soul of baseball

Chapter 74 The Magical Prediction

Damn new crotch pad!Shen Qin pinched the sweat-soaked yellow crotch protector with two fingers, and dared not smell it at all.

"Hurry up! Qin!"

Outside, Uesugi Hideo was also urging her hard. Shen Qin had no choice but to put it on between wearing it and not wearing it. After all, organs are very fragile~

Tsk!Why does the ventilated mask have a peculiar smell~ But the gloves are so soft that it can be seen that the owner uses them frequently and the shape is well maintained, which shows that they have been carefully maintained.

When the full set of protective gear was put on and went on stage, Shen Qin almost wanted to shout out, he understood his obsession, and he had waited for this day for a long time.

"Is that person okay? Standing there like an idiot." Second basemen Takuma Okamoto and Hideka Uesugi said, "Besides, I don't understand the language. I thought it was a Japanese before."

"If someone makes up the numbers, just laugh." Uesugi Hideo was also very helpless. What could he do? He didn't care about matchmaking or technique. If you want to be a catcher, then you won't act like a fool and put yourself in the middle position: "Okay~ okay~ hurry up!"

"Oh." Shen Qin, wearing bulky protective gear, ran to the back of the home plate and squatted up, and passed the ball with Uesugi Hideya to move his body, and then he officially squatted down and patted his gloves, making an OK comparison Gesture: "Okay!"

As for talking to others... let’s not mention whether they speak English or not. Even if they do, their Japanese English is still creepy!At this moment, Shen Qin was really grateful to Uesugi Chi. If it wasn't for Tian, ​​I believe Uesugi Hide wouldn't have been able to speak so fluently.

Hideo Uesugi on the mound also breathed a sigh of relief, he still knows how to warm up, and he can save... save... Before he finished feeling, Hideo Uesugi almost spit out a mouthful of old blood, hey hey hey~ I told me where are your gloves Where to shoot, but isn't your position too much, can't you tell the difference between good and bad shots?

Shen Qin's glove was placed under the right-hander's knee, and Uesugi Hideo hurriedly shook his head at Shen Qin.

shake your head?Shen Qin was puzzled, although he couldn't imitate Yuri's cool game of codes, but this was the first time in his life to match a ball... Well, the position of the ball!But that's also playing with the ball!Just reject it so simply?

So Shen Qin also shook his head.

Hideo Uesugi was almost dizzy, he could see the weird smile on the beater!Hey, hey, hey... is it really okay to laugh at Future Ace?
time!Shen Qin pointed to his wrist to remind Uesugi Hideya.

Hideo Uesugi has no choice but to wait until the vote is over, but let's vote closer so that he can bring some.

Whoosh!
The ball flew out and went straight to the red center.But Shen Qin was still half-squatting close to the attacker, motionless.

Got it!The hitter swung hard.

But at this time, the ball sank slightly to the right strangely, and Shen Qin's glove moved slightly.

"Bang!" The ball got into the glove

Swing and miss!nice shot!
The hitter was dumbfounded, what about the agreed straight ball?
Hideo Uesugi was also dumbfounded, what happened, is the catcher wearing a magnet?Otherwise, how could it be so accurate?
Of course, Shen Qin didn't have a magnet on his body, even if he had one, the baseball wasn't made of iron.He just has a good memory!

I just memorized all of Hideya Uesugi's pitches outside. Unlike other pitchers' four-seam crisp balls, Hideya Uesugi also pitched two-seam balls. This kind of ball is very interesting and will reach The rapid sinking in front of the home plate, depending on the pitcher's ball control, the sinking range is also different.

Obviously Uesugi Hideya hasn't practiced the ball well, or he didn't notice it at all.

Shen Qin cast a glance at Hideya Uesugi, and he noticed from the sidelines that because of some accidental changes in his grip of the ball, the so-called second-seam fastball was a little bit floating.But obviously the original shooting partners didn't realize it, maybe they just thought it was an occasional problem with the ball.

Of course, if the ball does not sink, then he is sure to catch it in time.Anyway, the straight ball is the so-called fast ball in the United States~
But at this moment, Shen Qin understood what Yuri meant when he said that the Japanese and American sinkers were different.

Or that many of the grips that Japan calls a stretch would be called a changeup in America.

Most Japanese sinkers are not very fast, but more of a curveball.But the sinking ball here in the United States is also called a sinking fastball, and it is not uncommon for it to be faster than 95 miles (however, this record was set yesterday or the day before yesterday, and it was broken by a 21-year-old player in Major League Baseball. Came to 105 miles! It was scary!).

There was no speed gun at the scene, and Shen Qin didn't know how fast Uesugi Hideya was because of his abnormal dynamic vision, but the so-called variety of balls didn't make any sense to him, because as long as he practiced the sinker well, Paired with a speedball is actually enough, especially at this age.

In fact, Shen Qin was a bit exaggerated. He judged a teenager by the players of the major leagues, and he didn't understand the horror of Japanese small ball tactics, so he made a conclusion on his own!
The ball was thrown back to Hideya Uesugi, come again!

At this moment, Shen Qin's gloves were placed between his legs near the home plate.After all, as long as Hideo Uesugi still shoots the second seam, then the ball path can only be judged after the shot, otherwise it is meaningless.

"Whoosh..." The ball came with the sound of the wind, obviously faster than before, and Uesugi Hideo also squinted at Shen Qin's instant movement: What kind of movement is this!
Almost as soon as the ball appeared at the release point, Shen Qin judged that it was just an ordinary speedball!Fly straight towards the landing point of the glove!

It's just that the landing point is too close!As soon as Shen Qin put his toes on the pads, his body bounced off, his right leg straightened and his left leg bent, and the center of gravity of his whole body was lowered. The ball that hit the home plate ahead of time bounced back and got into the glove accurately. .

Phew~ Shen Qin breathed a sigh of relief, and is extremely grateful to Yuri for 'torturing' him!Let him easily spread his legs at this moment, and he can also quickly bounce up and change his posture. If he just went to Asian squats!The result is unbelievable!Maybe the ball hit the crotch as soon as it rebounded!
A little further behind~ It's useless to have a crotch protector!

The hitter was still standing aside in a daze, it wasn't that he didn't have time to swing his bat, but he was frightened by Shen Qin's movements. Can the catcher get up and change his movements so fast?

Thinking of this, he took a closer look at Shen Qin's body shape. Even if he was a little thinner than Ozawa Yuu, the difference shouldn't be that big, right?And what kind of posture is this?Can the center of gravity be pressed so low?Is it a great way to protect the crotch?

In fact, not to mention the hitters, Uesugi Hideo, who is in front of Shen Qin, can see it more clearly than anyone else, and is more surprised than anyone else. He has played since he was a child, has experienced the Little League and the school baseball team, and was promoted from the second army to the first army. , to be honest, because he is talented in pitching and has a fast ball speed, the catchers he is paired with are all very good, but no one has Shen Qin's reflex speed.It was just that he had just shot the ball, and Shen Qin had already changed his posture quickly. Did he judge the way of the ball in an instant?
Impossible... If such a person really exists... that would be too scary!

No... maybe it should be said that I hit the big luck!This is not a half-baked catcher at all!But a well-trained catcher!If not only dedicated to this!
Thinking of this Uesugi Hideya's eyes burned!Their Japanese baseball!I won't lose to anyone!Isn't the results of the Little League games in the past few years better than them?

(End of this chapter)