soul of baseball

Chapter 667
From the winter meeting to the present, the major leagues have been in a state of flux, which annoys me, a real-life record-seeker!
today!here we go again!Day Oh!Let me write well!
The major leagues started using the pitch timer for the first time in spring training, but big names jumped up to speak out. (It is well known that the kershaw big ball king is relatively slow to throw the ball, if it really takes 20 seconds...)
According to an ESPN reporter, the major leagues intend to postpone the timer until the fall of 2020, but put forward some thoughtful conditions to the players union in exchange.

(I think the major leagues are crazy. The two years of free market ice have made the players dissatisfied. Look at the two years of cheap contracts. Holland's old blood cheated me by the way~~~)

(The footsteps of the strike are getting closer! I bought an annual fee, don't do this!)

According to the report, the quid pro quo proposed by MLB is very meaningless, and I think it will only make the players more irritable.

After all, it is to shorten the game time!Pooh!

1: Restricted pitchers must face at least 3 batters. (The era of one-man pitchers will end? Why should this interesting arrangement that tests scheduling ability be restricted! It really makes people crazy!)

(It should be difficult for the players to agree on this point, let's focus on it.)
2: Reduce the number of pauses. (Theoretically the easiest point to pass, after all, pause is generally to relax, and most of what you say is nonsense.)
3: Change the number of players on the login list. (The problem that the pellets should worry about.)
4: Restrict fielders from pitching. (The reason why fans will object is sometimes quite interesting. Does garbage time allow pitchers to force the bullpen to be consumed?) Remember Kung Fu Panda's big curve ball haha?
5: Single transaction limit. (The same is something that the team is worried about, after all, the boss is paying.)
According to the current labor agreement regulations of the major leagues, any changes to the rules of the season need to be approved by the players, but as long as the league proposes to the players union one year in advance, even if the players union rejects it, the major league chairman has the right to directly implement the pitch timer.

But now the relationship between labor and management is not the absolute repression in the past. Being tough will only force the players to strike.

Therefore, moderate negotiations still have to be carried out.Today's social network media is so developed, and players like to go to blabla by themselves, it will definitely be troublesome if they don't handle it well.

投球计时器这东西早在2015年就于小联盟的2A和3A球队正式启用，无人在垒时限制时间15秒，垒上有人则是限时20秒。不同的是打者定时在倒数7秒规定就位。（对比参照上一章还是上上章忘记了。）
So a lot of minor league players pitch fast when they're just being pulled into the big leagues.

***: About Miles Mikolas, the slider devil: a plot character that will be rewritten in my book.

It's hard for me to handle him when he's doing so well.

The so-called saying that right-handers can overcome right-handers and be afraid of left-handers doesn't seem to be certain for him.

It is well known that Bauer and Corbin, the two major slider monsters in the league, only dared to make 28% of their sliders into strikes and away when facing backhand hitters.

And mikolas is as high as 46%
*: Luke Voit, the best four-seam fastball hitter in the league!I've seen this kid play since he was a little bit older.

Later, almost everyone was looking forward to being selected by his hometown team. I still remember that when he made his debut, it turned out to be because of the base on the touch ball.

I don't know if it was because I was not excited enough to play in St. Louis since I was a child. The little fat guy always couldn't play well.

After being traded to New York to raise chickens in the second half of last year, it finally ushered in a big explosion.

For the players, most of them have two situations. One is that they don’t adapt to the big market teams. There is a lot of pressure from the team, there is a lot of competition, and the reaction of the fans is also big.

The second is the excited type. Instead, they don't like the slow-moving feeling of the small market.

*****Five-star focus: about technical decentralization!
For the valuable players in the minor leagues, many children have already reached the level of standing in the major leagues.

But at the beginning of the season, the teams chose to let them stay in the minor leagues for a while. (You can have the right to use the basic salary for one more year if the number of days is stuck.)
Take the time to talk about service time in detail, because it is also linked to the plot.

………………

A circle was crowded around the pitcher's mound, and Xi Chuan suddenly asked, "Are you all in a daze? Have you forgotten who their ninth batter is?"

Everyone was silent, and then they groaned!

UCLA's ninth bat is their catcher Kelly!

Heavy artillery!

It's just that there are too many gunners in their team, so it's not so conspicuous to be ranked ninth.

"It was so late on their list that they almost forgot!"

