Chapter 56: Sawamura's Trap (2 in 1)

Diamond Ace: The Return of the Pitcher Chapter 56: Sawamura's Trap (2-in-1) Audio Novel Listen Online

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North American players have adapted to Sawamura's ball speed.

In the island team's rest area.

The assistant coach sweated nervously.

This time, the island nation team has gathered a lot of elites, whether it is within their team or the majority of fans.

They are full of confidence in their ability to win the championship in the end.

With such high expectations, if they get back the answer sheet in the end, they will not be able to satisfy everyone.

Then it is conceivable that their future life will definitely not be much better.

This is not an exaggeration, but a fact.

Fans certainly don't blame their favorite players.

It's like Sawamura pitching on the mound right now.

Even if the team loses in the end, his crazy fans will not blame him.

He will definitely find all kinds of reasons.

Not to mention that the responsibility is not on Eijun Sawamura, even if the responsibility is on him.

Fans who like him will also find various reasons to excuse him.

As a representative figure of baseball in the island nation today.

Sawamura Eijun's name has its own light effects, and no one is allowed to defile it.

Since these players cannot be blamed, then of course they can only be blamed.

Supervisors, assistant coaches, even staff.

As for the hardships the team has suffered, there are now so many main players sitting in the stands.

It is estimated that no one can see it.

In other words, I saw it and pretended not to see it.

For them, the facts in front of them are.

The Islands lost!

The game that could have been won, but lost in the end.

If the coach doesn't take the blame, who will take the blame?

The assistant coach was extremely nervous, and Takeda, who was the head supervisor of the team, couldn't look any better.

With his qualifications and status, he doesn't have to be as frightened as an assistant coach.

It's just that the situation in front of him made him feel a little tricky.

North American team!

Originally thought that in addition to the North American dream team, the cooperation and comprehensive strength of the national team, the personal strength of the players.

Get a big discount!

Unexpectedly, that was not the case at all.

Francis has fully adapted to Sawamura's ball speed.

And Sawamura had no choice but to use his own high-level change ball.

Then it is basically a matter of time before the ball is hit.

Supervisor Takeda is not worried about Sawamura's strength.

Ordinary people may think that Sawamura is a change-up pitcher whose biggest feature is his strikeouts.

Let the hitter not touch the ball!

This point is also well-founded.

In fact, until now, all the important domestic games of the island nation.

His strikeout records were all won by Sawamura.

Tokyo Spring Tournament, Summer Tournament, Kanto Tournament, Spring Koshien, Summer Koshien...

All the strikeout records were taken by the big devil Sawamura alone.

He is also known as a record maniac.

In fact, the records he has won are not just strikeouts!

And home runs and more!

But it feels like he's such a strong shooter.

This is also the origin of his title of Great Demon King...

But what you see with your own eyes is not necessarily true.

Originally, Supervisor Takeda also thought that Sawamura was such a pitcher.

It wasn't until he got along with Sawamura for a while that he really understood.

The characteristics of Sawamura are not what everyone imagines.

His characteristic is not to make the hitter miss the ball.

The real characteristic of Sawamura should be to prevent hitters from hitting the center of the ball.

To put it bluntly, he is a pitcher who relies on fielding to get the number of outs after the hitter hits the ball.

So even if Sawamura Eijun cannot use those high-level change balls, the impact on his own strength is not as great as everyone imagined.

As long as there is a reliable defense!

Then Sawamura can use another method to get the number of outs.

He has such ability and ability.

The problem is the current defensive lineup.

Of course, the improvised lineup cannot be compared with those well-trained defenses.

Fortunately, all star players played, which made up for the shortcomings to a large extent.

Star players stay where they are, and even without the cooperation of their teammates, they can still display a lot of strength.

Until the last game.

The defense of the island nation is still good.

It's not because they practice a lot together.

It's just because everyone is a star player, even if they are doing their own thing, they can still complete their tasks excellently.

Although there is less coordination.

But his outstanding personal performance made up for many deficiencies.

But now, all of a sudden, so many core players are missing.

Although the substitute players are also star players, many of them are not in their original positions.

As the saying goes, every row is like a mountain!

After changing their defensive positions, they may still be able to get along like ducks in water in low-level games.

If you encounter someone with the current level, you will probably be cold.

In short, it can't be reassuring!

Before Takeda Supervisor, the reason why he insisted not to let Hongo play, but chose the more experienced Sawamura.

Also out of this consideration.

In terms of cooperation with Renji, Sawamura may not be able to match Hongo.

The problem is that the 150-kilometer fastball in Hongo may not be able to stop the North American players.

Sooner or later they're bound to get used to it.

Once adapted, they are bound to launch a counterattack.

And it was a thunderous blow!

At that time, will Hongo be able to stop it?

Sawamura may also have various problems.

But in comparison, Sawamura is obviously more reliable.

After all, apart from pitching skills, Sawamura's combat experience is far beyond that of other high school players.

This monster who started to win the national championship in middle school has played countless life-and-death games until now.

He leads the team forward time and time again!

In this process, Sawamura has accumulated a lot of experience.

When he dealt with the crisis, he already had his own way of dealing with it.

In this predicament, Supervisor Takeda was thinking about it before.

He felt that there were many difficulties, and no one could guess what would happen in the end?

At this time, the supervisor has no choice but to hand over all the strategies to Sawamura.

Apart from trusting Sawamura, Supervisor Takeda really couldn't think of anything he could do now.

Now they can only pray.

The Great Demon King can be as miraculous as his previous legends, leading the island team to victory in the end.

But the result of the scene began to move in the opposite direction of them.

