soul of baseball

Chapter 19 Getting Started
Yuri has been quite busy recently, perhaps because he needs to prepare a lot before spring training after changing the team.

So when Shen Qin entered school, because Ji Jia had an accident and didn't come back, he had to let Yuri's agent Xu Jia lead people there.

Tommy Jay Church Secondary School.

Unlike in China, Shen Qin was directly received by the principal here.

The principal, Downey, is a little old man. He doesn't have the majesty of the principal at all. On the contrary, he is very kind. He even shook hands with Shen Qin: "Welcome Qin~"

This kind of sincere intimacy made Shen Qin dumbfounded, and could only wave with Tang Ni's hand.

"Please take a seat! Didn't expect Yuri's brother to come to our school! That's great! All our St. Louis Cardinals fans welcome him, and it's great to have him take over from Benjamin!" (Needed by the plot, Brother Molina, don't blame me)

Feelings are not welcoming yourself?Shen Qin was simply confused. The charm of baseball could still be extended from the field, but... "Who is Benjamin?"

"Ahem!" Xu Jia coughed twice in embarrassment, "It's Yuri's big brother..."

...Shen Qin was speechless: "Brother ~ what about the second brother?"

"Hessel, in the sailor..."

"Is it also a team in the major league?" Although Shen Qin is learning baseball knowledge as quickly as possible, he still doesn't know how many teams there are in the major league.

Xu Jia had no choice but to cover his head in embarrassment, and quickly discussed the admission details with the principal, then took Shen Qin to the car, flicked the tablet a few times and handed it over: "You still need to know these basic common sense, Otherwise, your classmates will laugh at you! Especially you... Now as a member of the Molina family! Each of the three brothers in the family has a talent far beyond ordinary people as a catcher, and you... Ahem, regardless of talent, if you even If you don't even know basic baseball information...it's too..."

"Shame!" Shen Qin rolled his eyes and took the ipad, feeling dizzy for a while. Well, he only knows the St. Louis Cardinals, Houston Astros and New York Yankees with the team logos on it.It's embarrassing to say that in this baseball country.

Major League Baseball, or MLB for short, has 30 teams in total, divided into the National League and the American League.

The two alliances are divided into three districts: east, middle and west according to the geographical area.

Leaving aside the American League, Yuri's current location is the St. Louis Cardinals, which belong to the Central Division of the National League. Besides the Cardinals, there are four other teams, namely the Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates and Milwaukee Brewers. .The five teams in the East are the Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Mets, Washington Nationals and Miami Marlins.In the West are the Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants, San Diego Padres, Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks.

And each team has to play 162 regular games in the season every year, and the later playoffs depend on the team's winning percentage.

沈秦觉得自己很晕，一年162场……而棒球季是在4月到10月，短短半年要打162场，365/2=182.5……也就是说天天都要比赛还不够用？这比NBA可要夸张多了……

Thinking of this, I remembered that the catcher has to squat for more than 100 days a year... In every game, there is an infinite loop of squatting and squatting... Shen Qin suddenly felt a little sympathetic to Yuree, and by the way made up his mind to be a glorious outfielder good!
etc!Why should I be an outfielder?I want to be a glorious surgeon!

Calmly returning the ipad to Xu Jia, Shen Qin felt that he would gradually remember it under the influence of his ears and eyes in the future, there is no need to cram for now!

But... "Why was Yuri traded?"

Xu Jia sneered: "Isn't that what professional players are like? To those teams, they are commodities first and people second."

This is a rough statement, but Shen Qin can understand it. After all, the team wants to make money.

"The Astros felt they needed an older, steady catcher, and Yuri was too casual. You know, like being late? Things like that. And conflicts with umpires and stuff like that..."

Shen Qin was a little embarrassed, ahem ~ It seems that is indeed the case. Although Yuri helped him, as bosses and coaches, they must like more obedient players!After all, no one wants to be thorny!

"They will be very good at it." Xu Jia sighed, and he could hear that he was very annoyed: "No one can compare to Yuri, he is the best!"

Although Huang Po is suspected of selling melons and boasting, Shen Qin still supports Xu Jia!However, he could also see that although Yuri was a little sad, his emotions were not depressed because of this, so there was no need to worry!As long as there are results in the future, everything today will only become a driving force!
Just like in the previous life, there were many people who looked down on Shen Qin!But who didn't praise him later?

Spring training hasn't started yet, it's too early to worry about these things, Shen Qin is still more worried about his own problems, the more restrained environment in China makes it impossible for him to communicate with people normally in school, let alone in the big environment of the United States , is really anxious!

The only thing better than expected is that this is not the church school that Ji Jia mentioned earlier.

I was thinking wildly here, and the radio in the car had already started reporting that Yuri had officially signed a contract with the St. Louis Cardinals. When it came to the salary, Shen Qin opened his mouth wide in shock!Feeling that the money I worked hard in my previous life for more than ten years was only a fraction of the annual salary of others? ? ?

"Haha~" Xu Jia was also amused by Shen Qin's appearance: "It will be higher in the future! But I didn't expect your English to improve so fast? It's not even half a year, right?"

Shen Qin was also puzzled by this point, his memory was much better when he returned to his youth, but it was also due to Ji Jia's force-feeding.

"Anyway, come on!" Xu Jia turned up the volume of the radio: "Don't worry, Yuri and his wife are very nice, but they are just a little busy. Anyway, I will pick you up when they are not free! So you are in St. Louis It will be a good time! Definitely!"

Xu Jia blinked after finishing speaking, which really made Shen Qin relax a bit, anyway, it is much better now than before!
future!

Just look at Yuri!
Everyone will be fine!

(End of this chapter)