Xi Chuan emphasized: "It's not that I almost forgot! It's that the family forgot!"

It's very troublesome for Kelly to come in ninth.

One is out now because of luck and the vigilance of the catcher, but the runner on third base is running fast.

Then it would be very problematic if the first and second bases are empty.

If you walk the seventh base and grab a double play, it would be best if you succeed. If you don't succeed, you will face the embarrassing situation of having the bases loaded and 1 out, or having two people on base on the next run and facing Gunner Kelly.

How to choose?The team members turned their heads to look at Kara!

In his first season as a coach, Kara has a lot to learn like the players. Every actual combat and difficult situation is a process of accumulating experience.

To guarantee or not to guarantee?
Kara hesitated.

Double kills are not 100% successful, but it is equally difficult to catch two outs in a row!No one can give certain guarantees.

If the opponent's sixth bat just now hadn't been overjoyed, Shen Qin was watching closely, and the perfect cooperation between Papa in center field and first baseman Nolan, how troublesome and thrilling the current situation would be!
"What do you think about so much? If you lose points, just lose points. Just hit back! If you lose today, you lose, and if you win tomorrow, it's fine. Don't put pressure on the Persian cat!" Shen Qin was annoyed. He pulled Scherzer back.

Kara looked at her little team members, and spoke in a very proud tone just now. In fact... how could she not be nervous.

"Okay, walk! You can vote as you want! If you fail once, there will be another time, and the infield defense will keep up!"

As he spoke, he patted Scherzer on the head: "That's a group of semi-professional players, they eat more than you, good or bad, they always take it with them, don't be nervous. My debut has even hit XXX!"

XXX is the absolute big pitcher of the last generation, and Kara did bombard that great god when he made his major league debut.

That being said, it's really consoling.

The teammates rushed away, only Shen Qin stayed behind with a smile: "I am so good at fighting, why are you worried, and you don't want you to close the door?"

Scherzer rolled his eyes, this is just making fun of himself for being shot by the goodbye slam~
"It's over to you!"

Leave it to your teammates!Catch a double kill!

walk!
1 out!

There are people on first and third base!

Shen Qin glanced at the hitter standing on the strike zone, and the opponent kept looking back at the strike zone.

Does the other team's head coach have new instructions?
The head coach's actions are very complicated, a bunch of fake ones can't guess the point at all.

Shen Qin inserted his fingers into the faceguard and poked his own face. Is this a pursuit of a hit or a far-reaching high-flying sacrifice?

do not care!
Instead of thinking about the other party's various interferences on your side, it's better to focus on the key points on your side!

In sight, the front foot of the batter ground heavily on the ground a few times.

Moving up, the stick is held shorter.

Shen Qin's eyes widened!He doesn't know what other people's habits are, but he pays special attention to this.

In pursuit of stability against comparable pitchers, he generally holds a slightly shorter grip to increase observation time.

This is obviously not about chasing Gao Fei and sacrificing it!

The situation is more serious than he expected.

Pursue infield grounding with a very low ball?
Shen Qin shook his head and always felt that there was something wrong, so he subconsciously looked in the direction of third base. He felt that the eighth bat was unusual.

When Xi Chuan reached the second and third bases, he half-bowed and didn't look at the home plate, but made a signal in the direction of the second base.

Guerrilla and second base all come forward!
Weird arrangement~
The batter was stunned, but he didn't have time to go back and ask the coach again.Shen Qin had already assigned the ball to the Persian cat when Xi Chuan was giving the signal!

That's right!It's a blow in the opposite direction!This is what the head coach of the opposing team wants!

High!Unexpected high ball!

With the Persian cat's ball control can do it!
Come come come!Get a curveball that won't fall!

Deliberate precision strikes are difficult!False 'missing pitches' within control are harder!
Scherzer has a high-spinning perfect curveball, which is made even more powerful by tying it to excellent ball handling.

Turning it around, it has a slight stickiness unique to pine tar.

Scherzer isn't against the use of pine tar, but isn't dependent on it either.He'll spend about the same amount of time training with and without, and comparing.

Does pine tar really work?

Speaking of big is actually not that big, especially for players with relatively mature bodies and skills.

Using pine tar to enhance ball control in cold weather is great for pitchers, but why not for batters?At least a touch ball that can avoid a large probability.

