due to Campbell's injury and retirement, the entire defensive lineup of the Warriors changed drastically. Shen Qin was transferred back to the infield to defend second base.

The Warriors are under a cloud. The reason why Dahl is a substitute is not only because of the defensive gap between him and Campbell, but also the bat.

Campbell's bat is very sticky, and he can pick the ball very well. Although the slugging rate is not high, the on-base rate has been very stable before the injury. This is the reason why he can still hit the third bat when he is a solid starter. Quinn I think he wondered about the role of a stable series.

But now it’s embarrassing to replace Dahl, who is not good at hitting, because a weak stick is blocked in the first stage, and at the same time, it is also carried on by a strong stick in the middle. This is equivalent to a good series with a hole in the middle!
Difficult!

"What's so difficult?" Shen Qin didn't think so: "It's fine for this one to hit the bench, and the next round will be ready. I and Pu Yichrome are in front of him, and the push is good. It would be better if he was on third base. Force points!"

Kou Chi squeezed Shen Qin's face: "It doesn't hurt your back to stand and talk, are you sure you can hit the base? Do you think you'll be fine after dealing with Liu Xianji? Do you really think he's the trump card?"

Shen Qin was confused: "Isn't this the first move?"

"Before, I only paid attention to starting. One of their backup pitchers is named Scherzer. He should be Jefferson's trump card, but he hasn't played in the previous games... Maybe we will meet today. Pay attention. he is great."

It's a rare thing to hear praise from Coach. Since he said it, it must be great.Shen Qin thought for a while and didn't dare to ask whether he or Sherzer was better. He only changed the choice: "Uh~ Is it Lin Duo or Sherzer?"

"Haha~" Kou Chi pulled Shen Qin's face again: "Obviously he wanted to ask me, but now he won't eat you~ Although I am embarrassed to admit it, but he is stronger than me now. And I never I haven’t pitched on the field since I was a little older~ Oh, it doesn’t count in Japan, anyway, I don’t have much actual combat experience~ When I went to see my grandmother in Jefferson last Christmas, they happened to be playing a practice game, and it was amazing at that time ,Now……"

"But maybe there's a contingency, an injury or something? Otherwise, can it be a substitute? Hahaha~"

This topic about pitchers is not good, Shen Qin chose to stop, patted Coach's head comfortingly and changed the subject: "You will also stand on the mound in the future."

……

I don’t know if it’s Coach’s Crow’s Mouth or Jefferson’s. The coach of the Lions couldn’t stand the way Ryu Hyun-ki was scared by the pigeons. He replaced him when he only used more than 50 balls. After all, he won this game In the game, there are still more than ten days of rest before the next game, and the pitchers can take a round comfortably, and it doesn't hurt at all to change pitches.

Scherzer was replaced to watch, and it was Shen Qin's turn to hit the first bat.

Shen Qin really wanted to break through the current 0:0 deadlock with a blast, but he froze as soon as he touched the strike zone.

Scherzer, who was standing on the pitcher's mound, had an expressionless face, but his strange-colored eyes caught Shen Qin's attention.

The left eye is light green and the right eye is dark brown, which is heterochromia. (Worshiping the national trump card Scherzer) Shen Qin knew this, but had never seen it before, so he was a little curious.

This made Scherzer very upset. Because of his eyes, he was often ridiculed when he was a child, and he was nicknamed a Persian cat. Now that the beater looked at him like this, he inevitably became angry.

"boom!"

The first ball was a close ball to force Shen Qin back and taught him a little lesson.

So fierce~ Shen Qin pressed his helmet and stood in the strike zone, and his face became cold. The ball just hit was a very high inside corner. The power of the ball from such a distance made his hair grow. With such power and speed, it hit the head. What should I do? Shen Qin, who was hit by the ball in the first batting seat, was very disgusted with this.

It's okay to miss, but it's obviously intentional.

What are you doing if you have no grudges in the past and no grudges in the recent days?

No matter who is targeted like this, it will be annoyed, and Shen Qin is the same, so when the second ball is still drilled into the inner corner, he finds the right angle and swings a big stick.

"boom!"

"Crack..."

The ball squeezed the wooden stick hard and fell into the boundary. The broken half of the stick flew out of bounds and hit the protective net behind the home plate in front of the audience seats, scaring the audience into subconsciously leaning back.

Reluctantly rushing to the base, Shen Qin's ass was slapped heavily by the Jefferson catcher who picked up the ball and caught up. The latter smiled and gave away his big white teeth.

Shen Qin walked back to the lounge, annoyed, took off the batting helmet and put it on the shelf, then sat down with his hands shaken, the angle of the batting and the speed of the batting were all right, it was entirely due to Scherzer's ball tail that was too strong, a pair of hands It's still numb from the shock.

No wonder Coach would say that he is still inferior to Scherzer, presumably because of Wei Jin.

Just as he was about to warm his hands, someone took them and rubbed them. Before he could speak, Kou Chi smiled and said, "Is it numb? Is it great?"

"Gloves gloves~" Shen Qin felt so uncomfortable, it's okay not to rub it when it's numb, but it's sour when rubbed...

Coach hurriedly helped him take off the hitting gloves, then rubbed his hands together: "It will be better after you start strength training, the key is to get stronger as soon as possible, Scherzer is precocious~hmph, wait a few years for me..."

"He will be very good in a few years." Shen Qin will not go along with this kind of jealous belittling of children: "There are many geniuses in the world, don't compare them, it is right to be yourself and let yourself improve, let alone , if I really want to be jealous, can I still be friends with you? I'm so stimulated that I can't live."

Kou Chi's eyes darkened, he lowered his head to respond, squeezed his hand twice, and then he heard Shen Qin gasp before he relaxed, hum~
"Don't try so hard~ I'll do it myself~"

Kou Chi didn't let go, but when the topic changed, Shen Qin's attention was diverted again: "Unless we hit a home run, the possibility of us scoring is very low. Russell. Boom boom~"

"Pfft!" Shen Qin smiled unkindly. We just mentioned strength training, and Marcel is so strong. He was laughing at his big size, but it was actually true. Marcel is the oldest in the team now. If he is the most developed, he will be numbed by the shock, but maybe it would be trivial for him?
Standing in the strike preparation area, Marcel felt his ears were a little itchy, put down the stick and scratched it, and went to the rest room to see if the coach had any new instructions. Shen Qin, who almost bumped into him, quickly looked away. Could it be that the two said so lightly? Can you hear me?
The panicked appearance pleased Kou Chi, and finally withdrew his strength and gently touched the hand that was rubbed red by himself: "Is it still numb?"

"No, no, no... it's not numb..." Shen Qin withdrew his hand in a panic. Whenever Kou Chi looked at him with such focused and deep eyes, he was always a little scared. The kiss before made him pay more attention to the two. The relationship between people is a little too close, but he is really reluctant to be a stranger.

However, since moving to the dormitory, Coach is indeed less likely to touch the body intentionally or unintentionally as before, so it has improved~ it should~ at least there is no Joel's bias, even if it was biased, it will gradually come back.

In fact, Shen Qin felt that even if Kou Chi was really gay, he would not hate him, let alone discriminate against him, but he was not the person who could stay with him for the rest of his life. What if others knew about it in the future?Especially in the straight male circle of baseball, what should he do...if everyone discriminates against him...

Shen Qin simply didn't dare think about how he could help him that day. After all, he was a straight man and could not give him any mental comfort in this regard.

(End of this chapter)