soul of baseball

Chapter 23 The debut combination of hunting and catching

Yuri squatted behind the home plate, but his face under the mask twitched. This unlucky kid turned out to be such a fool when he was caught in the camera!I clapped my hands because it was too rhythmic!
But the jump in thinking is only for a moment. Although it is spring training, once you are on the court, you have to take every game seriously!
Shooting is always the first group to come to spring training, and he and pitcher Mike Lee are no exception as rookies, so there is enough time to run in with each other before the warm-up match, so there is no problem with cooperation.What's more, who can gain a firm foothold in the major leagues, who is not experienced in many battles, and has a high degree of completion.

Yuri, the right-handed hitter who was in the strike zone at the first bat, didn't know him at all. He presumably was a guy from the minor leagues for spring training.

But of course it doesn’t matter if you don’t know the opponent. In the major leagues, most at-bat arrangements have rules. For example, the first at-bat is usually given to the player with a higher on-base percentage, and then the strong at-bats behind you are sent back.Of course, that is a stable first at bat, which is not necessarily the case in this kind of spring training, but fast legs are certain. After all, if you are slow, you can't get on base no matter how high your batting average is, so what's the point of getting on base? Base rate.

Is the hitting rate high?That'll keep you off base.

Yuri gestured to Mike Lee, asking for Mike Lee's special skill, the sinker!
Mike Lee nodded, raised his legs, stepped, stretched, and waved his arms!
The ball is low, the ball is fast, and the hitter hits the ball easily.

At that moment, he frowned, obviously not achieving the expected effect.

The bat broke, and it was nothing more than a weak infield ground ball that was easily picked up by the second baseman and passed into the glove of the fielder standing on first base, and the batter was out!

"Beautiful!" Chen Jianbo clapped his hands: "Audience friends, it may seem that this ball is very ordinary, so let me explain to you, Mike Lee's sinker is very perfect, so what is a sinker? A sinker is A ball that turns quickly inside the hitter before hitting home plate and sinks, which can make it very difficult for a hitter to release, especially if Mike Lee is a right-hander! That's even more of a challenge!"

Ye Ping continued: "Yes, Mr. Chen's beautiful praise just now should be the choice between shooting and catching. Don't think that it is bad if the ball is hit. You must know that pitchers have limited physical strength. Maybe there will be more problems with the ball control, and it is easy to miss the required position. Or the ball is high and hit a hit or even a home run! Then there will be big trouble!"

"So it would be best to be able to finish off the hitter in the fewest number of pitches. This kind of sinker is obviously a good choice. It solves the hitter with one ball, takes advantage of the excitement of the rookie hitter, and gives a seemingly A good ball path lured the bat out, but the ball fell down the moment he swung the bat, and the bat hit the upper part of the ball. This resulted in the infield ball we just saw, and it was very weak! You have also seen it , the second baseman ran a few steps forward before picking it up."

——Then is the catcher better or the pitcher better?

--The same question.

——Do you feel that watching baseball requires intelligence?
——But I think the catcher is more relaxed in baseball except for using his brain. After all, he doesn't need to run.Is it a particularly long career?
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"The audience is very enthusiastic!" Chen Jianbo said, "I will explain to you based on the questions you asked just now. Let me first talk about who is the best. Of course, they are all the best. The catcher is good, and the pitcher is also good. Haha~"

"Ms. Chen is really humorous." Ye Ping continued: "Just kidding, but I want to veto the easy topic of the catcher that my friend just said! The career of a catcher is actually nothing but a few famous iron catchers. Not long. The reason for this is that the catchers are so tired! It’s not easy at all! They need to keep squatting and squatting! Throwing and passing! It’s simply the most exhausting position.”

"Maybe some friends will ask what about pitchers? Everyone should know that pitchers have rotations and rests! But that's not the case with a main catcher. You can't hand over half of the game to the bench, because the tacit understanding between pitching and catching is not good. It can come out with regular practice.”

"And a good catcher, his ability to support and guide on the field is also extraordinary. You often change players, let alone pitchers, even fielders are not used to it!"

"So in the playoffs, you can often see a catcher squatting to the end! Don't get me wrong, I'm talking about a squat to the end is not a game! It's a series of games!"

"So a catcher basically squats for a few years before his knees are useless, and he will be assigned to guard first base!"

——Baby is tired from hearing it!

——It’s not easy being a catcher!

——I feel sorry for Miyuki!

——Who is Miyuki?
——Have you not watched Ace of Diamonds?The genius catcher inside is Miyuki Kazuya!

——...Well, it seems that the baseball series has indeed led many people to watch baseball, which is a good thing!

Ye Ping couldn't stop laughing when he saw this: "Speaking of which, I like baseball because of comics. Teacher Chen, we are about the same age. You should have read "Baseball Heroes"?"

"Of course I have seen it, haha~ Although this is a love story interspersed with baseball... but it can be considered an enlightenment!"

--Me too!

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"If you have a friend who reads Japanese jobs, you will definitely feel that today's arrangement is a bit strange. The shortstop ran between the first and second bases, and the right side was completely blocked."

Chen Jianbo replied: "Yes, this may be a very rare hitter in Asia!"

Ye Ping said: "Since we are talking about sluggers, we have to specially introduce Lake, who is now in the Twin Cities. He is a member of the 345 Club."

——Confused!What's the meaning?
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"I'm sorry~ I'm sorry~" Ye Ping coughed twice to cover up his embarrassment. This is really a habit of saying it on the platform, but he didn't change his habit after the live broadcast: "The 345 club is actually a standard for strong hitters, representing 4% Batting percentage, [-]% hit rate, and [-]% slugging rate~ I believe everyone can see how strong Lake is by looking at the approximate data!"

"You may not have noticed on the screen just now. Yuri made a signal to the fielders when Lake came on the field, so the shortstop obviously moved to the right. This is the ability of a good catcher. Others have to believe you! I will listen to you, of course, the coach must have delegated authority haha~"

"Now let's see if Yuri's defense is successful..."

The conversation here is in full swing, but Yuri, who has dealt with two hitters one after another, is very serious about this hitter, because this guy is too strong, strong and skilled. There are many intersections.

Yuri tilted his head and nodded to Lake, which was regarded as a greeting.

So ~ what kind of ball should I use to deal with him ~ this slugger who has a batting average of nearly 4% against the sinker...

　The transition will be a bit cumbersome recently because you need to intersperse baseball common sense in front of it. If you don't understand the rules, it will look very confusing, so please bear with me!

　　
　
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