What determines a person's success is often not what kind of friends he has, but what kind of rivals he has. (T/N: Oi, Naruto, did you hear that.)
Miyuki Kazuya was originally the unstoppable main catcher of Seidou High School. He has been the main catcher of Seidou High School since his first year. After more than a year of growth, he is now the core figure of Seidou High School.
At least before Sawamura joined Seidou High School, Miyuki was indeed one of the two cores of the Seidou High School baseball team.
The core of the spirit and the core of the attack, of course, is Yuuki Tetsuya the Captain and the fourth Batter. The core of defense is to serve as the main catcher, Miyuki Kazuya.
From the point of view of the game, attack power is definitely not as important as defense. The outcome of the game is not necessarily who scores more than who. Especially for a team like Seidou High School, scoring is no problem.
The condition for victory is to see who loses the fewest Runs.
Before in Seidou High School, there were no decent Ace pitchers. This is not to belittle Tanpa and Kawakami on purpose, in the whole high school circle, especially in West Tokyo. Seidou High School is known for not having strong pitchers!
Everyone knows this, so there is no need to hide it.
So are Tanpa Koichiro and Kawakami Norifumi really weak?
The answer is of course no!
In fact, although the two could not be said that they were strong enough, you could never say that they were weak.
It's just that compared to Seidou High School, such a National Giant, they are a bit out of line. Especially when compared with the luxurious lineup of Seidou High School, this gap is even more obvious.
The pitchers on the mound were not very strong. As the core of the team's defense, Miyuki naturally had to spend more effort.
Because he must control the points lost within a certain range to ensure the team's victory.
For example, even if Seidou's luxurious lineup scored ten points, if your defense lost 15 points then that will mean nothing!
For this purpose, Miyuki spent most of his energy on researching opponent information and improving the team's defense.
A person's energy is limited. When he puts too much energy into controlling the team's loss, he will naturally slack off in his own attack.
However, even with his slacking, Miyuki's performance on the lineup is also remarkable.
It has to be said that his baseball talent is indeed far beyond ordinary players.
Originally, this was nothing. Anyway, there are strong Batters in Seidou High School, and the team does not need to be afraid of not scoring. As the defensive core of a team, as long as Miyuki can control the loss of points, they can win.
Why is it 'originally'?
In fact, this sentence is very easy to understand. It was originally what was possible in the past, but it cannot be used now.
Why can't it be used? Originally, Miyuki was able to use it because Miyuki did not have a strong rival in the competition for the main Catcher position.
There is a clear gap between the two sides. Of course, Miyuki was not afraid of losing the main position.
It's different now because, in the competition for the catcher position, he has a terrifying competitor.
Catching skills, Leading skills, Restraining skills, directing the defense…
These are the duties of the catchers, Miyuki believes that he will never lose to his competitors. No matter how good Chris is, he has a one-year off window after all, and Miyuki has never been idle during this time. The original gap between the two had long since been caught up by Miyuki.
The problem is not the skills to be a catcher, but the skills to attack.
If you want to rely on batting against a nervous opponent to compete for the throne of the main Catcher, you are on for a very hard time.
As a dedicated baseball player, Miyuki certainly couldn't back down when faced with difficulties.
Since there is an obvious gap in the attack, then you have to up your attacking strength to make up for the gap.
In the previous at-bat, Miyuki didn't get on base.
Considering that starting from the sixth inning, he will exchange with Chris. There are only two chances that Miyuki can still stand in the strike zone.
In these two times, Miyuki had to perform. And it has to be in a situation where no one is on base. Otherwise, if there is someone on the base, even if Miyuki hits, it will be no different from his previous performance.
"This is a great opportunity!"
In the bottom half of the fourth inning, no one was out and no one was on base.
Miyuki was the first to stand on the strike zone.
If he can't hit base in this situation, then he is likely to be replaced by Chris-senpai.
With such a determination, Miyuki became more focused than ever.
It's just that no one else can see how focused he is.
'Bring it on!'
Seeing Miyuki standing on the strike zone, the Catcher of Osaka Kiryuu also had a headache.
Although he managed to get rid of Miyuki last time, he still doesn't know what type of Batter Miyuki is.
When Miyuki attacked before, in the face of a sweet ball that was easy to play, he always let it go. Instead, he was chasing the tricky breaking balls.
Osaka Kiryuu's Catcher is also a senior in high school. But he has never seen such a crazy opponent.
'Although I don't know what he's thinking, now I can only trust Tachi's pitching!'
The first ball: the low Slider to the inner corner!
Even if Miyuki hits such a ball, it must be a foul ball!
Can be regarded as a good fishing ball.
Of course, the average batter would not swing the bat against such a tricky ball on the first ball.
After all, the ball is tricky, which means it is likely to be a Ball. On the first ball, it's not very wise to swing at this kind of ball.
But Miyuki is obviously not an ordinary Batter.
On the first ball, he swung without hesitation.
Ping!
After the white ball was hit, it flew out of bounds.
"FOUL!"
On the strike zone, Miyuki looked annoyed.
"It's a pity."
The catcher of Osaka Kiryuu looked at Miyuki as if he was seeing a lunatic.
This wasn't the first time, it was the second time he swung against a tricky ball.
No matter how perplexed the catcher of Osaka Kiryuu was! In fact, Miyuki was obviously letting go of the sweet balls, and aiming at the tricky balls.
Once is a coincidence, twice is definitely not a coincidence.
With a plan in mind, the catcher immediately made a sign to Tachi.
A Straight ball just above the center!
Whoosh!
As if it were discussed, the catcher here gives a sign, and the pitcher throws the ball over there.
The white ball flew above the home plate like a laser beam.
Facing this ball, Miyuki swung decisively.
Ping!
After the white ball was hit, it broke through the sky.
The catcher of Osaka Kiryuu High School looked at the flying ball with a look of horror.
Miyuki was aiming for a Straight just now!
He guessed that his next Pitch would be a straight ball!
SNAP!
The ball has fallen Two meters away from the fence.
"It's a pity!"
Miyuki leisurely crossed first and second base and ran to third base.
Hit a Triple!
Almost, really only a little bit and the ball would fly out of the park.
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T/N: That's it for Today.
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