soul of baseball

Chapter 511 Exclusive Catcher
Today's game is very important. In the third game under the premise of 1:1 in four consecutive stations, whoever wins first will have the hope of winning and avoid failure.

UCLA's starting catcher today is a small man named Harrison, who is shorter than Shen Qin, his thighs look very thin, and his forearms are not strong enough.If Ball Jr. doesn't look like a pitcher, then Harrison doesn't look like a catcher or a hitter!

"I ran for a day!" Salvador still hadn't put on his hat: "I blared half a person on the Internet again. The only useful information is that today's shooting and catchers are neighbors. They played together since they were young. It's unbelievable to say that. Right before high school, today's starter Yoddle is an outfielder and catcher Harrison is a fastball!"

Everyone was stunned, even the head coach Kara was no exception. You must know that Shen Qin's height is still a little short of 1 meters, and Harrison, who is shorter than him, is about 8 and slightly higher. , such a short pitcher?

You must know that hitters in the major leagues can be short, and if the pitcher is short, there is almost no suppression. Even the 180-strong master of the Giants back then, his body completely collapsed within a few years!

And if you do what you do at the top, you can follow suit at the bottom. American kids themselves develop early, and almost all of them are big in high school. At that time, they were at most the same size as they are now, right? To be a pitcher?How to vote?

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Outside of the bullpen at home, no one has traveled this far to warm up except for the UCLA freshmen.

The two have been playing together since childhood, and their relationship is naturally indisputable.

Harrison was lying on the ground to accept the stretching of the future trump card. This was a very sour thing, but the long legs were so horizontal in front of his eyes, and his mood was not very beautiful: "Why do you grow so tall? Nah!"

Jodl laughed a little. In fact, he never thought about being a pitcher before, he just wanted to help the kid in front of him defend well in the outfield!In the end, I didn't expect that as I grew taller, Harrison's size remained the same, and he was always small, hahaha~
If he is not tall enough to continue to be a pitcher, it is hard to say what the future will be like. Harrison will naturally want to transfer, but he himself will transfer to the outfield. After all, he has been a pitcher for so many years, so naturally he has no arm strength. In other words, at that time, Jodl happened to be required to practice as a pitcher because of the accuracy of each long pass, so Harrison offered to be his catcher, so that everyone could practice.

It's a coincidence that the community where the two live is actually very poor. Although the children like to play ball, some equipment is still very burdensome for the family. After all, almost every family has several children.

Hitting helmets, gloves, spikes, and bats are the most basic equipment. For children, they are reduced to the extreme. If the child is a fielder, it may not be a big problem, but if the child is a catcher...

Especially for children who are not yet accurate in pitching, being hit a dozen times that day is not too much.

So at that time, when the children in the community were playing together, who would be the catcher usually took turns. Everyone came one by one, don’t say it’s unfair, don’t you want to?Then stay and play together!
The same is true for Harrison. Of course he doesn't like being a catcher. It hurts to be hit!Everyone said that he squatted well!

Children’s games generally do not have a referee, and the catcher judges the good and bad shots. Of course, people have selfishness. The catcher will always favor his own team, so everyone’s conflicts are naturally inevitable!

Only when Harrison squats and catches, people think he is very fair, and they always want to use various snacks to lure him to achieve the purpose of making him squat and catch more!

Harrison always refuses with words. He prefers to stand on the mound and scare the hitters than to squat!
But as long as it's Yoddle's turn to squat and arrest him, he will always squat for him. Apart from the best relationship between the two, of course the bigger reason is that he thinks Yoddle is too thin. Hitting it is no joke!
Jodl was really very thin when he was a child, and he only knew to hide behind Harrison all day long. No one thought that he would grow so tall in the future!
There is a risk of being hit if you are squatting. No one can avoid it. Once Harrison is hit, Yoder will cry.While blowing so it doesn't hurt and patting him, I have to think of ways to get him something to cover him.For this reason, I squatted outside the electrical appliance store every day to ask for foam. When I got it, I took it back and made a cloth bag at home.

The back of the thing was really made, but it was really ugly, like a broken and swollen pirated armor, and Yodel wanted to cry again after seeing it!Seeing that Harrison was happily dressed, he endured it and went back.

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To be honest, Yodel's confidence level was 0 when he was going to practice pitching just now. Which pitcher would only throw straight balls?I only know this!It's not a kid's game anymore.

On the contrary, Harrison has more confidence in him~
If you want to talk about catching Yodel's ball, no one is more familiar with it than him!
It's hard to say anything else, but when it comes to controlling the ball, it is absolutely accurate!

It was obviously just an ordinary ball, but at that initial training stage, as long as it was a straight ball, he could control the speed of the ball, and he could make additional adjustments in the fast and slow ranks!

What an amazing talent this is!

But Yoddle's problem is also very serious. Even after a long time of practice, he can shoot a variety of shots like this, but his timid temper has not changed. As long as Harrison is not squatting and catching, he will be nervous. , Let alone possession of the ball, even pinning first base can make the ball fly away!

That's why these two people have become immovable shots, and neither of them can change their defensive positions!
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"I said!" Harrison grabbed Yoddle's hair with his hands: "Don't be nervous, what's the point of keeping your opponent behind your back, do you have to warm up in such a remote place?"

Jodl blushed a little: "We will practice in the bullpen later! It's closer here!"

"Bah! Sophistry! Am I going to lie down in this coldest and dampest corner for two hours?"

"Ah? Is it wet here? Then let's go to the cowshed~" Jodl touched the grass: "It's dry!"

Harrison made a gesture to stand up: "I'm going to run in the middle!"

Where did Jodl dare to let him go, he hurriedly grabbed people: "Don't go, don't go! I, I'm afraid! I don't like standing close to strangers!"

Where is it just with strangers!Harrison was a little helpless, but in the end he lay down and stopped teasing him. There really is such a timid and soft-tempered pitcher in the world~ What should I do if I don’t become his catcher myself in the future!
(End of this chapter)