The original intention of the diamond ace

Matsuo's talent is quite amazing: he seems to be able to judge other people's thoughts, and it is as accurate as seeing the short future, which makes him not only match the ball, but also has a frighteningly high hit rate.But he didn't join the Little League before, so he didn't deliberately hone his enviable talent.Therefore, his shortcomings are also obvious: as a catcher, except for the ball distribution, he almost does not do very well. Although he can hit the ball, it is difficult to hit it well.

Director Kataoka and Coach Ochiai saw his talent and current weakness, hesitated for a long time, and finally decided to let him join the first army, and asked me to form a partner with him, and let me take him well.

I looked at the excited Matsuo with a bit of dumbfounding, I didn't expect it to be realized so soon, it seems that I have to put an insurance policy on my mouth.

After that, I started practicing and competing with him.

After playing a few games with him, I gradually got to know Matsuo a little bit, and found that besides his magical sixth sense, his personality is also quite interesting.

For a rookie catcher, he was surprisingly confident with his distribution.Once during a game, I felt that there was no need to take such a risk and shook my head at his dribbling.To my surprise, his expression immediately turned cold, and he stubbornly issued the same signal again.I nodded a little amusedly, and agreed to his match.

Just when I thought he was the type who was tough on the court, I had to see a different place in him...

"Double hit!"

"Oh oh oh! As expected of the captain!"

"Good job!! Keep going!"

The players on the opposite bench area cheered loudly for their captain, and the people on second base raised their right hands high after taking off their protective gear...

Matsuo at the home plate raised his hand in a panic, and said to the referee behind him, "For now, pause!"

The chief judge nodded and shouted: "Pause!"

I watched him run up a little strangely, "I didn't..." He interrupted me before I finished speaking.

"Senior!! What should I do!...I'm sorry! It's all my fault!..." He said incoherently.

"It's okay, it's okay...Leave it to me...It's not your fault, no matter how good the pitcher is, he will be kicked out..." I comforted him speechlessly.

When the timeout came, he went back in a panic, just when I was a little worried, but he was quite confident in his dribbling...

Don't worry about him...

After the game, I asked him strangely: "Didn't you always be a catcher in middle school? Why are you still... so unfamiliar?" I struggled to find a more euphemistic adjective.

"Uh..." he scratched his head in embarrassment, "Actually, I've always been a bullpen catcher...because I can't communicate with pitchers a little bit, and they don't want to partner with me." There's only a little... I said.

"I wouldn't be so nervous before, I just feel that senior is very reliable..." He explained a little embarrassingly, "I will definitely correct it in the future!"

"Well... there is no need to change it!"

"Yes, yes!"

"Yeah!" I laughed a little mischievously, and thought to myself, serving the ball is the catcher's job, so it's good to be confident. As for the character who yells when he gets hit, he's also pretty good, anyway. The current starters in the team don't need him to comfort them...

The following days were the same as before. With the increase in the number of games, the tacit understanding between teammates became better and better. This year, we won almost all the games.

In a blink of an eye, I arrived at the last Hagar qualifier.

The game went to the quarterfinals.

"Harada! Here!" An old man in the stands stood up and waved to his friends who were looking around at the door.

Harada squeezed over sweating, "Oh my God! Noguchi. Why are there so many people watching the game? Isn't it just the quarterfinals?"

"I told you before, the number of fans of Qingdao has increased a lot in the past two years, and the number of people watching their games has also increased."

"Really? I always watch Tigers games, so I don't know much about high school baseball."

"Hahaha, I started paying attention to Qingdao five years ago. At that time, two very powerful pitchers came to Qingdao. At first, a powerful pitcher became the ace, and then another very noisy guy became the ace. , You should have seen them when you watched professional baseball games, I remember they all went professional, right?"

"Oh! That loud pitcher is Sawamura, right? He's also very loud in games now."

"Yes Yes!"

"There are also big players. This year's rookie is... Hongo of the Hokkaido Ham Fighters? Or Furutani of the Tokyo Giants?"

"Yes! It's Jianggu!"

"But I still like the pitcher who comes in next year, I've noticed since he was a freshman, and now he's an ace—"

"Oh! Is it Oda Kazu!"

"Huh? Yes! You know him!"

"Hahaha! "Cyborg" is getting a lot of attention! I remember that he has a very arrogant strategy, which seems to be a double play preview? Everyone is guessing which team he will go to in the future."

"In fact, he seldom used the double-kill notice. At the beginning, he used it only as a last resort. Speaking of which, I heard that he is in good condition recently. Today's game is not unexpected, and Qingdao probably won."

"Is the pitcher nicknamed "Artificial Man" in good condition? Isn't he always famous for his stable performance?"

"No! His condition is getting better and better. After the end of the spring season, whether it is an official game or a practice match, the total number of points lost seems to be only a few points. In the first few games of the qualifiers, he has not lost any points! "

"How can this be called recent? It's been almost half a season! I suddenly wonder how much his signing bonus will be—tsk tsk tsk."

At this time, a list of smooth runs appeared on the display screen: Aomichi's first stick was Takuma Seto; Tai; seven sticks Yura Nishimura; eight sticks Sugi Yamashizu; nine sticks; Oda Kazu.

"This is the "Killer Bee" hitting the line! It's quite famous. Oh! Why is Oda on the ninth bat? I heard that his hitting is pretty good."

"He was actually a five-bat before. After the two pitchers retired, it should be the supervision to reduce his pressure. He gradually became a nine-bat. In fact, the impact will not be great until now. After all, except for seven For the two first grades of Bang and Bab, there are very few other schools that can suppress them all the time."

"Oh! So amazing!"

……

After a while, the players of the two teams entered the court and began to warm up, quickly adapted to the court, and the game began!