Chapter 53: The Invincible Demon King! (2 in 1)

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The North American team's offense in the first half of the second inning ended hastily.

Before that, no one thought that the middle line of the North American team would be directly suppressed by Sawamura's ball speed.

And it was suppressed so badly!

Those island players in the stands who had no chance to play looked at each other in blank dismay. Most of them were rivals with Sawamura before, and they wished that their research on Sawamura was deeper than that of the boys from Seido High School's baseball team.

But now, they look back at Sawamura's pitches as if they were watching someone else.

That feeling is so dreamy!

Not just outsiders, but even the two friends of Qingdao High School baseball team.

Miyuki and Kuramochi.

Both of them were full of disbelief.

Sawamura, who used the speed of the ball on the mound to suppress the opponent, made them feel very strange.

Is this really the Sawamura Eijun they knew?

Why didn't they know that Sawamura had such a brute force side?

"Have you tried this style with Xiaochun before?"

Kuramochi asked Miyuki beside him in disbelief.

"never!"

"Then what's going on with him now?"

"I think it's probably because the catcher is Renji. If Sawamura throws according to the rhythm before, I'm afraid Renji won't be able to catch many balls. So in order to cooperate with Renji, he imitated Hongo's pitch."

Miyuki guessed.

If it was another pitcher, Miyuki would not make such a guess even if he made a move like Sawamura.

There are many types of pitchers.

Some are born with extremely high talents, and they can crush all opponents with their talents alone.

Some of them are not so talented, relying on hard work and learning, and eventually become very good pitchers.

Both of these are too extreme. To be honest, there are not many such people.

The vast majority of pitchers are type 3.

There is a bit of talent in itself, and then through hard work and hard training the day after tomorrow.

In the end, he stood out and became the unshakable ace in the team.

Sawamura Eijun is actually the third type.

Although his own talent is very high, it is not the kind that is said to be invincible.

Through acquired study and hard work, he has developed his own characteristics to a perfect level.

This is how the current Great Demon King came to be!

But Hongo is different from Sawamura and the others.

Although he has also undergone extremely hard training.

But in the real sense, Hongo is not the type of Sawamura, a pitcher who combines the two.

A large part of his current strength is innate.

Terrifying ball speed, natural ball feel.

It is almost impossible for ordinary imitators to completely imitate the charm of Hongxiang.

But Sawamura is not an ordinary person.

He really has hope, and it is possible to imitate that kind of charm.

This is not an exaggeration at all, he does have that kind of capital and strength.

Originally, the speed of the ball was the biggest shortcoming of Sawamura.

Compared with other aspects of the great devil's perfection. In terms of ball speed, he really didn't reach the top level.

The pitchers with the fastest ball speed in the country have all exceeded 150 kilometers. The previous Sawamura has never been able to break through this limit in this regard.

Although his ball speed is very close to this ball speed. …

The fastest ball speed that Sawamura threw before was 148 kilometers.

The top indicator of the distance of 150 kilometers is only 2 kilometers away.

But if it is not achieved, it is not achieved.

This is the same as 58 points and 60 points.

To be honest, the level of the two may be almost the same.

But a score of 58 is a failure, and a score of 60 is above the passing line.

This gap is fundamental.

But now, the last shortcoming of Sawamura has been made up for.

His ball broke through 150 kilometers.

With the breakthrough of this indicator,

The power of Sawamura's straight ball has increased by at least 50%.

What kind of concept is this?

Originally, Sawamura's straight ball was already terrifying.

Now Sawamura's straight ball is added with that wonderful pitching posture.

Let the ball have a completely new change!

Sawamura, who originally relied solely on straight balls. Only enough to deal with some not very strong hitters.

But now, he can use these straight balls to deal with these North American players with ease.

You must know that these players in North America now have the strength of star players, and even among star players, they are all outstanding.

Be able to finish them off with a straight ball!

Even Sawamura is proud enough!

Renji, who is in the catcher position, was looking forward to it when he was going to partner with Sawamura at the beginning.

But he also knows that this is not a small challenge.

If one fails, both he and Sawamura Eijun will be in great trouble.

And once they run into trouble, the island team will be in crisis as a whole.

So from the very beginning, Renji was thinking about how he should cooperate with Sawamura, so that Sawamura could give full play to his strength.

As the team's main catcher, this is his most important task at present.

No small challenge!

But Lian Si didn't hate it at all.

Everyone's impression of him may be that he is just an authentic neighbor in Hong Kong.

The two grew up together and loved being together since childhood.

Gradually, they learned baseball together and became a golden partner.

Of course, this partner was established with Hongo as the core.

But as far as Lianji himself is concerned, he is also an excellent catcher.

It's just his light, which has been shrouded by the light of Hongo all these years.

So even though he possesses a very strong strength, he has never shown himself.

Now, stand alone!

For Renji, being able to partner with Sawamura is the beginning of another stage in his life.

He's looking forward to it, but also wants to perform well.

But he didn't expect that after Sawamura Eijun formed a partner with him, he would think about everything with him as the core, and he didn't care about other things at all.

Let's take the simplest analogy!

After forming a partner with him, Sawamura gave up his previous pitching that was more focused on changes.

You know, that's Sawamura's lifeline.

But he still gave up without hesitation!

Because he knows very well that even though Lian Si's level is very high, he can catch a lot of changing balls.

But the error rate is also very high!

In the game against North America, once they made a mistake, the consequences would be unimaginable.

For a pitcher like Sawamura Eijun, he would rather take some controllable risks than take some risks that he can't control.

It's as if he's been pitching the ball the Hongo way right now.

