soul of baseball

Chapter 515 A Game in the Rain

Shen Qin slowly ran from the first base to the second base, and when he was about to reach the base, he made a movement of retracting his legs after sliding the base, flexibly bent his calves, leaned his body sideways, and put his hands on the ground, which was complicated more than a dozen times It's time to stop.

This is not a base slide, it is just to let the legs adapt to the movement. It is better not to cause damage to the body due to the current sluggishness when sliding the base.

The cat sneered~ "You're showing off again!"

Meggie on the side blinked: "Isn't this a must practice before the game? It can't match Xuan!"

"Who said that! Our catchers never do this!" He said and pushed Ball Jr.: "Is that right? Are you too?"

Ball Jr. had no intention of joining the children's quarrel, but he explained seriously: "Regular pitchers can practice bunt, but they really don't know how to practice base running. A bad one hurts too much, especially in our case. I'm at the D1 level, I'm going to play professional baseball in the future, of course I won't practice this, uh~ I like hitting, so it's barely an exception. The same is true for catchers, their knees are very important, plus the strength of their lower body is strong Because of stability, their speed will naturally slow down, so these movements are not often used, and it is normal not to practice."

Meggie was a fielder when she was young, and the training of pitching and catching is separate, so she is really unfamiliar with this area. Hearing this, I am a little confused: "But Shen Qin's movements are very beautiful, as if Us fielders, no! He's more like a fielder's moves!"

In the infield, hitters on first and third base put more emphasis on strength, and while their speed on the bases is not extremely fast, they are not too slow either.Second basemen and shortstops have very high requirements for physical flexibility, and their speed is naturally fast.

But when it comes to running the fastest, of course it's the outfielder. (Proportionally speaking, but not absolutely) The fielding range of outfielders is very wide. They need to run very fast and have a certain degree of durability. Especially center fielders, they also need accurate judgment!
So they are very beautiful in the speed and movement of running the base!Meji felt that Shen Qin was like this, and his figure was very light during practice.

"He's an exception!" Jr. Bauer gestured to the field with his next finger and came out of the photo frame: "The legs are very slender, and the waist is very flexible! He is not a catcher's standard figure, but more like a shortstop. Statistics Didn’t it show that he is a weird catcher who runs very fast, and he has guarded both infield and outfield, and I heard that his defense is not bad, but because I prefer to squat and catch, I was transferred here.”

The cat looked down at its own thigh, which was a little uncomfortable, and poked little Bauer: "My calf is not thick either!"

Several people laughed: "Of course not rough!"

The bodies of Europeans and Americans are basically there, and most of the natural calf lines are long and long.

Jr. Ball comforted him: "Don't think too much, I would rather you not run the bases stupidly, nothing is more important than being healthy and reducing risks! You are a catcher, just help me do my job!"

Mao'er blushed a little strangely, and was dragged into the waiting room when he was about to say something: "It's going to rain, and it's just a cold game!"

The cold game mentioned by Ball Jr. refers to the game in which the auditorium is empty in the rain and snow. It will be very cold for this kind of open stadium, and the drainage function of this stadium is not very good, so the audience will naturally stay. Can't stop.

All the warm-up players on the court rushed back, and immediately the staff pulled out a large bundle of tarpaulins that had been lying outside the stands in the home lounge. Gradually covering the entire infield~
The entire infield is covered with off-white tarpaulins to keep the soil from getting too wet.

The staff were very playful. After they were fixed, they rushed up one by one and took advantage of the water to quickly slide on it.

Shen Qin looked a little itchy. When he was in high school, he had seen those children playing ice hockey. They spread this kind of plastic sheeting, soaked it in water and bubbled it, and played it. A very happy thing.

He thought, this may be the most interesting part of baseball, even in professional baseball games, there are many things that will never appear in other professional sports.

For example, when players are bored while defending, they grab food from the auditorium next to them, or exchange jerseys and bats for food. It’s not unheard of~
In addition, there are many cases where fans hang themselves into the stadium, crawl into the bushes, or simply jump into the water to pick up the ball~
Or play a game of pass and catch with the audience?
Beer burst?

cos gorilla?
In short, only you can't think of~
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In the big leagues, due to the well-equipped equipment, things like laying tarpaulins are generally done without manpower. They have small carts and carts, which are fast and flat. At the end, they can also show some emergency stop technology. .

When it comes to the cars in the stadium, the St. Louis Cardinals are probably a scene. Budweiser and Cardinals baseball are inseparable. They are a family, and once belonged to only one family.

And Budweiser has the most coquettish Budweiser horse in the world. From time to time, I take it out to the court to walk those beautiful hair~
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The rain was getting heavier, and mist rose from the entire edge of the court.

The players in the lounge are alright, they won’t be drenched in the rain if they walk inside, but it’s more difficult in the bullpen.Except for the one-meter rain shelter inside the training throw, everything is exposed.Usually it's fine, but it's raining heavily at this moment, and there really isn't enough place to hide.

Shen Qin was alone on the bench with his mask on, and his legs were also crossed, but there was still some humid wind that brought some water vapor in. At this moment, the passage below that communicated with the cowshed was full of water~ Even if he wanted to hide from the rain, he couldn't get through.

"Will the game be canceled and postponed? Will they come and pick us up or will they run back by themselves?"

"No, the rain will subside soon. The weather forecast will be issued before the game. Didn't you pay attention? But you should pay special attention to the game in the light rain." Coach Chi said while wrapping Putting on a thick blanket: "It will take about half an hour or so, but you are too afraid of the cold, wrap it up more so you don't freeze."

Shen Qin sniffled, it was really too cold at the moment, and he seemed unhappy: "I don't like the rain today!"

It's not that I don't like rain, or that I don't like today, but that I don't like rain today: "Huh? How do you say it?"

"You're going to board the board today! It's raining and it's not easy to cast! Even with the rain cloth covered, it still seeped through at first, I'm afraid it will affect you."

Kou Chi knocked on Shen Qin's helmet, and the heavy rain didn't hinder his current good mood: "Although the cold weather will indeed affect the ball control, don't think too much about it, 'Second Debut' is not It's not that important. Oh, that's right! The weather is like this, and it's the third game, and it's a rare Sunday. No one is watching the ball, so there will be no unexpected impact, and there will be no interference from the foul ball! Don't worry, I will shoot well. OK!"

(End of this chapter)