The first to act was not from the island team, but from North America.

Sawamura faced Francis and threw his third pitch.

Francis didn't swing for the first two pitches.

In fact, Sawamura already sensed the danger.

For a player like Francis, his intuition is very strong.

In other words, as soon as his side wants to throw the ball, his side should react immediately.

But in the two goals just now, Francis didn't react at all.

This shows what?

If Sawamura's guess is correct, it means that the opponent is going to play big!

Before preparing his ultimate move, he must first find out the real situation of the other party.

To put it bluntly, he wants to observe first.

Only when the observation is clear can we strike more accurately and finally complete the one-hit lore.

Francis is probably waiting for such an opportunity now.

If Sawamura Eijun's partner is Miyuki Kazuya, he will definitely use a high-level change ball like the Carter Ball Kai to force the opponent to swing and miss.

Although this doesn't quite match Sawamura Eijun's original pitching characteristics.

His specialty is to let the hitter miss it!

But after so many years of practice, Sawamura Eijun's own characteristics have actually changed. In the past, he just let the hitter miss.

Now through the high-level changing ball, at the last moment, the opponent is lore.

It has also become Sawamura, a very important way of fighting.

But now, Sawamura has no way to apply this very attractive pitching method.

Although Lian Si can catch it!

But being able to catch is a problem of proportion. He can probably catch about four or five balls out of 10 balls now.

At least half of the probability will be missed!

Don't get me wrong, it's not that Lian Si's strength is not enough.

The main reason is that the time for the two of them to cooperate is too short, and they haven't practiced together for too long.

Lianji was able to catch the ball in such a short time.

He was already better than those elementary school boys on the Qingdao High School baseball team.

Thinking about how talented those elementary school boys are, it's not hard to see how terrifying Lian Si is!

He and his partner from Hong Kong have indeed reached the point of perfection.

It is also because of the existence of such a super master as Benxiang.

The characteristics of Liansi will be fully developed.

So much so that now, Lian Si has become one of the few good catchers in the country.

Although the partner is very good, there is still little cooperation between the two sides, and the probability of missing connections is too high.

There was no way Sawamura could use that shot.

He can only use the quirk ball!

Sawamura intuitively believed that the opponent would definitely swing.

At this time, he can only hope that his teammates can stop the ball.

Just as Sawamura thought, Francis, who had already been chased by two strikes, aimed at this shot.

In fact, Sawamura deliberately threw the ball to the edge of the strike zone.

If the opponent touches the ball, the ball will also fly along the edge.

This is likely to be a foul ball.

If the opponent is strong enough to hit the ball far, it will also become a high fly ball.

Then the players on the island country team can easily complete the high-flying catch.

Even if the teammates are defending, they are not their original positions.

Sawamura also thinks it doesn't matter!

Their own strength is beyond doubt, so they are not so used to their position.

Catches should be fine, especially lobs.

The current situation is much better than the friends who took care of the Chicheng Middle School baseball team when he was in middle school.

At this time, Sawamura is completely confident in resolving the battle.

This is also a habit of his.

Throw the ball with the belief that you will win!

No matter what the result is, you must do it first.

The white ball roared out.

In the blink of an eye, he came to the beater.

Seeing the ball flying over, Francis bit his cheek and used all the strength he could feed.

He swung the bat in his hand with all his might.

"Buzz!"

During his swing, the sound of air friction changed.

The bat hit the white ball hard, and the white ball flew far away.

"Ping!"

In the rest area, in the stands.

All the star players in the island country were greatly shocked in their hearts.

How could the opponent's strike force be so strong?

They are incomprehensible, very incomprehensible.

Instead, it was Sawamura on the mound with a wry smile on his face.

He was not surprised by this result at all.

North America has a completely different style from the island country.

The baseball style of the island country cares more about the contest of skills and tactics.

Although players also swing bats, and regard this as a compulsory subject.

Some people are not even satisfied with the amount of practice in their team.

Brutely adjust the number of swings practiced every day to hundreds or even thousands of times.

Like Tetsuya Yuuki, the former captain of Seido High's baseball team.

That's what he does, and he does it well.

Later, that is, more than a year ago.

He seemed to be the strongest hitter in the island country at that time.

After entering professional baseball, his development is also very smooth, which is enviable.

This fully shows how important it is to have solid basic skills.

The players from North America look bohemian.

But they have never slackened in their practice in this area.

Basically, the well-known players in North America have a good swing.

In addition, their Caucasian bodies are inherently superior to those of the yellow race. This is true for ordinary people, and it is similar for athletes.

This gap may not be as big as everyone imagined, but the significance is more than that.

Just like Francis this ball.

Although the strong bats of the general island countries can hit the ball, they are absolutely unable to pull the ball back into bounds.

As a result, the original arrangement of the island nation team did not have any effect at all.

The baseball bounced off the ground, and Francis took the opportunity to run to second base in one breath.

No one out, man on second base.

It's a distraction, especially for the defensive side.

It's a very difficult thing.

Now it doesn't need much, just one hit, and the problem can be solved smoothly.

As long as a hitter scores a hit, Francis can take the opportunity to run back to the plate.

The North American players also clearly realized how critical this matchup is. In the next game, they adopted a lot of strategies, especially their supervision, and came up with a lot of ways to specifically target Sawamura and Island Team.

If Sawamura Eijun and the island team are not paying attention, the balance of victory in this game is likely to be rewritten.

It was also in this situation that Sawamura had a whim.

We must find a way to solve the problem in front of us.

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Ace of Diamonds - The Return of the Pitcher

Ace of Diamonds: The Return of the Pitcher