soul of baseball

Chapter 66 Difficult
"Why do you look scared?" Yuri knocked on Shen Qin's helmet, feeling very emotional in his heart. Although the kid's interest in baseball is increasing day by day, even to the point of stealing protective gear, the progress is too fast. It's really not a good thing.

Although the catcher needs to be raised slowly, Yuri still hopes that while he is teaching Shen Qin's experience and skills, he can first focus on the position of the fielder. If he really wants to be a catcher, the later the day comes, the better.If you really take the road of baseball, I hope that the day when you squat and catch will be in the minor leagues or colleges, one day later!Professional life is just one day longer!
Yuri has seen too many good catchers ruined by knee injuries. Frequent squat catches wear down their knees and have to leave the major leagues. Those with bats also transfer to first base or become dedicated DH... Although His career is still going on, but for a player who really loves the catcher position, this is not only a pity, but also a torture!
He doesn't want Shen Qin to experience this in the future, if possible!It would be nice to be able to hold on to that position safely until the day it really ends!So he specially trained Shen Qin's field skills, for the catcher... Let him be late.

Shen Qin blushed immediately, and was caught on the spot doing something sneaky, it couldn't be more embarrassing!What's even more embarrassing is that his behavior is too childlike...

"I...I want to try!" After saying this, it seemed that it would not be so difficult later, Shen Qin became excited again after speaking: "I performed well in today's practice match...their catcher...our catcher... ...both amazing! Whether it's containment or skill! I think that too...think of them!"

I want to be more like you... This sentence almost blurted out, but Shen Qin swallowed it at the critical moment!At the same time, I was also shocked!Unknowingly, he didn't expect Yuri and baseball to have such a big impact on him.

Yuri looked at the hopeful look in Shen Qin's eyes and the excited expression on his face, and knew that what he said was serious.At the moment, my heart was both relieved and entangled, and I didn't know what to do for a while.

It turns out... Is this what it feels like to bring a child up?
"Hey..." Yuri sighed and squatted down, waved at Shen Qin to signal him to squat down too, then shrugged helplessly as he looked at Shen Qin who was squatting in decent shape: "How does it feel... this body Put it on."

Seeing that Yuri showed no signs of anger, Shen Qin also heaved a sigh of relief, stretched his arms and said, "Very good! I like this helmet! And the mask?"

"Call it whatever you want! Is it heavy? If you like it so much now, don't faint until summer."

This is true. Compared with the fielders who stand and blow the air, the catchers not only usually have to squat all over the field, but even the protective gear can make people feel suffocated.But Shen Qin didn't care, after all, he used to be Xiaoqiang who fetched water for the children in the courtyard for more than ten years in the dog days!The physical fitness at that time was still far worse than it is now.

"Not afraid!"

I don't say whether it's heavy or not, or whether I'm dizzy or not, just not afraid!
Yuri sighed and pulled the basket to his side: "Relax your left hand and let it hang down."

Shen Qin was stunned for a moment. Although it was his first time to wear protective gear, Yuri taught him a lot of other basic knowledge. As a catcher, when catching the ball, he had to carry his right hand behind his back and raise his left hand. They were ready to catch the ball, but at this moment Yuri asked him to put down his left hand: "Then how to catch it?"

Yuri patted his chest: "Do you think this body is for you to play Superman? Use your chest to block the ball." Then he threw the ball over.

Naturally, the ball he throws is not very powerful, but Shen Qin is a rookie when it comes to stopping the ball with his chest. Maybe he should practice football first?
Because the breastplate is said to be inelastic, the baseball will bounce off when it touches it, and even Shen Qin's quick eyes can't react to it.

"Boom."

"puff."

"..."

Shen Qin was speechless. There were so many balls that none of them said they were blocked in front of them.What if the pitcher is pitching?

Shen Qin couldn't imagine it, but felt that many of Yuri's seemingly embarrassing movements in the game were actually quite skilled.

"When this happens, the runner on the base will often choose to steal the base. It makes a big difference whether the ball flies out or stops in front of him. The closer the distance, the higher the success rate of the catcher's pass. , Of course, if you are bad at shoulders, you can just treat me as nonsense?" Yuri said and raised his eyebrows: "But this is a normal routine, if you let me do it, it can be divided into two situations, one is the shooting hand control The ball is not stable, I can't catch the ball and can only block it, I don't need to say this, you have seen a lot of it. The other one is more interesting! It is fooling!"