Such a sudden change in his pitching style, and it is still completely different from his previous style.

I'm afraid only the Great Demon King Sawamura can do it.

To be able to do this is already quite surprising.

The scariest thing about Sawamura is that not only did he do it, but he did it very well.

This sentence is not an exaggeration at all, it is the literal meaning.

Sawamura imitated Hongo, although he was a little lacking in momentum, but he had more precise ball control than Hongo.

Saying so may be sorry to my friend.

But Renji still couldn't help but think that the current Sawamura is simply talking about throwing straight balls.

I'm afraid it has surpassed Hongo authentic.

Of course, this does not mean that Sawamura can completely replace Hongo.

Hongo's iconic changing balls, crossballs and sliders cannot be imitated by Sawamura.

But to be clear, that doesn't mean Sawamura himself can't throw changeup shots like this.

It's just because he can't imitate Hongo's change ball. He actually has a very good change ball himself, but Lian Si may not be able to catch such a change ball.

In other words, the man standing on the mound now is equivalent to dancing in shackles.

Even in shackles, he danced beautifully, far surpassing others.

This is also the reason why Renji was willing to recommend Sawamura Eijun in the first place.

Just because everyone is an opponent, no one understands Sawamura's characteristics better than Renji and the others.

This man is really strong!

To what extent is it specific, and what kind of surprises can it bring to everyone?

Even Lian Si himself dared not say this.

But he was sure of one thing.

As long as there is Sawamura, there is no need to worry about winning.

Even if the current lineup of the island nation is full of loopholes compared with the North American lineup.

For some reason, as long as Sawamura is on the field, pitching on the mound.

Lian Si felt that they would not lose.

Lian Si was not the only one who felt this way.

The Islands are now against the remaining players, including those who were previously unable to play due to penalties.

In fact, they all have similar ideas.

They firmly believe that as long as Sawamura is on the court.

Then they must not lose.

The balance of victory in the game will definitely fall in their favor.

Although they themselves do not know, what is the source of this confidence?

But before hitting the field, they still held hands tightly and cheered hard.

"come on!!!"

The fourth bat on the island team's side is Sawamura.

It is no longer a problem to say that he is now the number one player in the island country.

The team's fourth bat, the captain, is himself an ace pitcher.

This fully shows that Sawamura is already second to none in the island team.

Such a position is naturally supported by strength.

The Great Demon Lord Sawamura is now the well-deserved number one.

No one can challenge his position.

Eijun Sawamura, who stood on the strike zone, listened to the sound of cheering in the stands and in the rest area.

He had to urge himself that in the next attack, he must perform.

Although the previous pitch was smooth!

The players in North America were turned around by themselves.

But Sawamura Eijun knew very well that this was only temporary.

In the process of just playing against each other, he has already felt the North American team in front of him, although compared with New York they played against before.

It seems a little immature.

But their overall strength is definitely not much worse than the North American Dream Team.

If the two teams play 10 games, the North American team may win two or three games.

This is not the ambition of Mr. Sawamura!

But these players in front of them really gathered a lot of elites.

The reason why these elites have not fully exerted their strength is now.

A large part of the reason is that they have not suffered too severe challenges before.

Once they fall behind, the North American team in front of them may go berserk immediately.

They will abandon all previous misunderstandings and guards, and face their opponents wholeheartedly.

Once things developed to that point, the situation in Sawamura might not be too good.

Because he became the target of these North American players.

As far as Sawamura himself is concerned, he doesn't really mind being a target.

He has the confidence to meet any challenge!

It's just that the current situation is special, and the lineup of the island country team is not neat.

Once there is a problem, even if Sawamura Eijun tries his best to make up for it, it will not be so easy to make up for it.

Therefore, it is best to control the rhythm of the game on your own side.

And if you want to thoroughly grasp the rhythm of the game, there is no better way than scoring points.

For pitchers of Sawamura's level, once they get the leading score.

Then in the next game, they can use this score to coerce their opponents.

Then use the method of snowballing to continuously expand the advantages of your own side.

In this process, the opponent will certainly not be willing to catch it without a fight.

But it doesn't matter.

Sawamura is very confident in his own strength.

Once the rhythm of the game is in his hands, he has plenty of ways to deal with his opponents.

1

On the strike zone, Sawamura raised the bat in his hand high.

He put on a posture of being ready.

It seemed that no matter what kind of pitch the little pitcher in North America threw, he was unimpressed.

The person opposite is called Li Weide.

You can tell by his name that he is Asian. But it's not from the Huaxia side, but from the descendants of South Korea.

It is said that he emigrated with his parents when he was very young.

I grew up in the North American environment since I was a child, and obtained the nationality there.

Nowadays, even the appearance is a bit like the people in North America.

The only downside is that his height betrays him.

Relatively speaking, the North American side is still relatively tall.

Compared with those white people in North America, Asians are shorter in height.

Li Weide in front of him has inherited his father's height and mother's appearance.

In fact, it looks more like someone from North America, and the characteristics of Asian descent are not obvious.

His pitching is also very interesting.

Before Sawamura hit the field, he actually studied Li Weide's pitching routines carefully.

I have to say that this teenager is really good at it. He hides his changing ball in the straight ball, and controls the speed of the ball to disrupt the hitting rhythm of the hitter, so as to disturb the hitter.

I have to say he was very successful.

It looks clean and neat, not messy at all.

Even Sawamura Eiden, looking at it from a professional perspective, didn't pick out any problems for him.

He really has a set of pitches.

They have even formed their own systems.

Although this system is still very fragile or even exhausted in Takamori's view.