soul of baseball

Chapter 55 No.1

This trip to the farm is not so much about picking pumpkins as it is about playing.

No wonder it is counted as a family farm, and there are quite a lot of play items, it is indeed very suitable for family play.

There are parent-child bicycles that look like go-karts but are actually driven by human power, simple trains that run around the farm, and horse farms that everyone loves...

Calculated in this way, in fact, 20 dollars per person is not expensive. After all, all the play expenses are included in it, and it is free for soldiers and children under 4 years old.

Yuri pointed to a tricycle for children and asked Shen Qin if he wanted to try it: "I think the children's area is very good, how about we..."...

Shen Qin suspected that Yuri himself was interested, so dragging him into the water, this kind of thing naturally cannot be compromised, so he ran away to buy coffee for a few people, leaving a private space for the young couple alright.

"Qin?"

As soon as Shen Qin bought the coffee, a little girl jumped out from the side: "You are here too~ I thought I was mistaken for wearing a hat!" He pointed to the big boy next to him: "My brother! Francisco Lindo~"

The little girl's name is Aili, and she is Shen Qin's classmate.Shen Qin nodded and greeted Lin Duo who was beside him.

Lin Duo has broad shoulders and long legs, strong like a rugby player, and Shen Qin feels familiar: "I seem to have seen your brother."

Ai Li raised her head proudly: "You must have seen my brother's advertisement. Here! That sports drink!"

Shen Qin didn't remember what kind of sports drink he drank at all, because Ji Jia was quite strict in this regard. He said that when he was growing up, even Coke was usually restricted. It is really impossible to imagine a person who has lived abroad for many years. On the one hand, it insists on the domestic 'parenting' tradition!
However, it is obvious that Shen Qin is not a person who is entangled in this matter, not to mention that he is not familiar with them, so he said oh and was about to go to Yuri and the others, but Keli was very enthusiastic: "You are here with your family Do you want to go to the pumpkin patch too! Come together! There are so many people.”

"Pumpkin patch?" Shen Qin had never heard Yuri mention this.

Ai Li shook her braids and smiled: "You just came from China, you must have never heard of it, hey! Look over there!"

Shen Qin looked in the direction that Ai Li pointed, and was a little dumbfounded for a moment. On the large area surrounded by haystacks and fences, there were densely packed pumpkins of different sizes.

Isn't the promised pumpkin patch a vegetable patch?But the yellow pumpkins that have already been picked?

Then pick and move? ?

"Take it home! Carve scary grimaces! Then light candles!" Ai Li turned into a responsible guide, but Lin Duo was staring at Shen Qin, not to mention that Shen Qin looked familiar to him, and so did he. , I always feel that I have seen this person somewhere.

Shen Qin has seen a lot of pumpkin lanterns, whether it is in movies or novels, and he has no interest. He was a little speechless to the excited Ai Li, and was thinking of finding a reason to escape, but ended up taking pictures there for a long time. At any rate, Ji Jia thought of Shen Qinlai, waved his hands and shouted: "Qin! Go pick pumpkins in the pumpkin patch!"

Ha~ Now there is no possibility of rejection.

"Wow, your sister is so beautiful!"

"Huh? Is she your sister?"

Allie and Lindo exclaimed at the same time!It's just that Lin Duo's meaning is obviously different. Seeing Shen Qin looked over suspiciously, he hurriedly explained: "I've seen her come to the training ground and drive a great car!"

The training ground... Shen Qin has been taking the bus since he arrived in the Little League, and that can only be when he was on the school team, so he thinks that Lin Duo looks familiar because he saw it there?
"Are you also on the school team?"

"You are also on the school team!"

The two looked at each other and smiled, Shen Qin rubbed his head in embarrassment: "I just learned baseball haha, but I didn't go after that."

Lin Duo shrugged his shoulders: "I saw you a few times in the school's off-campus competitions, no wonder I think you look familiar."

When Lin Duo said this, Shen Qin understood. Obviously, this person is a high school student. There is a baseball training field in their school that is the size of an adult, and it is often used as a playing field for several high schools.But high school students and filming commercials... Shen Qin had never met such a person in his life, so he was a little curious for a while.

Of course, Lin Duo's appearance is fine, but there are so many good-looking people in the world, it's impossible for everyone to come out to shoot commercials!
"Let's go, let's go~" Ai Li had already run to the pumpkin patch first, beckoning to the two people behind.

It was all up to this point, and Shen Qin was powerless to refuse, so he could only wave to Ji Jia, signaling the coffee in his hand and Lin Duo beside him, to go to the pumpkin patch first.

The process of choosing pumpkins was very boring, not only for Shen Qin, an outsider, but even Lin Duo just sat weakly on the side railing, watching his sister shuttle through the pumpkin field and said to Shen Qin helplessly: "Kids like to pick pumpkins! We all just like to play ghosts and scare people!"

Shen Qin is not interested in either of these.

"Lindo!"

In the distance, a group of boys waved towards them. Lin Duo, who was half dead just now, immediately said goodbye to Shen Qin with great energy and ran away.

Shen Qin couldn't help but smile when he saw them walk away shoulder to shoulder, although he didn't like this activity, he might still be happy to accompany Yuri and Ji Jia,
"Hmph! I know baseball all day long!" Ai Li complained as she sat next to Shen Qin holding a little pumpkin and pouting.

Now that Shen Qin heard the word 'baseball', his ears would perk up: "Oh~ he just said the training ground, so is he also from the school team?"

In American high schools, the "varsity team" of baseball is different. There can be many people in it. It may be that only a few people on the official list can say that they are official members of the varsity team.

"Lindor is the Warriors' ace pitcher!"

What Ai Li said made Shen Qin completely stunned. The Warrior Church High School is a famous baseball school. Every year there are many outstanding students who get university scholarships or directly participate in the draft because of their baseball talent.

Naturally, the baseball team of this kind of school is also the strongest, and can be called the ace pitcher in such a team!Then it must be really strong!
Moreover, high school baseball is different from professional baseball. Pitchers in the National League can swing a bat, while pitchers in the American League basically give up their bats in order to protect their bodies.But pitchers in high school are very hard, because there is no DH system, basically they have to hit every time they hit, and they have to hit well!Can be called the ace, a pitcher who can't hit!It will hold back the team!
After all, in high school, it is a watershed for physical fitness. Unlike the younger groups, who basically shoot strong and beat weak, in high school, with the length of physical development and training, the skills and strength of the hitters are getting stronger and stronger. At this stage, pitchers will be at a disadvantage because they seldom have access to truly professional technical guidance, so hitting is particularly critical at this time!
That's why there is a saying that an ace pitcher's hit is also good.There are also many reasons why college pitchers later turned to full-time fielders.

Thinking of this, Shen Qin instantly regained his spirits. The most powerful peers he has ever come into contact with are nothing more than Kou Chi, Xiao Minuze and the regular players in the team. This suddenly jumped out of No.1 who is growing up, and he became interested in an instant. .After all, things like Yuri's are finished products, and it's too far away to be positioned as a goal!

(End of this chapter)