soul of baseball

Chapter 387 Shen Qin's Partner Persian Cat

Rotterdam in the Netherlands was once the largest port in the world, and the air always feels a little salty and humid.

Of course, this is what Kou Chi said, Shen Qin knew that he was pretending to be thirteen again, and trotted onto the bus.Today is the fifth game, and it's his turn to start.

The catcher is the most tiring member of a team, which is not only reflected in the tactical defense on and off the field, but also in its complicated equipment.

An extremely long equipment bag was stuffed to the brim, and the protective gear for the whole body took up almost all of the space. Those oils and tapes could only be zipped up with the help of stitches.

But today Xi Chuanlong sorted things out, and he also took the bag, saying that it was to get used to the role of assistant in advance, which made Shen Qin a little embarrassed, so he followed up: "I'll do it myself~"

"no need."

Shen Qin had no choice but to run into the car and move into the seat by himself. When Xi Chuan came up, he handed him water. He always felt that if he had an assistant by his side, why would he be nervous? Get in the car Tun Tun!
"Take a break, I'll call you when I get there."

"Okay~" I said it as a staff member instead of a friend, and now I seem to be too embarrassed to refute.

……

Neptune Stadium has a beautiful name, but unfortunately the fans don't buy it too much. There are only spectator seats in the entire stadium that can be counted with one hand. There are 2 seats next to the first base and 3 seats next to the third base. This is too scary.

Shen Qin remembered that the last time he encountered such a cold scene was in the semi-finals of the Missouri State Game~ Unexpectedly, after many years, he met again.

It's a bit of a headache. To put it bluntly, he feels that he is more excited when fans come towards him, unlike now.I was lazy and unmotivated.

Uh~ I don’t have any fans in the Netherlands~
"Why are you in a daze?" Xi Chuanlong patted Shen Qin: "The audience? Although the Netherlands is vigorously promoting baseball, it has a long history, and there are leagues and good facilities. It's a pity~"

Shen Qin softly put on the leggings and pushed him to practice throwing with Xie Erze, and finally regained his senses.

Scherzer was stipulated by Kara to only shoot about 60 pitches, but he was only required to take 5-7 innings, so it was not only him who was tested, but Shen Qin was also one of the targets.

For example, when distributing the ball, if the batter cannot be dealt with all the time, the pitcher will also be a little irritable. Should he continue to try to deal with the batter when his mood fluctuates greatly, or simply choose to walk?
Today's opponents, the Japanese team, are not those high school students, but are all elites selected by the six universities.Many of them were actually able to enter careers when they were in high school. Maybe they wanted to go to college, or maybe they thought they were at the bottom of the list. In short, they were all 'adults' who had hope of entering a career.

They are more powerful, have richer game experience, and correspondingly, are more difficult to deal with.

However, the strongest Cuba has been taken by El Salvador, and they cannot lose to Japan.

Squatting down and half-lifting the glove, Scherzer's ball from the opposite side rushed over~
boom!
Tail strength and pitch are excellent!
Come again!

Shen Qinbi gave the signal for a changeup, and Scherzer turned his hands and adjusted his posture to throw it.

"Bang~" Shen Qin's dynamic vision is very good, and he judged that the ball's entry point was consistent with the position of his glove shortly after the ball was released, so he didn't do anything, and only cared about the ball slowly swinging in~ It was too slow!
Especially compared to Scherzer's speedball, the speed difference between the two is really appalling!

No wonder it was regarded as the decisive goal!Shen Qin waved his hand and threw a few more balls, then the two walked to the field, and touched the opponent's glove by the way: "So excited!"

"What are you excited about!"

"Being able to partner with a big pitcher! Of course I'm excited!"

"Get lost!" Scherzer felt a little helpless towards his today's partner. No matter how you look at him, this person is a bit weird, but he doesn't usually say compliments. Why did he suddenly come to flatter him today?He couldn't help being a little wary: "What do you want to do?"

"That! That!" Shen Qin was a little embarrassed, he didn't understand why Xi Chuanlong asked him to greet Sherzer in advance, but~ now that the 'assistant' is the biggest, he can only accept his fate: "That~ I was very fierce when I squatted and arrested Yes! I have a bad temper~ If it makes you unhappy, don't mind!"

It does not make sense?Shelzer looked at that round face a little confused, what is so fierce?Is milk fierce?But since you have said so, you still agree, how can you be so fierce.

Shen Qin also breathed a sigh of relief, because he had conflicts with the other party before, and he was also worried that it would be bad if there was any conflict with him~ Isn't this what happened on Tanegashima back then~ The consequences are too serious!

……

Faced with the Japanese team Shen Qin, he didn't feel nervous at all. Because of his excellent record against Japan in the past and his relationship with Ryota Sano is pretty good, so the whole person is relaxed at the moment.

The mask was buckled down and he crouched behind home plate.

Scherzer on the mound lowered his head, scratched the mound twice with his spikes, and straightened up until he adjusted to the most suitable feeling of his feet. He looked at the hitter with a shorter bat on the strike zone, Only then did he look at Shen Qin. Although he agreed just now, if there is a problem with the ball distribution, he can not be fierce, but shaking his head is certain. I hope this big round face will not cry when the time comes.

But I have to be as gentle as possible. After all, he is a person who can cry at the head judge Mai Aoao in the WBC semi-finals. Anything is possible!
He never imagined that he was such a kind of person in other people's hearts, and he never imagined that the guy on the mound was making fun of him right now, squatting on the ground.When everything was cleared up and he looked up at the mound for a signal, the person on the opposite side had already returned to his paralyzed face, and nodded at the first straight ball with a low inside corner.

This ball is well matched, why does such a good pitcher like himself need to test the outside corner?
boom!
nice shot!

The fastball hitting the inside corner startled the hitter and backed him up, but he was stunned when he heard the word 'strike'.

The same Scherzer was also a little surprised. From his perspective, the ball was definitely a bad ball, but Shen Qin's beautiful catch technique just pulled the ball back. When I heard Uesugi Hideo say it before, I thought it was too much , but looking at it now, isn't it right?Really great!

Compared with other teammates, as the main pitcher from small to large teams, he is undoubtedly matched with the best catcher, and because he has always faced the catcher in a straight line on the mound, he can see the catcher of the opponent most clearly .

No one can see more intuitively than him whether it is good or not.

There are many good catchers, but there are too few good ones!This sentence sounds contradictory, but it is not. The skill of pulling the ball well is actually very difficult to master. If it is very difficult for the hitter to hit in that very short moment, then the catcher has to judge the area of ​​the ball at this moment. Considering how to cooperate with body movements to pull the ball back, but also to dazzle the referee at the same time, he thinks this is the most difficult!

　Thank you Benben and Yaya for your reward
　　
　
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