Ace of Diamonds: The Last Piece of the Puzzle

Early on the second day of school, the first and second graders of the baseball team came to the playground one after another, and saw the third graders of the first army already doing exercises early.

Jun-san saw them coming and shouted: "Hey! You guys are too late! Come out with more energy! Especially you Miyuki, Kuramochi and Maezono!"

"Yes!" The three people whose names were called were shocked and said quickly, wow! Senior Ah Chun is still so energetic!

"We will keep an eye on you!" Liang Sang said with a smile, but don't let me catch you being lazy!

"Well! That's it, we will all come to practice these days, please come on!" Team Zhe concluded.

The third-grade seniors are eager to express that after winning the Koshien championship, the future is bright, and we now have plenty of time to practice and train you!

In the next few days, everyone in Qingdao began their daily training and running-in, waiting for the weekend practice match to arrive, the time to test the players' strength is coming.

For Qingdao, who had just won the Koshien Championship, the most indispensable thing was the partners for practice matches. Once his reputation was established, everyone would come to them on their own, instead of having to invite them one by one like before.

In the end, it was Kataoka and his coaching staff who carefully selected twelve teams from among hundreds of invitations to be the players' practice matches.

Eight of them are for the first army, and the remaining four are prepared for the second army. There is less than a month until the autumn competition, and the time for practice matches is only two days every weekend.

In the remaining time, everyone needs to continue to work together. Starting from the problems discovered in each practice match, the main purpose is to continue to evolve the team.

The first weekend after the start of school has finally arrived, which means the arrival of the new team’s first practice match. Only through competition can we know how well everyone can do!

On this day, Seido's first training target came. It was the Chiba Shodai High School Baseball Team in Chiba Prefecture, which was considered a veteran and strong team. Although they have never broken into Jiaziyuan, they are only one step away from Qingdao's previous situation, and they can be considered as incompatible with each other.

The coach opposite looked at Aomichi's starting list and showed a calm smile. The starting pitcher turned out to be the monster rookie Furitani-kun! But why didn't Kurosawa start?

Then I thought about it and realized it. Even a discerning coach could see that that guy's hitting was really powerful. If a pitcher whose pitching ability is not top-notch or whose pitch is very powerful faced him, it would be a home run directly. Put it on the new ball. The team's running-in is really inappropriate, which will make the still very weak line become dependent on him.

He is indeed the coach Kataoka who can teach the best lineman in the country! But in this case, we have no way out! Well, you're welcome. After all, I brought most of the team from the last summer conference with me!

If you can't even win a new team like yours that hasn't been around for a long time, you can imagine how frustrated the players will be! So I'm sorry, let's use your winning names to enhance the self-confidence of our players!

The Qingdao starting list in the opponent's hand reads:

One bat: shortstop Yoichi Kuramochi!

Second Baseball: Second baseman Kominato Haruichi!

Three bats: Right fielder Kenjiro Hakushu!

Four sticks: Catcher Miyuki Kazuya!

Five bats: First baseman in front of the park!

Six bats: Pitcher Shitugu Akatsuki!

Seventh bat: Third baseman Hikasa Shoji!

Eight sticks: Center fielder Aso Takashi!

Nine sticks: Wild Tojo Hideaki in left field!

Then he started to say some encouraging words, and for a while the players looked at the Qingdao people with great momentum.

Kurosawa seemed to be sitting calmly on the bench, as if he didn't care at all whether he was playing today or not. He was leisurely looking at the two sides saluting on the court, but in fact, he was already thinking about Coach Kataoka's villain in his heart.

Damn it! If you don't let me play, are you excluding me directly? I just can't pitch for the time being, right? If you act like this, I will wonder if I am disabled? ! (?｀⊿′)?

