Chapter 149: The Rise of Sawamura Eijun

In the second half of the second inning, Seidou High School attacked.

Sawamura, who stood on the strike zone, raised the bat in his hand high and then kept shaking it.

His stance was still, and his position was right in the middle of the Box.

Sawamura, who opened his stance, could hit the Strike no matter where the ball was thrown, as long as it landed in the strike zone, he could reach it.

His eyes narrowed to slits, a menacing glint within them as they fixed on Kosuke, who was on the pitcher's mound.

Upon witnessing this, Kosuke felt his heart quiver in fear.

Sawamura is famous in the current high school baseball world.

Sawamura Eijun isn't just a one-trick pony with his pitching; he's also quite the sensation when it comes to batting, and even fielding! It seems there's nothing this guy can't do on the baseball diamond!

If you fight against Sawamura head-on, if you don't deal with him well, you are likely to be doomed.

There was such a great psychological pressure, and then looking at Sawamura's standard ball-waiting posture, Kosuke felt a sudden chill on his back.

When watching the video of the game before, he originally thought that Sawamura's batting was not as good as Yuuki's.

But when he was really standing in the batting Box, he couldn't help but doubt his previous judgment.

Sawamura Eijun looks like a Batter who is not easy to mess with at all. Judging from this pressure alone, he even surpasses Yuuki!

'Not good!'

The fear in his heart was getting bigger and bigger, and before he knew it, it even affected Kosuke's pitching rhythm.

"Stupid!"

Tokyo, in front of the TV.

Watching the game live, Narumiya felt like his lungs were going to explode.

"The pitcher of Hirotaka was so stupid that he allowed Eijun's bluff to get to his mind. Any pitcher who has officially faced off against Eijun will feel this way."

That guy stood on the strike zone, and the sense of pressure he brought was far beyond that of his peers.

This matter, because it is too mysterious, has never been exposed to the media. But all pitchers who have played against Sawamura felt that way.

They don't know why. Maybe this is one of Sawamura's natural talents.

Without this sense of pressure, Sawamura would never have achieved a nearly 70 % batting average.

For Sawamura, this is normal.

The batting stance he is using now was professionally guided by a lot of coaches after he entered the Major Leagues before Sawamura returned to the past.

Those coaches studied the opponent's mentality from a psychological perspective, then combined it with kinematics, and finally chose what kind of waiting position to make the opponent hate the most.

That's what Sawamura learned to do with the normal stance.

Because of their own bones and physical characteristics, the general Batter has no way to do whatever they want with their waiting stance.

For them, an intimidating stance does not necessarily facilitate better performance when hitting, even if it appears effective.

But Sawamura doesn't have this problem. His naturally soft body and joints have uses beyond just his pitching.

When hitting, Sawamura could swing the bat with ease, no matter how awkward his form was.

Also because of this, Sawamura has a big flaw in hitting accuracy, which limits his attack when he tries to take it to a higher level.

For ordinary people, they really have no way of understanding Sawamura Eijun's waiting stance, why does it cause such big psychological pressure on the opponent?

For Sawamura, this is just a logical approach.

Facing Sawamura's aggressive stance, Kosuke's arm swing was greatly affected.

Whoosh!

The small white ball whistled and flew to the position below the center.

A Sweet ball!

A position that allows the batter to swing in a comfortable position.

In the Catcher Box, the catcher of Hirotaka High School had his eyes wide open.

Damn, it is a sweet ball!

Originally, what he wanted was an inside corner ball, but this one became a sweet ball in the center.

Even if the Moving ball is thrown, it is easy to fall into an awkward position after the ball is hit.

Considering that the opponent is Sawamura Eijun, such a mistake is going to be costly.

At this moment, the catcher's heart was full of annoyance and frustration.

However, that's all.

It never occurred to him that there might be consequences that are even more serious.

On the strike zone, Sawamura's eyes never left the white ball.

Even the pitchers themselves don't know where the Moving ball changes.

But that doesn't mean that there are no rules at all. There are very few Moving balls that experts have seen, observed, and studied. Of course, it is impossible for them to know what the rules of Moving balls are.

Sawamura is different.

He's a master at the Moving ball himself.

He's been throwing this kind of ball for ten years.

There is a very widespread saying, that is, people who spend more than 10,000 hours of research on anything will inevitably make achievements in this area.

Sawamura spent more than 10,000 hours on pitching.

Multiplying this number by two is not an exaggeration!

He has a natural feeling for the Moving ball.

Sawamura would never be able to do it if he had to be precise and tell any scientific reason for this kind of feeling.

But although he couldn't say it, when he actually fought, there would be such an intuition.

Just like now, Sawamura clearly felt that the ball would sink when it approached his hand, and the degree of sinking was not very large.

'Here we go!'

For a player of Sawamura's level, the break of the white ball is clear, and it is easy to hit the ball.

PING!

There was no suspense. After the white ball was hit, it drew a perfect arc and rushed into the stands of the outfield!

In the outfield in the stands, several children rushed out to pick up the ball.

"H-HOME RUN!!"

"Home run! After Masuko, Sawamura also hit a perfect home run. Seidou High School has another victory, with a total score of 4:0."

"Seidou!"

"Seidou!!"

"Demon King!!"

"Demon King!!!"

On the stand, in the auditorium, in the rest area of ​​Seidou High School.

Everyone is cheering.

In the semi-finals of Koshien, Seidou High School changed their previous hard start and scored two home runs and four runs in the first two innings!

This performance is utterly perfect.

"Nice job you brat!!"

"So Cool!!"

The Players in the Seidou rest area were particularly excited.

Coach Ochiai smiled wryly.

At this moment, he felt like a witness to history in the making. Witnessing the rise of Sawamura Eijun step by step.

So far, Sawamura Eijun has scored four home runs.

He had just refreshed the home run record for a first-year player at Koshien.

Now that record has been maintained, not even for two days, and it was once again refreshed by Sawamura Eijun himself.

"It's not without reason that he was called the Demon King In middle school."

"With an Ace like Sawamura, looks like Seidou High School will be very strong for the next two years."

"That's not necessarily the case. Who will win and who will lose is not decided until the last moment of the high school game."

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