soul of baseball

Chapter 658 The Art of Code

It's fun to play at home, especially at UMBC's violent home court. The fans are very biased, and the boos are never directed at their own.

Shen Qin liked this very much. He was taken aback when he occasionally went to the main city of Philadelphia to play against the Cardinals.

Philly Phillies fans are so awesome!It can't be too fierce, it's obvious that the most gentle girls can also bob up and down with their middle fingers.

Their fans can boo until the opponent's legs are weak, and naturally they can also boo to make their own players flustered.

It probably has something to do with Shen Qin growing up in St. Louis. After all, the Cardinals fans are Buddha-natured, and even their opponents are reluctant to boo them.

When watching the game, I usually hold food and watch it, and when I am tired, I can take a nap by the way.

When the weather was still cold at the beginning of the season, many families were wrapped in thick clothes and lying there, half-reclined and half-asleep, crooked there like bears.

So every time he went to someone else's home court, he was really worried.

Fortunately, UMBC is still very precious to its own children. As soon as the players ran on the field, the applause rose inexplicably, and then waited for the opponent's hitter to come up, and the scene was quiet!
Don't boo you at first!Just give it a cold field!hehe!

Shen Qin couldn't help but laugh out loud, so he pretended to lower his head and began to clean up the soil behind the base, and then knelt down after it was leveled, and talked to the chief judge for a few words, he was really afraid that the chief judge would I hurt myself!

The chief judge often had to put his hands on the catcher's back to adjust. Shen Qin was caught last time in an away game. Today, he is the protagonist of the broadcast, so he dare not show an unsightly expression!
Glancing sideways at Testa, who was slowly adjusting his gloves outside the strike zone, Shen Qin then pulled off his face guard, kicking fast and hitting hard!The most troublesome person!
What do you think these people are so loyal to? It would have been great if they had been in the draft last year~ but now they are tormenting themselves!

Turn your gaze back to the arena~ Tsk, how about squatting and catching?
Just look at this wide field of view.

He blinked at the Persian cat on the pitcher's mound and patted his chest: Leave it to me!
This series is very critical, and each of the 3-game games is under tremendous pressure, especially for the starting pitchers.

The better they perform, the more energy the bullpen can save!
Take your time, don’t rush!But there is no need to be overly probing.

Tista is an already famous player. This is already his fourth NCAA season, and there is a lot of data analysis.

The cold zone of hitting is the low outer corner, which is also a black hole for top hitters, but this guy has an extremely troublesome point. His judgment on the strike zone is outrageously accurate!Bad balls are not hit at all, let alone the remote outer corners are low!
The best hit is the curveball, he was the top hitter against the curveball in last year's season, that's why Kara will start Scherzer, because the Persian cats have a low usage rate of the curveball, to test The other party couldn't be better.

It's not a good habit not to take the initiative on the first ball!When Shen Qin saw that Tista didn't look back at the preparations in his leisure room, he quietly gestured "yeah" between his legs~ Just use the opponent's favorite curveball for the first pitch.

Sherzer's mouth under the glove was covered, and Shen Qin's actions extremely satisfied his self-esteem as a pitcher.

The coach will always tell the pitcher, the XX hitter will hit the ball blabla the most, and you should not throw anything against him~
In the eyes of the pitchers, this kind of dodging behavior is simply too low, so what are you afraid of!Knowing that improvement is serious!

Well, the little cutie is good everywhere, but the request on the password is too torturous!
As long as all the pitchers in the team have cooperated with him, they will definitely suffer from his abuse, including myself, who has memorized several sets abruptly. I heard from Pepe that their entire high school team had no escape.

Scherzer called the secret code between himself and Shen Qin himself a game of finding the key.

The so-called key is a switch, only if this key is expressed by Shen Qin, then his subsequent password will be effective, otherwise it is pure deception.

And this key is always changed before the game, sometimes it is to touch the head, sometimes it is to slap the chest, like today's key is to pull the ears.

Scherzer is convinced!

Secret code is an absolute court art. It uses all methods to fool the opponent and protect the opponent.

There are four main types of ciphers on the field.

One is issued by the coach to the batter: This is usually done by the head coach when there are runners on the base, telling the batter which side to hit the ball to and the tactics to execute.

For example, touch bunt, Gao Fei sacrifice hit, hit and run.In addition, the point-grabbing touch and the number of balls to attack are less used in the higher levels. After all, the player's ability on the field is sufficient, and redundant instructions sometimes bring reverse effects.

The second one is issued by the coach to the runners. This is usually initiated by the head coach and conveyed by the running coach, which is the so-called first and third base coach. Good relationship with the coach?
This code generally has only two functions, 1 is to steal a base, and 2 is to hit and run!

But this is also a test of the running skills and the runner's IQ. How to cooperate with the hitter in the process?
Do you want to pretend or really steal the code?Scaring the pitcher?Distracting catchers?Contrary to the previous point, this point will become more complicated at higher levels of competition.

The third point is given by the catcher to the pitcher and is the most used in a game.

The role includes guiding the pitcher's ball type and state, instructing the pitcher to check, and fooling the opponent's hitters and runners.

The easiest state of the process is when the pitcher trusts the catcher and the catcher takes control.

Because the position of the catcher has a natural advantage, he can observe the batter and the instructions of the opponent's coach, and he can also clearly see the state of the pitcher.

Of course, what is more important is the point of being able to catch the runner on base.

The fourth is the exclusive code given by the coach to the catcher.

Under certain circumstances, the coach will give the catcher a suitable instruction to match the ball. Of course, this is not absolute, it depends entirely on the catcher's position and the qualifications of the coach.

The coaching qualification here does not refer to his status in the team, such as how long he took over, how he has a relationship with the players, and how many championships he has brought out. These are not absolute standards, but are related to his position in the player era.

As we all know, a large part of the coaching group was a catcher during their player days. (Not only is the current Cardinals head coach not a catcher, he's never played professionally because he couldn't hit the curveball in college.)
The position of catcher is actually equivalent to the coach's internship period, and they pay a lot of attention.

The coaches who have been catchers have a deep experience in this area. They can often give opinions that the catchers can accept, and the execution speed will naturally increase.This is a very fitting point.

(End of this chapter)