Everyone's growth trajectory is different, and the people they see and the things they see will not be the same.
Just like Kano Shoya, if he can become famous in the future and write an autobiography, the title of this autobiography will probably be "The years when I called the Useless", or "The days when no one liked me."
When the person is a baseball player being a gutless person is basically a defect.
The stadium is like a battlefield, and in any competition, both sides are like warriors.
When they confronted each other, they naturally had to be brave, and even a bit ruthless.
It is rare to see any sports competitive players who play like a soft fruit. Of course, in the harem anime world, such characters often become protagonists and even popular with girls(in the anime). Nevertheless, that is the exception, okay?
Does hardcore otakus really have extraordinary athletic talent?
Maybe there are some of them, but it will also be useless if their character is so shaky.
Kano Shoya is such an introvert.
When he joined the baseball club, Coach Ugai frowned when he saw him.
How can such a spineless guy be a baseball player? This is not a joke.
Although when he trained his students, he was also inclusive and tolerant. Otherwise, there are more than 80 people in the baseball club of Sensen High School. Sensen High School is not a wealthy school like Seidou High School, let alone there are so many people in Seidou who want to join the baseball club.
Currently, the Seidou High School baseball club has a bit more than 100 people in total, but this does not mean that there are only 100 players who want to join Seidou High School. There were a lot of people who wanted to join the team and there was no chance.
Overall, Seidou High School is screening and selecting all their members.
Sensen High School is different, although their achievements have been good in the past two years. Nevertheless, they are not a traditionally Famous School, at least not among the top Famous Schools in the region.
In this case, if they want to gather more than 80 members, they can only use the method of accepting without discrimination.
To put it bluntly, as long as someone comes and wants to join the baseball team.
Ugai Kazuyoshi is definitely welcome.
Superintendent Ugai Kazuyoshi, although he is not young, his ambition is not small. He wasn't holding back his means and efforts, and he wanted to turn this team into a Giant.
A super Famous School that can be compared with Inashiro, Seidou, and Sankou.
For this goal, he is also very strict in the selection of members of the first string. People like Kano Shoya are really unnecessary and waste energy to cultivate.
From the first year Kano joined, he gave up on this player.
Although Kano worked very hard during the training, a guy who can't even swing his bat without shaking, Coach Ugai Kazuyoshi will not put his mind on him.
As mentioned before, these players in Sensen High School are all second-tier talents in the Tokyo Junior League.
It is no problem to deal with other teams in Tokyo with their strength, but not against the real Powerhouses.
In the beginning, when they were all teammates in the junior club, Ugai's players were the substitutes.
And now seeing the player they were with go to the school they wanted to go to, winning games and making records, can be very devastating to their confidence.
Therefore, Superintendent Ugai had to re-establish confidence in these guys at the beginning.
Well with others, he re-establishs confidence, and with Kano Shoya is to build confidence all from the beginning.
Why build confidence?
This guy is not only bad at playing, but also has a cowardly personality. He doesn't seem like a competitive player at all.
No matter who the opponent is, he is as frightened as a kitten. How can he be able to participate in the baseball team with such a character?
Just when Ugai Kazuyoshi made up his mind to dismiss him, he suddenly discovered that Kano Shoya had talent far beyond ordinary players.
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"Now it's time for you to show your strength, Kano!"
In the strike zone, Kano Shoya began to show his fighting spirit.
In the position of the catcher, Chris gave Kano a deep look.
'It's really not that simple!'
He also guessed that the new fourth batter of Sensen High School could not be that simple.
However, the opponent's acting just now was good!
Kano Shoya's appearance just now was no different from being really frightened. Even Chris was deceived, let alone everyone else!
'Although I can't guess what the other party wants to swing at, the purpose is nothing more than guessing the calling.'
What is the ball He is aiming for?
Straight ball? Curveball? Or a Forkball?
Chris's brain is running at high speed, like a supercomputer.
After a rough calculation, he quickly guessed the course the opponent might be aiming for.
A Straight ball in a sweet spot!
Compared with the high drop Curveball, and the sharp break of the Forkball.
The probability of a Straight ball being aimed at is the highest.
If Chris is in the same position as the batter, he will now aim for Straight balls.
'Since this is the case, then you can't throw a Straight ball and can only continue and throw the Curveball like before.'
Seeing Chris's sign, Tanpa on the pitching mound threw the ball decisively.
Whoosh!
The small white ball was flying to the home plate.
On the strike zone.
Kano, who had been silent at first, suddenly moved.
He changed his grip on the bat in his hand.
Normally, the grip of the bat is at right angles to your body.
This makes it easier to swing the Batter.
But Kano's current style of holding the bat is very strange.
People who have played golf will be familiar with this stance! The bat is held high, not as if you were hitting baseball, but as if you were playing golf.
The bat drew a large half-circle and then smashed the white ball hard.
PING!
The white ball was hit.
The small ball flew high until the end of the field and then disappeared.
"O-OUT OF THE PARK!!"
"Home Run!!"
"The Home Run that tied the score, the fourth batter of Sensen High School who just played, Kano Shoya!!"
The total score became 1:1. After two wonderful innings, the game returned to its original point.
"Oh!!!!!"
Kano, who hit a home run, was also very excited.
In the rest area of Seidou High School.
Ochiai pinched his goatee and said thoughtfully.
"Obviously, the opponent is batting like he is swinging a golf stick."
Of course, you can swing the bat however you like.
But how this golf-like swing was able to hit Tanpa's pitching?
Tanpa is not known because of his Straight ball.
He is good because his high-drop Curveballs are so good.
And with the Fork, these two kinds of breaking balls that move from top to bottom, the Batter must find the intersection, which makes them a very difficult course to hit.
Nevertheless, this amazing Curveball wat hit a home run just now by the hand of an unknown batter.
The total score now was 1:1, and Sensen High School tied the score in the second half of the second inning.
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