soul of baseball

Chapter 48 The Audience's Heart~
There is nothing to say that the standard of American professional baseball is higher than that of Japanese professional baseball, but the small ball aspect of Japanese professional baseball is higher than that of American professional baseball.

Should it be related to personality?

Major League Baseball players generally come from the United States and Latin America. Most of them are enthusiastic and unrestrained. Small ball tactics?Feel sorry!They prefer the refreshing feeling of blasting the ball with a stick!
Over time, technology in this area has deteriorated slightly.

The Japanese professional baseball is just the opposite in this regard. After all, the Japanese are more introverted, and they don’t care so much about the open and close play. They care more about the result than their personal refreshment. It's not surprising at all to advance or something.

In such an atmosphere, it is inevitable to use bunt frequently, and if you want to use it on the court, you must practice it off the court. If you practice more bunt, your skills will naturally improve.

And the Cardinals are trying to pick out the best batter among a bunch of people who are not so good at bunt.

Among the players, the best bunt players are, of course, the pitchers.

As the pitchers who are usually the most protective of their arms, because they are worried about unnecessary physical exertion, or because their shoulders are cold after a hit for a long time on the base bag, the pitcher will be in poor condition or easily injured later, the coach will generally let him They use sacrifice hits to advance runners when there are people on the bases, so pitchers practice bunt more often than fielders who swing big bats.

And those exercises are especially critical at times like this.

There is only one thing they have to do, use their outs in exchange for two runners on the base to advance to the second and third bases, and stand on the spot!Of course, it would be best if they could hit base.

World Series playoffs!Every decision matters!

Carlos!
The Cardinals gave up the more powerful Jackson and chose Karl Ross.

Ye Ping let out a low voice: "There are people on the first and second bases! The Cardinals seem to be very cautious, and they missed such a good opportunity! If it were me, I would definitely choose someone with good long-striking ability."

Chen Jianbo held a different opinion: "No one is out. It's okay to use a sacrificial strike to push forward. The key is whether it can succeed. Under such a big pressure, this is different from the regular season."

"Let us wait and see!"

"Hiss~" Karl Ross on the strike zone made a big jump to avoid the ball hitting his feet!Then he clenched his fist in frustration!
A person's physical reaction is terrifying, and it is an instinct to dodge when faced with an oncoming ball. It can be seen that the ghost does not want to dodge at all at this time!Hit the ball!That was a bases loaded situation!No one is out!Two points is really not difficult!

But now...

Come again!

The ball is a bit high, and it was also hit high.Very cleverly passed the head of the third baseman who stepped forward to make up for it and landed!

As the noise in the stadium started again, the runners on the base started running quickly!

Advance to success!

Had it not been for the third baseman's quick reaction, this sacrifice hit would have almost resulted in an infield hit!
Now the situation on the field is 1 out, and there are people on the second and third bases.

The Rangers continued to switch shots and replaced Feldman!

Ye Ping, who was explaining, was puzzled: "Ha~ Feldman was originally the starter, but this time he acted as the gatekeeper? This is the first time he has faced such a situation."

"There is no way around this. A game will be played like this. Don't say we didn't expect it. I guess the coaches on both sides are the same, so use it now if you can! Don't save it." Chen Jianbo also said bluntly: "Okay! Now the batter It's Slater's turn, and for the Rangers, he must be dealt with now, because Slater is behind Pujols, and they must leave an empty first base bag for Pujols, otherwise~ Pujols had a big stick and the game was over."

"Yes, at this time, you don't need to worry about the point at third base, just come back, just grab the rest, and the Rangers will win!"

Everyone could see this scene clearly, especially Slater who was standing on the court. He was swinging very hard, but unfortunately it was just a high fly ball that flew over the shortstop's head.

After the shortstop caught the ball, he completely ignored the third base runner rushing towards home plate. This score!They can afford to lose, what they want is the number of outs!
"boom!"

The ball was accurately passed into the first baseman's mitt and caught Slater's out.

The Rangers coach shows four fingers, obviously!

I chose to escort Pujols, the terrifying cannon, directly!

2 people out, the Cardinals trailed 8:9!

Grab another out, and the Rangers can take away the Champions Cup!
At this time, Berkman, the left-handed hitter, stepped into the left batting area, but Feldman was a right-hand pitcher. However, the Rangers had no left-hand pitchers to replace him at this time, and dodged Pujols again. It is already inevitable, and the only choice is to face it head-on!

The Rangers' catcher pushed his hand, and the outfielders all retreated deep!They must keep this point!

nice shot!

nice shot!

Feldman scored two strikes in a row!
The story seems to have returned to the second half of the 9th inning. Only one strike was needed, and the game would be over!
At the same time, several infielders waved to the coach in the rest area, hoping that the coach could confirm their defensive positions and see if they needed to be adjusted again.

Berkman doesn't care if these are intentional disturbances or something else, he is only staring at Feldman now!He just wants to hit that ball!Create hope for the team to win!

Cardinals!Never give up!

"boom!"

The ball falls low!Berkman was fished out with a stick!
St. Louis Cardinals!Phoenix!The Angry Phoenix tied the score!

9:9
Chen Jianbo jumped up immediately!At this time, no one laughed at him, because in the ball commentary broadcast room, several rows of people jumped up, some frustrated and some excited!Mess!It's all chaos!

Even the audience didn't have time to tease the anchor!They were all afraid of missing the next shot!
"Oh my God!" Ye Ping was stunned when he saw the scene of being easily struck out after a tie: "This is exactly the same as the second half of the 9th inning! Oh my God! What a phoenix!"

Chen Jianbo was obviously relieved now and said with a smile: "This is the first time Feldman has taken on the role of closing the door. It is inevitable that he will be a little unable to hold on! There is nothing we can do about it."

"Still the Cardinals are amazing! Can't avoid Pujols! Can't avoid Berkman!"

In the cardinal's lounge, Yuri punched Pujols, and both of them breathed a sigh of relief when they looked at each other!Finally, I took my chance back!
Two unremarkable people don't want to be the sinners of this game.

But Yuri still patted Pujols on the shoulder, and Pujols was still a little unnatural: "Fortunately, I was the one who walked. If I were allowed to play, maybe it would be sent away with one out."

This can’t be helped, sometimes it’s unavoidable as a strong bat, a home run is a little closer, it’s an outfield fly ball, usually no problem, and you can send someone back, but in the case of 2 outs, it will end the game directly up.

"That's your usual awesomeness! Others have to avoid you!" Yuri blinked: "Now is the time to show off our Golden Gloves! Guard the first half of the inning! End the game in the second half! Give St. Louis a gift and a gift to ourselves. victory!"

The two fists collided again, and they both picked up the gloves with firm expressions, and walked to the field with firm steps!
(End of this chapter)