soul of baseball

Chapter 753 Small Man Has Big Power

"Let's draw lots! The home team wears Robinson's back number jersey, and the visiting team wears the home jersey."

The players were a little helpless: "We don't have a No. 42 jersey."

Robinson is the first black player in the major leagues. In order to commemorate him, every team retired his No. 42 jersey. Every year, April 4 is designated as Jackie Robinson Day. (Legend No. 15 is free for everyone to watch. Last year or the year before last, there was an American drama about female pitchers in the major leagues. It was quite true and not bad.)
On April 1947, 4, Robinson took the first step to break the segregation of the major leagues by wearing the No. 15 Dodgers jersey!
According to the usual practice, UMBC also has a set of No. 42 jerseys, without the player's name, just the No. 42.

However, there was a conflict in the schedule, and there was no official game for a few days before and after, so the jersey could not be worn.

It's really good to use it for intra-team competitions, anyway, if you don't have a name, you can mix it up.

"Can we wear it? Oh no, will they agree to give us the jersey?"

Those players who are not in the squad do not have special jersey treatment.

Salvador upstairs waved his hand: "Yes!"

The players below looked up suspiciously, and then looked shocked: "Captain! Really playing? There is no coach or referee~"

Salvador pulled Shen Qin down: "Do you believe me as the chief judge?"

"Of course!"

"Then it's settled." Salvador wrote down his name on the list, and then asked Pan Yuan, "What about you? Can you make up one of the first, second, and third base judges?"

Pan Yuan was very interested. If he can't hit the ball, he will be judged: "Second base, I haven't run in a long time, but let me tell you first, the last time I was a referee was when I was playing in high school!"

Huh? "No, we have a camera, so we can assist, hahaha~ I do slow-motion replays by myself. Although there are not as many angles as a professional, it shouldn't be a big problem."

"Can you let Xiao Liu come to third base and try it?"

Third base trial?Shen Qin shook his head: "No."

"Hey, you..."

"His new prosthetic is in the adaptation stage. Even if he wants to try it, he will use it as a pitcher. What's the matter with the third base trial?"

"Hicks goes to third base." Salvador made the decision, and directly excluded the fireball man who is the number one in the bullpen from this team game: "His situation is quite special, he has never started before, and he is used to throwing the ball with all his strength. , so don’t participate in this kind of extra consumption.”

"Come on! I'll make arrangements for anything else. Everyone comes first to draw lots. The pitchers are the other ones. The fielders come first."

Shen Qin also drew one - 42.
"Hey, the home team!" Salvador stuffed the lottery box into Shen Qin's arms: "You take the number 42 people to the stadium over there for them to draw, and then let the people who are drawn for the away game come. I will be the coach here today. gone."

Shen Qin laughed: "Do you listen to my command over there?"

"Don't be too happy, if they all draw me, you will have to fight side by side with children you don't know?"

"No way!" Shen Qin glanced at the expressionless group of people behind him, and was still a little apprehensive, and patted his head in embarrassment: "Then what... shall we go over?"

"Get the equipment bag first!"

"Oh...then you take it, I'll wait for you."

Salvador looked at the man who became lonely again in an instant and smiled and patted him: "Don't worry, they are all very good players. Use your qualifications and sticks to overwhelm them. But because of the lack of catchers, you will squat all over the court , anyway, you won’t be in the game on Sunday, so the consumption is fine.”

Hiss~ Shen Qin touched his face. Are you happy or unhappy? "Where is KK?"

"He's going to squat twice over the weekend, so he can't play today, just do the first base trial."

So today the head judge and coach of the visiting team is Salvador, KK is judged at first base, Pan Yuan is judged at second base, Hicks is judged at third base, and the others are assisted by cameras.

Shen Qin was a little dissatisfied: "This is not fair. If you watch from behind the home base, you will take advantage of everything in scheduling."

"Yo, what if all you draw are starters?"

"Okay! Even!"

"Wait for everyone to take a group photo."

Shen Qin sighed. In fact, there were not many group photos of the starting group. Even the unlucky players had a few photos, but there was none of the global team.

The next schedule will continue until after the semester is over, and it will be even more unlikely by then.Salvador, Porcello, KK, Nishikawa...they are all leaving school too!
"Okay! Let's go before the game! It looks better if everything is clean!"

"Quickly urge Xi Chuan, where did he go!"

"Wait! Are we DH today or..."

"Pitchers have been rotating, what more pitchers do you want to hit? DH."

Shen Qin held his face in his hands and pondered, it was really difficult to handle.As the referee, Salvador can clearly grasp the state of the pitcher on his side and make adjustments according to the situation.

And the meaning of this game is to find out the players who can come to the top of the roster, and I have to give them a chance to perform.

At least pitchers can't be abused, right?

Hope you have better luck in the lottery~
You can draw Porcello, Persian cats, etc. Anyway, they practice a small number of balls every day, and today they will treat it as practice on the mound, and it will not delay the official game.

In contrast, those players who are not on the list will be more familiar with those on the list, and there is really no certainty about winning or losing a game.

"Here, the lockers here are empty, everyone's things can be put here."

The locker room in the main arena has always been used only by the players on the roster, which is also an incentive.

The other newcomers had never seen this before, and they were excited to touch it here and there.

Young people are always full of energy. Shen Qin watched with joy: "In next year's season, this place will be yours."

The players suddenly became noisy, didn't they?The departure of the old and the addition of newcomers, this is a cycle.

"Can I see your locker?" A thin boy with fair skin squeezed over and shouted, "I'm an outfielder."

Shen Qin compared his stature in surprise, the child was much shorter than himself, and his eyes were big and round.this height?Fielder: "What's your name?"

"Kozma!" He raised his head and snorted, "I'm still growing!"

This is very dissatisfied with the comparison of height!

The players all laughed hahaha: "You obviously haven't grown in size for several years!"

Shen Qin also laughed, and brought him to his closet: "Do you want to wear my jersey?"

No. 42 jersey with black background, no name.

"Can you? You're going to play. What if you don't have a jersey?"

When Shen Qin just wanted to say that Coach might not play ball, KK next to him handed over some clothes: "I don't need to wear them."

"Look, I have it, you wear mine!"

Kozma was very happy, he put on the jersey of the team cannon! "I, I can also fight!"

(End of this chapter)