I really didn’t have a sense of participation. I wasn’t allowed to play in the first game when the new team was assembled. Woohoo! Sure enough, you don't take me seriously? o(╥﹏╥)

I never thought that Miyuki had a hand in this! It can be said that it was the result of joint discussions between the two coaches and captain Miyuki. But Miyuki didn’t dare to let him know at all! ╮(ˉ▽ˉ)╭

snort! Yiye, you must work harder and finish the game quickly. I might as well go train on my own in this time! You don’t want to be there at all for the game without me, okay? ╭(╯^╰)╮

After Miyuki felt Kurosawa's invisible urging gaze on the field, he felt extremely guilty when he thought that one of the culprits that prevented him from playing was himself. He could only give Kurosawa a knowing look on his face calmly.

Then he eliminated distracting thoughts, immersed himself in the game, and wholeheartedly guided Fang Gu to continuously strike out the opposing batters.

While Kurosawa kept complaining in his heart, scrolling through the screen, he honestly and carefully observed the problems displayed by the Qingdao players on the field.

After six innings, the two sides were still tied with zero points, and it completely turned into a pitching battle! Miyuki can only be glad that Daigu is in good condition today, otherwise he wouldn't be able to fight at all!

Tsk! Is Kazuya under so much pressure? It’s true that no one on the base can calm down now! He is really too impatient! On the contrary, Hakushu seemed to make Kurosawa's eyes light up, as if he had gotten to know this person again!

Sawamura, who is cheering everyone on right now, is right. This person is really like a silent killer! One hit kills, so handsome!

At the beginning of the seventh inning, Sawamura pitched, and the third baseman was replaced by Kanemaru, and the left field was replaced by Furitani. Sure enough, the left field was very dangerous!

However, the batting line couldn't be connected, and it was completely dependent on the pitcher to hold on, which really made people unhappy! The defense is also a bit stiff, and it is really full of flaws, especially after Sawamura was replaced to pitch!

I think Sawamura should be fully aware of it now! The reliable third-year seniors have really left us! If you don’t have any other weapons and rely heavily on defense to get out, the better you perform at this time, the more outstanding you will be!

Although the opponent scored a point, Sawamura quickly calmed down and pretended not to care at all. He was deeply aware that the current defense was different from before, but it didn't matter. The first step was to let everyone relax. .

"I will continue to let them fight out. I leave it to everyone to defend!" Sawamura opened his hands and shouted, and his energetic spirit deeply infected everyone.

"Ah haha, that's right! Just vote for them to beat the stupid village!"

"We'll catch it!"

"Eijun-kun, surrender to them!"

"Don't worry, vote!"

The lifeless defense gradually became active, and the solemn atmosphere on the field gradually relaxed.

Miyuki couldn't help but smile when he saw Sawamura's performance. These two people have really grown up a lot since passing through Koshien! On the contrary, our line-fighting performance was so bad that we couldn't even support them. It was really bad!

Kurosawa looked at this scene and felt very happy. At least you are far better than Feng Gu in some aspects! But this defense is so bad that it can compete with the pharmacists.

Well! Just kidding, they are still a little better than Lei Shi and the others. Thinking about this, Kurosawa felt like he was laughing at himself, and then he thought that it might not be true now. After all, how many games have they played? , seems to have been winning continuously, even against Inami!

At that time, Sanada also sent good news, saying that Yakushi had suppressed them to death when they faced Inami, but when they finally faced Raiichi, there seemed to be a problem with Narumiya's arresting pair, and they were directly given a goodbye by Raiichi. The home run ended the game.

I mentioned this matter when I was chatting with my mother. She thought she should give her child some gifts. I said that Leishi likes to eat bananas very much. Later, I heard feedback from Sanada that Lei Shi liked eating it very much and was very satisfied. He said it was the best banana he had ever eaten!

He wanted to convey his gratitude to his mother, but his mother was extremely happy when she found out. She would send some over every now and then, completely treating Lei Shi as a pet!