"Flicker?" Shen Qin was a little confused!

Yuri proudly raised his beautiful chin: "Heh~ Let the runner think that he has a chance! In fact, this is just an opportunity I created for him! Let him walk into the trap! Then... click!"

Hiss~ Shen Qin was stunned!He really couldn't imagine this kind of ball that he couldn't control at all with his chest alone, and Yuri actually used him as a trap?You must know that pitchers in the major leagues shoot at high speeds!Powerful ball!

In such a situation, it is a big problem to stop the missed shot, not to mention controlling the direction of the ball in advance, falling within the reach of oneself and then passing to kill the runner!Who the hell is this!
Shen Qin's shocked appearance obviously pleased Yuri, and the speed of throwing the ball accelerated a lot: "The body moves with the ball!"

"Left hand! Didn't I tell you not to raise your hand?"

"Use your chest! Chest!"

"Get up faster!"

Shen Qin bounced back and forth according to the instructions, but he didn't know what to do, the ball was still flying around!
"I'm coming!" Yuri took the large breastplate and put it on, and changed places with Shen Qin: "Come!"

Shen Qin took off his mask, the action just now made him sweat profusely, this kind of action similar to leapfrog was really tiring.

The baseball flew towards Yuri lightly, and Yuri squatted and leaned forward, making the ball stop firmly on the ground in front of him: "Your body must press the ball, no matter where the bad ball flies, your Your body must be in front of the ball in advance!" Yuri said, leaning on the ground, his forehead touching the baseball on the ground: "I will do this kind of exercise every day, in order to be more familiar with the way of the ball, and carefully observe the movement after landing. The ball, they say it is left or right? You have to think about it for a long time! Come again! Speed ​​up!"

Whenever it happened, Yuri would earnestly make Shen Qin feel strange emotions in his heart, stimulating and admiring him!
This time the baseball was changed from a toss to a pitch. Although it was not very hard, the speed was much faster.

"bump!"

Left bad ball!
When Shen Qin was about to throw, Yuri changed his Asian squat to padded his feet. With a flick of his body, he moved very fast and accurately leaned forward to block the ball. When the ball fell to the ground again, Yuri still pressed his head on the ground. On the ball: "Don't let 'em roll any more!"

Shen Qin is convinced, no matter how talented this person is, the sweat he spent is indeed far more than others!
"If you're going to be a catcher! Then remember! After your glove, your body is the last wall! Don't get knocked down so easily!"

Shen Qin nodded.

"Go take a bath and wear new protective gear when you're sweating! And you better explain why you and I hid it from your sister and me for the first match!" Yuri stared, "Although tell me about your brother, me and your sister-in-law? "

As soon as he left the topic of baseball, this person said he was not in good shape. Shen Qin curled his lips, but still carefully took off the protective gear and put it aside, and even wiped it himself.

Yuri was speechless: "What are you dawdling about? Don't you eat?"

Shen Qin didn't dawdle on purpose!He has a guilty conscience, unlike the communication with Yuri's men, Ji Jia doesn't need to say anything, as long as he looks at you with those wronged and innocent eyes, he can knock you down!

Thinking of Shen Qin glaring at Yuri, this is a threat!This person definitely wanted to see his jokes, if he didn't say anything, how could Ji Jia know about his match today?

In fact, he also wanted them to see it!But if you don't perform well in the first play, don't you blame their brand!If I knew I could play at such a level, I would have to pull people over to show off!
Yuri was embarrassed to be seen. This brat's brain is too good to be fooled: "Ahem! We are allies! Good brother! I will definitely not tell her such a thing!"

I believe your evil!Shen Qin rolled his eyes and left first. When he walked to the door, he suddenly turned around and said, "Hey! If I play professional baseball in the future, will my jersey say Qin or Molina? Or Shen?"

Yuri raised his eyes: "Molina, of course! What? Doesn't sound good?"

Ha~ Shen Qin was amused, and muttered softly: "No~ I think it sounds good!"

After saying that, he ran out.

Yuri smiled very relaxedly at the moment, he still has a conscience!
(End of this chapter)