Episode 21: The Legend of the Great Demon King (2 in 1)

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The island nation won!

The friends are very happy.

Originally, when the game started, none of them took Italy seriously, thinking that winning the victory was a matter of course.

Unexpectedly, during the competition, the Italian players would bring them such a big surprise.

Really very pleasant surprise.

The players from the island country absolutely did not expect it.

The other party will slap him in the face severely!

In the process, they nearly capsized in the gutter.

Although the result will not make them lose out.

But it will undoubtedly embarrass them.

Fortunately, none of this happened.

They won in the end, victoriously.

In the absence of main ace pitcher Eijun Sawamura.

They defeated Italy and successfully advanced to the top four.

The voice of the commentator in the stands is not as high-pitched or exaggerated as that of the island country.

His voice was calm, but his analysis made sense.

"In the case of retaining the ace pitcher and the main catcher. Almost playing with a substitute lineup, the island nation still defeated Italy, which fully demonstrated their strength."

These are very common.

The next paragraph is very insightful.

"The pitcher Hongo Masamune played. If it weren't for his back number, it would be hard for people to believe that he is not the ace of the island country. It is even hard for people to believe that with him in the team, the ace will fall on someone else?"

"But the result now is that the man carrying the trump card is indeed not him, but someone else."

With that said, the commentator set his sights on Eijun Sawamura.

The cameraman in charge of the live broadcast was also a sensible person, and immediately switched the camera to Eijun Sawamura.

Sawamura, who won the game, looked very happy.

Even if he didn't play the game, after winning the game, he sincerely celebrated with his teammates around him.

In the rest area of ​​the entire island country, the atmosphere is very good.

All the contestants had genuine smiles on their faces.

"Before the game started, probably no one thought that today's game would be so exciting."

Even the players from the island country did not expect that their opponent, Italy, would cause them such a big trouble.

So they will be so happy after winning the game, because it is really not easy for them to win, which can be seen from the score on the field, the total score is 2:0.

In terms of the strength gap between the two teams, this score is almost impossible to appear, but it happened.

You know, what exists is reasonable.

Now that this score has appeared, it fully shows that in this game, there must be something that the players from the island country did not expect before.

Those who have watched this game will probably be able to give an accurate answer soon.

Italian super pitcher Mario.

This is really a very amazing guy.

Although the Italian players worked very hard in the early stages of the game.

But the gap between them and their opponents can still be seen, and it can even be said to be clear at a glance.

In this case, Mario almost turned the tide on his own.

Thanks to his efforts, for a long period of time, Italy did not lose the wind in the confrontation with the island countries.

This is really an amazing pitcher!

If there is only one Mario in today's game, then Baodao, and fans all over the world, will probably remember this guy deeply, even if Italy loses the game,

They will remember him too.

But now, I am afraid it will be difficult to achieve this level.

Don't be afraid of not knowing the goods, but be afraid of comparing goods.

Mario is good, but compared with the pitchers of the island nation standing on the mound, he doesn't seem so eye-catching.

Hongo authentic!

The speed of a ball can exceed 150 kilometers, and it can also have the terrifying existence of precise ball control.

Mario performed so well, but he failed to create even the slightest chance for Italy.

Why?

The reason is actually quite simple, but also extremely cruel.

This is because the man standing on the island's pitcher's mound is even better.

As a result, the Italian players never had a single chance to score.

Not to mention scoring, it was difficult for them to hit base.

Mario is excellent, but compared with Hongo authentic.

It still seems to be a little bit worse.

If things are just like this, it doesn't seem so unacceptable.

The most unacceptable thing in this game is Hongo Masamune's back number.

Those who know a little bit about back numbers can generally see the position of this player in this team.

For example, a team has 20 people, and their numbers range from 1 to 20.

Generally speaking, there are several back numbers for pitchers.

The first one is of course number 1.

An absolute ace pitcher.

A pitcher's second back number is 10.

In baseball, the most important position is the pitcher.

The first substitute for the main ace is No. 10.

This position also marks the most important position other than the nine main players.

In addition, there are several positions that are generally used by pitchers.

For example, number 11, number 18, number 20.

These are all likely pitchers.

This time in the Islands group, 5 pitchers out of 20 players.

They bear such numbers on their backs respectively.

Number one is of course Sawamura Eijun.

But No. 10, the main backup pitcher, is not Hongo Masamune, who performed exceptionally well in today's game.

It was Cheng Gongming.

Hongo's back number here is No. 11, that is to say, he is the first pitcher besides Sawamura and Narimiya Ming.

After that, on the 18th, it was Guanghui Yoshida.

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Think carefully!

In other words, this super pitcher who completely suppressed Italy, this terrifying pitcher with a ball speed of more than 150 kilometers and precise ball control.

In the island country's pitching lineup, it can only rank third.

Their No. 1 and No. 2 have not yet fully appeared.

too frightening!

No wonder people say that the island nation is this year's candidate for the championship!

On the court, all the players in the island country were elated, as if they had won the final match.

The main reason why they are so excited is the strength of their opponents.

Being able to defeat such an opponent made the friends of the island country very excited.

This invisibly also gave them a strong confidence.

After fighting against the masters, the strength of the team will rise to a higher level.

The players from the island country have this feeling now. After the match against Italy, they have undergone a radical change.

