soul of baseball

Chapter 488 The Catcher's Deceiving Technique

Fierce Hicks~
Shen Qin still felt very strange when he rushed to the mound: "Why did you come out to relay? Didn't you say that you are the No. 1 pick of the Terminator?"

This was said with a bit of sarcasm, and Hicks's face was full of dissatisfaction: "If you have such a big objection to me, please take the initiative to ask for a substitution!"

"Ahem, first in the competition! First in the competition!" Shen Qin compared the fluorescent green nails on his right hand: "Can you see this color clearly?"

"It's okay, but I don't like it, next time I will change to a pink one."

Alright~ "Don't worry, just shoot, I will catch all your balls! As long as you don't get too high, you don't have to worry about burst shots."

"I'm not Coach, you think too much!"

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Shen Qin returned to home plate speechless, he felt that Hicks' temper was more troublesome than a cat's!
He is very good in baseball, and he can handle the ball well when the ball is fast, which is very rare.

There are only sliders, four-seam and two-seam fastballs with a sinker effect on the ball, but the range is not as large as that of Coach.

Shen Qin and Hicks discussed this before. If Coach's ball control can reach his stage, then it will be enough.

As we all know, the faster the ball, the harder it is to control, which is why Cuban gunners can be perfect finishers in the major leagues, while many Baimai fireball men are still struggling in the minor leagues.

It is good to have ball speed, but ball control is more important than the foundation of ball speed.

Why do those pitchers who have lost their ball speed and are covered with injuries in their [-]s or even [-]s still survive in the major leagues against young pitchers?
It's because of the experience gained as he gets older and his more accurate ball control.

It's hard to describe the hand feeling, just like playing mahjong, some people can draw out cards with just one touch, even if it's [-]D and flower cards, but some people will make mistakes no matter how careful they are.
Pitchers are like this. Sometimes it feels like they have broken through this hurdle as soon as they come, and sometimes they just get stuck there.

Coach's left-handed ball control is actually fine, but his right hand is always prone to sudden loss of control.Shen Qin hopes that he can get along with Hicks, who is of a similar category.

The number of innings that Hicks played in relay is undetermined. Kara probably means to save the bullpen and shoot more if he can.

To shoot more shots is to control the speed of the ball. Shen Qin motioned to Hicks, but the opponent didn't respond at all. Control the speed of the ball?His most ostentatious and eye-catching place is his terrifying ball speed. This is at UCLA!How many scouts are there?What the hell are you still hiding?

The ball almost passed by Shen Qin's face~
boom!
It hit the guard net behind him heavily.

bad ball!

1-0!

The chief judge was holding his chest. He was really frightened at the moment. Forget about the baseball just now, what kind of fireball is this now?

Shen Qin didn't move, he was very angry, the scene when he faced Hicks now reminded him a bit of the situation when he was still in Japan, what was the pitcher's name at that time?

oh!Cheng Nakamura!
Another disobedient!

Of course you can choose not to answer!But what was the end?Nakamura was embarrassed by playing by himself, but the game was also ruined. Later, Coach was kicked in the head and Hideya was injured...

No, don't want to, can't do it!

Shen Qin looked back to the lounge, and Kou Chi, who was lying on the guardrail, saw him and waved his hands, and the golden retriever followed suit. He was encouraging himself, thinking that he missed it because he didn't react just now.This guy should be smiling all the time, so pretty!

Scherzer, who was on the side, was also gently lying on the guardrail. This was his game, and he couldn't bear to ruin it.

Alright~ I turned around and smiled at the mound, if you like it, you can serve the ball yourself!

Therefore, it is really important to be able to get along well between shooters and catchers. If you are in a good relationship, you can communicate well with everything, just like you would take the initiative to go to the mound to comfort you before.It can be changed to now, bah!Who wants to go up!

Hicks didn't care, all he had to do was to throw the ball into the strike zone. If he couldn't catch it, whether it couldn't solve the hitter or touch him, it was Shen Qin's own problem.

The ball came very quickly, and there was a faint tendency to turn out towards the outer corner.

Of course Shen Qin wanted to catch it. Although he intended to just catch it casually, his body after many years of practice had formed a natural reaction. Not only did he catch it, but he also stabilized his arm beautifully and brought the good ball to the outside corner. The ball was pulled back instantly under the premise of blocking the line of sight!

The referee was stunned for a moment, then arched his arms and awarded a strike.

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The screen before the live commentary immediately switched to a screen that was divided into two. On the left is Yuri's capture screen, and on the right is Shen Qin's just now.

——The ball critic said with a smile: Oh!I can't believe it, looking at this picture, they are exactly the same!I mean, they all used their own skills to fool the chief judge~ I hope Mr. XX will not be angry when he looks back today!
——The other commentator also laughed: look at their shoulders and the height of their elbows!Maybe many viewers will think it's easy, but I used to be a catcher myself, do you know how hard it is to catch a ball with a hundred miles into the glove?Of course, this is not the point. The point is to keep the hand stable after the catch. You can try hanging your elbows in the air and then being impacted by weight. This process is difficult to control, and you must have absolute strength and stability.

——It's hard!

——Very difficult!

——And he did as well as Yuri!Everyone knows that Yuri's shoulders and arms are very strong, not only the strongest in active service!He's from Puerto Rico, Catcher Kingdom, and he's the best!

— Well, now his kid is just as good!
——Take this opportunity to tell everyone about catchers. After all, the ability of catchers is very difficult to quantify with data.

——To put it simply, a good catcher must be very stable when he catches the catch, without extra fancy movements.You can see this very clearly by looking at the famous catchers in the kingdom of trappers.

——The catcher in the picture below, of course, I am not saying that he is not good, everyone knows that his strike is very good, but he has a lot of movements when he catches, take a look!He is always beating non-stop, and his arms are moving frequently!
——Such body movements can easily mislead the referee, this ball is a bad ball!The catcher should learn to wait and give the referee the impression that the ball is a strike and you should give it the impression that it is a strike!Well~ even if the ball is a not-so-exaggerated bad ball, you have to do it.

At this time, the picture on the screen changed to Shen Qin's actions when he was catching various balls today, and the commentator simply nodded: "I found out, this kid does not bow his head, as long as he catches the ball, his head is always looking at the head! Remember ! Don’t bow your head! The action of bowing your head haha~ The referee will give you a bad ball!”

(End of this chapter)