However, once the weather warms up, there will be a tacit understanding between shooting and hunting, reducing or indirectly cutting off the oil for a period of time, allowing the body to get used to it.

This is the case with Xie Erze and Shen Qin, they will minimize the number of times they use it.

Just now on the mound, Shen Qin secretly rubbed and touched the Persian cat's hands. His palms and fingertips were covered with sweat, and the hotness was mixed with wet and sticky coldness. It was obviously not easy to control the ball well.

It just stuck a little bit.

Scherzer didn't think so at all, and glared fiercely at Shen Qin behind the home plate: This person is too courageous, and when he likes himself, he can't help but sneak around on such occasions a handful?

Can't we just wait until the game is over?
Forget it, shoot the ball first!
I was really flattered in my heart, I was really amazingly beautiful, and I burst out with a good touch!
The shoulders are opened very comfortably, and the arms are waving extremely smoothly!
The ball drew a beautiful arc high, and the hitter stared intently, as if judging where the ball landed.

Catch the ball heart!Catch a hit!
coming!

The stick was sent out, and it was not affected by the strange low speed of the ball at all...

Can't fall?Then there is no need to come down!send out!
Pong!
hit!
Shen Qin squatted up, watched the ball fly heavily past the pitcher Qiu Li immediately got up and ran to first base, if there was any emergency, he needed to make up for it.

Don't wear it out!Never wear it out!
"Go back! Home plate!"

"go back!"

Xi Chuan's roar was broken, and Shen Qin didn't even have time to think about it. His body had spontaneously paused and immediately turned around and returned to home base!
He understood what Xi Chuan meant, he stopped grabbing first and second bases, what he wanted was not to lose points!

Facing a pitcher like Heimrich, one point, maybe only this point!

No matter how loud they were with Kara just now, the reality is that they can't afford to lose a single point!
stop!stop!
Ball Jr. at third base rushed back!

Snapped!
The black and yellow hat is flying high, and the golden hair is shaking with the movement of the body!
That glove stopped the ball!

Coach fell to the ground!
With the left forearm on the ground, I half-squatted up!
It's too late to get up!

Fetch, throw...

Pepe caught the ball directly while running, stepped on the second base bag and jumped over the sliding runner, and passed the ball to the home plate in the air!
From the corner of Shen Qin's eyes, he looked at the runner who came back from third base!The time for the ball to come back was estimated almost instantly, and it was too late!
do not care!
The body moves the left leg back by catching the ball!

Snapped!
When catching the ball, the upper body turns sideways directly with the arm!
The left leg also turned in the same direction because of this action, and the knee, calf, blocked the runner!
Little Ball's eyes widened in disbelief, and the front foot of the sliding base slanted out along Shen Qin's leg, just a short distance away from the home plate!
The chief judge has already arched his arms: "OUT!"

6-4-2 double play!

Depend on!Little Bauer jumped up in a flash, his gentle personality has nothing to do with the current situation!

It's the outcome!
"The catcher fouled! Blocked home plate!"

The referee was stunned, and then patiently explained to Ball Jr.: "The second baseman passed the ball a little less because his body was unbalanced in the air. The ball was passed very low just now. So I paid special attention to the catcher's Foot, no heel pedal, no suspicion of blocking home plate."

"That was before, half of his body was blocking home plate when I came back, okay?"

The chief judge half-raised his hand. Although he was always gentle with the child himself, there was still a measure: "Calm down, after that it was a standard tag, and he didn't block the home plate! I repeat, I made a point of noticing that his heels weren't on home plate!"

"I didn't tell you this! You..."

The head coach of UCLA didn't hesitate to take Ball, who had a rare temper, by his jersey and carried him back to the waiting room: "Hold on, don't get sent off!"

Puhahahe~ Mao'er came up to him meanly holding melon seeds: "You have seen it! There is no such thing as the cheapest catcher!"

Little Bauer stared at the man, heaved a sigh of relief for a while, and then held back the little bitch in front of him without a slap! "Get someone to get the video, I want to watch it in slow motion! It's so easy! I want to watch it now! Why is there no challenge in the regular season!"

"This ball challenge is useless."

　Travel may be suspended for another month until the big league kicks off
　　Of course, maybe I have time to write in the evening.

　　Anyway, just write when it's empty
　　If you are busy all the time, there is nothing you can do, and you will know when the time comes.

　　so~sorry~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)