If they play another game, they believe in their own strength and will definitely perform better.

It's just a pity that this is probably the only chance they have to play.

It is impossible for the team to give them more time to adjust.

The next semi-final, the final.

It is bound to be handed over to the players of the Tokyo Stars.

It's not that these players are all worse than the Tokyo Stars.

It's just that compared to the loose sand here, the Tokyo Stars have honed and played games before.

In addition, they are all from the same competition area and know each other very well.

The combat power formed by cooperation is often far beyond people's imagination.

Sawamura Eijun looked at the friends around him, and then at the Italian players on the opposite side.

At this time, he had a faint feeling in his heart.

Perhaps the choice of Supervisor Takeda was not so correct.

After all, their team was put together temporarily, how much strength can they exert?

It's hard to say.

Moreover, the most serious problem facing them at present is not lack of strength at all.

But cooperate!

From this point of view, if Supervisor Takeda had selected the Tokyo All-Stars from the very beginning, he would only find someone to strengthen them in two specific positions.

Then from the first game, they should go all out.

Playing with such a main lineup, the team will improve to a certain extent every game.

At the beginning, the Chicheng Middle School baseball team relied on such training to reach the end step by step.

Acting like this is actually a bit stupid.

After this game, Hongo and the others must have improved in strength.

Even if their personal strength has not changed, the team's cooperation will undergo earth-shaking changes.

But this wonderful change will never be seen again in future games.

Because the players who will play next are no longer the same people as them.

The style of the team will also change a lot.

In this way, they are using two new lineups to challenge world-class competitions.

Some are not so sensible!

This is not to say that the idea of ​​preserving strength is wrong.

Considering that you may encounter stronger opponents in the future, it is a very safe way to choose to retain your strength when the opponent is not so strong at the beginning of the game.

When playing regional games before, the Qingdao High School baseball team and some other big teams often had so many pitchers that they didn't send their main pitchers on the field at the beginning, and they would send them when needed.

But there is a premise for this approach, that is, these players and the team have already cooperated very skillfully, and playing one or two games less will not affect their performance, but in this situation, it is obviously not the case.

The current team has obviously not been tempered, and there are huge flaws in itself.

In this case, also choose to retain strength.

Sawamura Eijun didn't know either, he should feel that his supervision is full of confidence.

Or complain about his naivety.

No matter what, the next game will require them to face it.

Regardless of the previous process, what was it like?

When it was his turn to compete, Eijun Sawamura still had to go all out to win.

Treasure Island, the host, took advantage of the grouping.

The opponents given to them were not strong, and they won the victory quickly.

After becoming an island country, the second team to advance to the top 4.

Next, it is said to be a North American representative team whose strength is second only to the Dream Team.

During their interview, one vowed to challenge Eijun Sawamura.

Because of their age, they never had the chance to fight Allen, the Son of God.

Now that Allen is a professional player, he has embarked on a completely different life path from them.

If they want to challenge Alan again, they can only wait until they also enter the profession.

These arrogant sons of heaven can't wait that long.

They didn't even want to wait for a quarter of an hour.

Hastily ran to challenge Sawamura.

It is worthy of being the strongest team, and it has really assembled a lot of elites.

A super pitcher with a 150-kilometer fastball, and a terrifying hitter who is said to have a 60% batting average.

Another one hit three home runs in Game 1.

It is said that the pitchers who played against them were about to cry.

After all, they are still in the qualifiers, so the winning team should be shameless?

From the current point of view, what kind of strength does Baodao have? Still unknown.

After all, until now, no one has been able to make them go all out.

Because of their weak opponents, they all won easily.

If it wasn't for the game not being allowed, they even ended the game early in 7 innings.

As for that, the island nation's opponent in the next round.

It will be produced in the last quarter-final matchup.

South Korea vs Cuba.

World No. 4 and No. 5 clash.

Two closely ranked teams, one representing Asia and the other representing the Americas.

In these two baseball holy places, although they are not the strongest teams, they are also very representative.

The head-to-head confrontation between the two teams has also been interpreted as a phenomenon.

If in this game, Cuba eventually lost to South Korea.

Then among the top 4 in the country, three are from Asia.

Only North America, known as the baseball kingdom, squeezed into this position.

3:1.

Needless to say the final result, this ratio alone is already very telling.

If Cuba wins, then the comparison between the two sides is 2:2.

Basically, it is not much different from the current world situation.

Although there are several teams in Asia, China, island countries, and South Korea.

The rankings are very high.

But North America is known as a kingdom.

The two sides are basically evenly matched.

After the game, Supervisor Takeda was interviewed by reporters.

The reporters' questions were still very sharp, basically pointing out all the deficiencies.

The sharpest among them was a reporter from Baodao.

In Baodao, there are reporters everywhere.

They often joked with themselves, if you jumped in line today, maybe you will be on the news or on TV tonight.

From this, it is not difficult to see how many reporters are active in Baodao?

With so many reporters, the quality naturally varies.

Some of the on-the-spot reactions are simply masters.

The vast majority, of course, can only be fake.

The one who asked Takeda today is obviously a master reporter.

He not only has a strong on-the-spot response, but also has extremely strong professional knowledge.

He saw the same problem as Sawamura.

"Why didn't Supervisor Takeda let his players go all out in this match?"

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