But damn Sanada, he was really showing off when he sent me the news of the photo taken with Raiichi and Ming! I also want to see the showdown between Raiichi and Ming. The expression on Ming’s face when he was beaten out must have been very exciting, even though Inami had only just gotten along!

So having them discover the fatal problem of the new team so early is probably the reason why Director Kunito agreed to compete with the pharmacist! After all, after missing Hagar, it is inevitable not to focus on Chunjia. What kind of peerless treasure is the pharmacist? He also helps people evolve. Ming's rice will be even more difficult to deal with in the future!

But now we don’t dare to fight the pharmacist at all! After all, there isn’t much time, so the coach probably won’t agree to a practice match at a Tokyo school, and there won’t really be any invitations from nearby schools during this time! Kurosawa quickly glanced at Kataoka and complained silently.

It's a pity that Kurosawa was wrong about this. An Iron Tribe like Yakushi actually sent an invitation for a practice match, but it was a pity that Kataoka rejected it without mercy! Otherwise, Kurosawa would be so happy that he could actually see the cute Lei Shi in his school! (*?▽?*)

"Kurosawa-kun, do you think you have seen the biggest problem with Qingdao now?" A human voice suddenly reached his ears, startling him.

A ghost? ! Kurosawa turned around and saw an old man sitting next to him, stroking his mustache. He was our new coach! but

Kurosawa couldn't help complaining in his heart: When did he sit here? Is this the elusive type? It’s a bit difficult! (?Д?≡?д?)!?

"I think it's due to the lack of coordination between the line and the defense. What we lack most now is time, and how to get into the best shape within a limited time and win consistently is our long-term issue." Ze thought for a moment and replied seriously, "Why are you asking me?" It's strange that coaches should see these things more clearly than me!

Eh? Where are the people! Σ(?д?;)

Kurosawa looked at the empty seats next to him, and for a moment he felt like his head was full of black lines. He originally wanted to ask the new coach what he thought! This person seems to come and go without a trace! ˉ\_(ツ)_/ˉ

And you just asked for my opinion and then left? What is the meaning! I don’t understand why this coach is looking so confused! horrible! (?o﹏o?)

Ochiai was already on his way back at this time. After all, he had watched the practice of those pitchers. The two songs in today's game were also very stable. As for their other problems, such as Sawamura's pitching was still too monotonous. , these problems will not disappear just because we play the game!

He was mainly here today to look after the equipment and wiring. After reading it, it was not much different from what he expected. In these two aspects, he could only look at the time.

If we want the Qingdao team to go further in this autumn conference and let the players get more experience, we can only start with the pitching aspect to help the team, so that everyone can gain more experience in a large number of games!

After all, formal competitions and practice matches are completely different for the growth of players. Players will not be able to win the game if they do not have the idea of ​​winning and the obsession that they only have one chance.

As for why I suddenly asked Kurosawa, I just wanted to know the thoughts of the starting players, and Kurosawa is a very representative figure among the first-team players!

As the saying goes, those who are close to vermillion are red and those who are close to ink are black. His thoughts can generally represent the thoughts of Miyuki, Kuramochi and Shuangtou. As for the thoughts of other people! Ochiai stroked his moustache and said leisurely that I don't care! But after discovering that they were all self-aware, he felt relieved!

And ah! He found that these Qingdao players are very obedient (let’s just say, maybe it’s you, I haven’t met him yet ~), and they will listen to and absorb the opinions he puts forward. This kind of teaching is very difficult not to make people feel uncomfortable. Gives you a sense of accomplishment! It’s great to increase your enthusiasm for teaching! Thinking of this, Ochiai couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

Of course, I can’t teach everyone, only those who think highly of me can give me some advice! The first person to intervene must be the members of the Second Army whom I have been observing for some time! Now that they had gotten to know him as the coach, he quickly cut through the chaos and conveyed his opinions in place that day.

Show off your baseball skills and your prestige can be quickly established! Ochiai couldn't help but praise his wit, great!

Let me think about who to contact first!