Volume 1 Chasing the Baseball Dream Chapter 013 Action Prediction
"Majin Boy, when you were dueling with Zhang Han Boy, you seemed to be particularly wary of him. You even asked for a timeout. Can you tell me why?"
Supervisor Tahara's question made Manaka feel a little ashamed.
But he still told the whole story in detail.
"That kid's hitting was a little weird. His swing wasn't very strong, but he always managed to hit my ball. When he was in the first year of junior high school, I played against him and could easily beat him. By the time he was in the second year, we were basically evenly matched. In the last two games, he got 4 hits from me."
This incident dealt a serious blow to Shinaka's confidence.
It even made him doubt himself and wonder if he was not suitable to be a pitcher at all.
"Haven't you overcome this psychological shadow by entering high school?"
"I thought I had overcome him. I wanted to beat him fair and square this time, so I discussed with the catcher and planned to use the changeup I had been practicing. But I didn't expect that guy to not give us any chances. He swung at the first pitch."
When talking about this matter, Zhenzhong felt particularly aggrieved.
He was clearly prepared to fight Zhang Han for 300 rounds, but he didn't expect that the other party would not play according to common sense.
As agreed upon for a duel, the other party directly pulled out a pistol.
How can we play this?
Not only Manaka, but another core student in the third year of high school at the city university also said something similar.
"That guy is evil!"
The one who said this was Ohmae.
The two core players of the team used the same word at the same time.
Coach Tian Yuan couldn't help but have doubts, so he asked his assistant coaches to collect detailed information about Zhang Han.
"The autumn competition is in full swing. How can we have the energy during this period?"
The assistant coach of the city's third high school gave a tactful suggestion.
In his opinion, Zhang Han was already a junior in the city. If he wanted to study him, he could wait until he joined the team.
At this stage, their most important task is still the autumn competition.
"No! That's not the case. As far as Zhang Han Boy's performance is concerned, there is no team he can't join as long as they recommend him. He is a very practical player and no coach would dislike him. Even if the team doesn't need him temporarily and he serves as a rotation player, he can still show his good strength."
Supervisor Tahara said with certainty.
"He must have his reasons for coming to our private recruitment meeting. We must prepare in advance to be prepared for any eventuality."
"Supervisor, you are right!"
The boss gave the order, and as an assistant coach, I had no choice but to carry it out.
Fortunately, they were well prepared, and there were dedicated people to collect the information of all the contestants who came to participate in the audition.
This also includes detailed reports submitted by their respective team supervisors.
Zhang Han’s information was quickly collected, including even videos of his games in national competitions.
Supervisor Tian Yuan spent more than half an hour reading through Zhang Han's information.
Then I spent about two hours watching Zhang Han’s game highlights.
By this time, he already had some guesses in his mind.
"When we tested it before, how many pitchers did we use? How many pitching machines did we use?"
“Two pitchers, two pitching machines.”
"Give me statistics on Zhang Han Boy's test results using the pitcher and the pitching machine."
The assistant coach was a little confused, but since the supervisor had given the order, he had no choice but to do it.
The results were soon revealed, and it turned out that Zhang Han had struck 12 times in total.
6 times against humans and 6 times against pitching machines.
He struck out the ball a total of 9 times, including 5 times when the pitcher threw the ball.
The pitching machine pitched the ball and he struck out 4 times.
In terms of batting performance, he ranked first among the middle school students participating in the draft.
Sasaki, who ranked second, only hit it out 7 times.
However, his attack was completely opposite to Zhang Han's.
Only three times did he hit balls thrown by the pitcher. The remaining four times, he hit balls thrown by the pitching machine.
The results are already obvious.
There was a gleam of excitement in Supervisor Tahara's eyes.
If his guess is correct, then this player named Zhang Han will definitely shine in the future.
By that time, I believe that the senior high schools in their city will also have great opportunities.
at the same time.
In another prestigious high school in Tokyo, there was a lady who was dressed fashionably and wore black-framed glasses with gold rims.
Pushed open the door of their baseball supervisor's room.
"Director Kataoka, could you please take a look at this first?"
The lady handed the thing in her hand to the man in front of her.
The man didn't waste any time and directly plugged the mobile hard drive into the office computer and started automatic playback.
Then he saw that the close-up was recording a game.
The game was coming to an end and the two sides ended in a draw.
Just as the game was about to end, the situation suddenly changed.
A player who had already reached third base suddenly stole home base.
Their opponents reacted quickly and passed the ball to the catcher immediately.
The catcher caught the ball quickly and turned around with enough time to fix the problem.
In this case, the reckless runner is almost certain to be eliminated.
But then, a magical scene happened.
The reckless runner somehow managed to avoid the catcher's glove and actually jumped over it, successfully scoring a point.
"What kind of game is this?"
"The junior high school national baseball tournament. This is the semifinals of the Matsukata competition. The baserunner is named Zhang Han."
The other chubby minister in the room, Ota, asked in confusion.
"His speed seems average! If we were to recruit a runner, he wouldn't seem to be the best candidate."
“It’s not about speed, it’s about movement.”
The supervisor named Kataoka frowned and lost in his memories.
It was three or four minutes later that he spoke.
“It seems to be a prediction!”
The lady wearing black-framed glasses with gold rims nodded affirmatively.
"I think so too. This player must have strong predictive ability."
The supervisory office of the city’s third high school.
"Action prediction!"
Supervisor Tahara said with certainty.
Compared to the rigidity of a pitching machine, the difficulty will undoubtedly increase when pitching with a real person.
But even in this situation, Zhang Han was more powerful when competing with people than when competing with a pitching machine.
Fight better.
Data doesn't lie, and through their tests on Zhang Han , they can basically confirm this.
Zhang Han has top-notch ability to predict actions.
He can predict his opponent's next move based on their actions.
This is also the reason why the real ball can always be hit.
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