Bare feet are not afraid to wear shoes

Not only Yamaguchi Ken and Yamazaki brothers, but also most of the other friends are not normal.

There are also Aoi Ren and Oda Kazuto, who came from young clubs. They are a little better. They were the main force of their young clubs at the beginning, and they had experience in several major competitions.

But even for the two of them, their faces were tense.

After all, regular competitions are different from ordinary practice competitions. If you win or lose a practice competition, there will be a next match. Everyone's mentality is also relatively relaxed, winning is happy, losing is depressed, and the psychological burden is much smaller. But the regular competition is different, especially in this kind of knockout competition, if you lose a match, you will be eliminated immediately!

In the eyes of the audience, such a game is naturally pleasing to the eyes, and the players of the game will do their best to win.

But for the parties involved in the game, I'm afraid it won't be so easy.

Even in the first round of the competition, there were no spectators around, and everyone's nervousness could not relax.

Sawamura, who saw this scene, was extremely grateful for his wise decision. It is indeed right to let everyone feel the atmosphere of the competition in advance. It's still the initial stage of the competition, and the pressure off the field is much less. Otherwise, if you really encounter that kind of fierce competition, you can't say anything unexpected.

"Clap!"

Sawamura slapped twice, ready to enlighten everyone.

At this time, he saw Sano-sensei stand up and walk out in a panic.

"Sano-sensei, what's wrong?"

"I'm going to the toilet."

Sano stammered, then turned around and ran away.

Sawamura was stunned for a moment before reacting. It seemed that not only the players were nervous, but even Sano, the team leader, was nervous to death. In this way, it seems that it is a bit abnormal.

Sawamura recalled carefully, not to mention now, even in his previous life, he didn't seem to have been nervous before any competition. Whether it is Jiaziyuan or professional baseball, in the face of the tsunami of tens of thousands of people, Sawamura is more and more courageous.

He is a typical person who is crazy. The bigger the scene, the better his performance and the higher his fighting spirit.

I really fit to be a star baseball player!

With a slight smile, Sawamura forgot the past life scene he just recalled, then turned to his friends and said, "Look, Sano-sensei is so scared that he wet his pants."

"Ha ha!"

"Hahaha…"

Although the little friends were still nervous and restless, they couldn't help laughing when they heard Sawamura's teasing. They were still very nervous, but at this time they found that someone was more nervous than themselves, especially when that person was their teacher leading the team, their state was obviously much better.

"Actually, there's nothing to be nervous about, it's them who should be nervous. No matter what, Shirun Middle School is a well-known and powerful school in Nagano. What are we? We were nothing before. For us, losing is a matter of course, and winning is all profit. For them, winning is not worth showing off, and losing is miserable. It is called capsize in the gutter... "

Sawamura's remarks are a little unpleasant to the friends of Akagi Middle School, but they are very resonant.

They should have been affected by their previous practice and competition results, and unknowingly put themselves in a very high position. But this position did not bring self-confidence to everyone, but instead became a resistance that restricted everyone's progress.

But in fact, after all, a practice game is a practice game, and no one will take it seriously. After all, the current Akagi Middle School is still nothing more than a pauper with nothing.

For them, any gain is earned, and there is absolutely no need to attribute the pressure to themselves. Even if they lose, it's just a return to the starting point for them.

This is the so-called barefoot not afraid of wearing shoes.

After Sawamura's guidance, everyone finally calmed down a little.

Then, under the leadership of the referee, Sawamura guessed boxing with the captain of Shirun Middle School. Sawamura brought out the scissors, and Shirun's captain brought out the burden.

"Let's attack first!"

Sawamura said.

In baseball, the first offense has a certain advantage. Whether it's a pitcher or a hitter, there is a state of the question. Relatively speaking, the state of the hitter is easier to find. However, it is rare for a pitcher to enter the state directly from the beginning.

Furthermore, as the first striker, even if there is a problem with one of the batters, it will not be a hindrance. Because they started with at least three batters in the first game, so they can't be all three, right?

In a baseball game, there are nine people on a team. When attacking, nine people came on the field to attack in turn. During this process, if three people were out, the attack was over and the two sides exchanged.

The competition for middle school students is different from that of high school students.

In response to these two points, Sawamura made a big adjustment to everyone's attack sequence.

"First, third baseman, Ken Yamaguchi."

Yamaguchi, who was originally Sawamura's partner, had to be transferred from his position as a catcher because of Aoi Ren's joining.

Sawamura placed him at the third baseman position, which is a crucial position in infield defense. The reason why Sawamura arranged him here is not because of his defensive skills, is really superb enough to be able to take on a major role. But because his size is large enough, it can bring a different sense of oppression to the hitter.

For the current Akagi, defense or something is just empty talk.

"Strike, strike, strike, strike out."

The ace pitcher of Shirun Middle School, Tanaka, is well-known throughout Nagano. His ball speed is very fast, almost 125 kilometers.

For Yamaguchi, such a pitch is really overpowering.

After him, the second player, Oda Kazuto, was also out soon. Unlike Yamaguchi, he hit the ball, although it was just an infield grounder.

Shirun's third baseman picked up the ball, sent it to first base, and blocked him out.

Sawamura frowned. To be honest, he didn't expect Shirun Middle School's defense to be so quick. With such a garrisoned team, it was only the top eight in Nagano, which made Sawamura puzzled.

When did Nagano's team have such a level?

Two outs, no one on base. The situation of Shirun Middle School is very good.

Pitcher Tanaka showed good pitching form from the beginning, taking two outs in a row.

"The third stick, the catcher, Aoi Ren."

"Clang!"

Just when these players from Shirun Middle School looked down on Akagi. Akagi's first hit came, and it was a big hit.

Ren swept the ball directly to the outfield, and then ran to second base in one breath.

Two outs, and there is someone at second base.

At this moment, the atmosphere of the live game turned around.

And Akagi's next hitter also stood in the strike zone.

"Fourth, pitcher, Eijun Sawamura."

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