soul of baseball

Chapter 278 After the Incident

In the Major League Baseball regular season, each team has 162 games in a season, which is divided into the American League and the National League.

The St. Louis Cardinals belong to the Central Division of the League of Nations. As long as they win 7 more games, they will be the first to reach Yum.

Yuri played an important role in this.

At the beginning of the season, the Cardinals were actually not favored by the public. The pitchers in the team were too young. The young pitchers were far behind in terms of experience and mentality. They might be fine at ordinary times, but when it comes to the key It's easy to crash at times.

Fortunately, with Yuri sitting behind the home plate, the pitcher does not need to think about the type of ball, as long as he listens to him and throws the ball where he wants.

How much influence did Yuri have on the team?Someone did a special survey. Since he joined the St. Louis Cardinals, there is a difference in statistics between the team with him and without him.

So Yuri, the Cardinal core, was suspended. One can imagine how much impact it will have on the team.Especially at such a critical time.

How many games will be suspended?

Cardinals coach Masini is very worried about this. The number of games suspended by the main catcher is unknown, and the backup catcher has a concussion and entered the DL. He still feels very bad.

The methods the Cincinnati Reds used to win the season were shameless and surprisingly effective.

Yuri is still too young, and it went smoothly once he entered the big leagues. Others respect him so much that these dirty things have never happened to him, and he will fall for any provocation...

What's even more ruthless is the time when the popular candidates are selected. At this moment, the trading limit of 731 has already passed. If you want to have a useful catcher, you can't get it from the seller's team. You can only find it from the farm below.

But due to Yuri's stability over the past few years and his young age, he doesn't have much savings in this area... catcher...

Masini thought for a long time and couldn't find a solution, but the assistant handed over a scouting report: "Carson, take a look."
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carson-
3B-C-
The 2011th pick in the second round of the 86 draft -
Arm: 60-
Hitting: 40-
Defensive Ability: 60
Scoring Criteria (20-80 with 80 being the highest)
"The kid who turned from third baseman to catcher after the draft?" Masini was a little surprised. He had little impression of the farm except for the top-ranked rookie.

But this Carson is an exception. He himself guards third base, and his arm strength is nothing to say, but the director of player development asked himself and Carson to discuss the idea of ​​​​specializing in catchers at the beginning of the year, and Carson agreed.

Afterwards, I asked the director why. At that time, he said it was his passing accuracy and arm strength.

Masini sighed looking at this ordinary scouting report. In fact, he had no choice. The stick was a bit weak, but he could make up for it defensively.

The third catcher Tony, who was selected to the 40-man roster at the beginning of the season, was called up from the Memphis Cardinals of AAA for the main game, and then Carson of AA was used as a substitute, hoping not to affect the record too much.

At the press conference after the game, Yuri first apologized sincerely for his behavior, and then said: "The audience are all children who love baseball and are working hard for baseball. Our behavior must have disappointed them. I am sorry to let them down." They watched this unsportsmanlike game ~ sorry, it was my fault."

Is it all Yuri's fault?The eyes of the media are discerning, and there are Phillips’ inappropriate remarks about the Cardinals in front of it. Naturally, there can be a lot of associations, not to mention that the chief judge heard Phillips say “you XX” first~
For Yuri, who grew up in Puerto Rico, this sentence is not something that can be understood in a joke or in a casual way.

Coupled with the bad behavior of his teammate Cuito, the incident was further escalated. This is no longer a simple act of clearing the bench. At least for now, everyone hopes that the injured catcher can heal.

And these two people, let's suspend the game, but the number of games has not yet been judged.

……

Yuri came to the room very late after the incident. He took out his mobile phone to see if all the calls were missed. There were Ji Jia's, Shen Qin's, and relatives and friends...

First, I called Ji Jia to talk about it, and then went to social networking sites to sincerely apologize for the bad influence I caused to the children.

After everything was settled, he called Shen Qin, and made his voice as light as possible: "Why does the little guy make so many calls?"

Shen Qin was really in a hurry, after the game Yuri had no time for him, all he could do was wait.When the phone call came, he almost complained, but Yuri's exhaustion that could not be concealed made him soft-hearted, and after a long while he asked dully, "Are you injured?"

Shen Qin didn't care what happened to others, whether he was suspended or not. He only cared about whether Yuri was healthy.

Yuri on the other end of the phone laughed, and his children are always so warm: "It's okay, don't worry, it just ruined your rare experience watching the game, especially those who don't know if they will have the opportunity to come to the United States next time." child……"

"If you fight well, you will definitely have a chance. If you fight badly, it's useless." Shen Qin tried to tell Yuri not to blame himself too much, but he sighed: "Qin, you can't treat others Say it like that, try to be tactful."

"If you want others to do something, try to be as gentle as possible. Instead of saying what you are going to do, you can change it into a question, can you try to do something? This way others will be familiar with it, you are too straightforward , People who don’t know you well can easily misunderstand your kindness if you don’t speak in a crooked manner.”

"Learning to express is very important. Talk to Coach about this matter more. His temper can help you. I hope you will make more people like you~ You are very good, just try to make the words warm."

Shen Qin suddenly remembered what happened in Japan.

The baseball club of Tanegashima High School, the anger of Nakamura, the fists of the members...they are at fault, but they are the ones who caused it?
Then I was able to be gentler at that time, or communicate in advance, or not be so tough...then they can also understand themselves?

Coach won't leave a scar on his head either...

Maybe they can play better~ Maybe they can still practice now and then?

After all, is the problem all on your own?
Communication... so difficult.

But Papa of the Minnesota Twins, he stutters and can communicate so well with others, can he do it himself?

"Then..." Shen Qin thought for a while and clenched his fists: "I will try my best to ask Kou Chi in the future, ask first before talking, ask first before doing... Work hard ~ study hard ~ control your emotions and attitudes."

"Ha~ You're too serious." Yuri kept laughing, feeling that the previous exhaustion seemed to be swept away, and he felt a little uncomfortable when he smiled, if it wasn't for those messy things, if it wasn't for that person who abandoned him , How could he be like this now, not even knowing the most basic things to pay attention to in interpersonal communication.

"Are you~ happy now? I mean since I took you out of China~"

Shen Qin was stunned. It was the first time that Yuri asked him this question, but there was no need to think about it. He smiled and said: "Happy! I am very happy. I like you, Ji Jia, Coach, and baseball. I like everything around here~Thank you~ hyung~"

Yuri hummed in a low voice, then said a few more casual words before hanging up.His eyes turned red again: This child... really... Ji Jia is right, those secrets will be buried for a lifetime, and what is more important than his current happiness.

(End of this chapter)