Volume 3: Hot Summer Chapter 001: The Injury of Genius
After a period of devilish training, two people, Zhang Han and Yu Xing, were promoted to the first army.
Finally, I managed to adapt to the training rhythm of the First Army.
The main team's strength has also been rising steadily due to the addition of several strong sophomores and freshmen.
Everything seems to be moving in a good direction for the Seidou High School baseball team.
Coach Kataoka, who originally had no confidence in the team, thought that these players might really have a chance to compete for the ticket under such a positive environment.
Although the hope is still not very high, Director Kataoka believes that they are already qualified to compete.
To be honest, even if there is no hope at all, given Coach Kataoka's personality, he will never slack off when training the players.
Not to mention that now that he has hope, he is extremely positive.
Two months before the start of the summer competition, he would accompany the players until their training hours every day.
In the midst of this prosperity, an accident happened.
The team's main catcher, Chris, is the mixed-race baseball player who previously led the first-team substitutes and the second-team main force to defeat Zhang Han and Yuki.
He injured his shoulder due to overtraining.
According to the doctor's diagnosis, he will have to rest for at least a year. This is assuming that his rehabilitation is good. If the rehabilitation is not satisfactory, then Chris will not be able to play baseball throughout high school.
The Qingdao High School baseball team, which had been full of morale, suddenly suffered an unimaginable heavy blow.
The team's main pitcher, Hidetaka, was in an unstable state. At least half of the credit for his outstanding performance was due to catcher Chris.
Some people even say that Chris is the real trump card of the Seidou High School baseball team.
Now that the real ace has fallen, the other catchers, whether it is the third-year Ikki or the second-year Miyauchi.
There is no way to completely replace Chris.
One month before the summer tournament, the Seidou High School baseball team was in an unimaginable crisis.
At this moment, the team leader, Coach Kataoka, stepped forward.
He gave the team's catcher position to Kazuya Miyuki.
This newcomer, who has just joined the team for less than three months, has become the number two player of the Seidou High School baseball team.
This incident caused a huge uproar in the team, and the team was still in turmoil until the start of the summer season.
"It looks like there's no hope this year! I'm so unlucky."
"How did Chris get hurt?"
"That kid has such a strong sense of responsibility. He feels that it is basically impossible to get into Koshien with the strength of this team. So..."
There is no need to explain it in detail, everyone understands what it means.
Because Chris has such a strong sense of responsibility, he has positioned himself as the leader of this team.
So on the one hand, he urged his teammates to work hard, and on the other hand, he also practiced harder.
These second-year players are not as talented as their predecessors or their juniors.
But their efforts were not inferior to anyone.
Generally speaking, third-year players face their last major competition in high school.
They will definitely fight to the death!
They train as late as they can without affecting their health.
The second-year players are led by Yuuki, Jun Isashiki, and Chris.
As early as the first grade, the training was no worse than that of the third grade players.
When I was in the second grade, I practiced with seniors like Dong Qingguo. They never went back earlier than the seniors in the third grade.
The representative of this is Chris.
He is almost always the last one to go back every day.
Everyone admires his spirit and perseverance. No one had ever imagined that over-training could actually cause injury.
It wasn't until Chris was injured that everyone woke up.
Even Coach Kataoka and the coaching staff hadn't noticed anything unusual before.
Although they felt that Chris's training was a bit excessive, it should still be within the tolerable range.
Chris comes from a baseball family, and his father was a professional baseball player.
Then he should know that overtraining will shorten his career life.
Coach Kataoka and all the members of the coaching staff firmly believed that Chris knew the pros and cons of the matter.
He would never allow his body to be hurt.
So I didn't say much.
Unexpectedly, this negligence directly led to the most serious consequences.
Didn't Chris know?
Chris knew this, of course, but with the team's current situation, he couldn't bear to see the third-year players training with him.
If he could just work a little harder, he hoped to be able to go to Koshien with his third-year seniors.
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Chris' injury is of course catastrophic for Seidou High School baseball and the entire team.
What was damaged was not only the team's overall strength, but also the players' confidence and ambition.
certainly.
This doesn't mean it's a bad thing for everyone.
Everything is relative.
The Titanic hit an iceberg, which was a disaster for the passengers on board. Most of the passengers and crew left this beautiful world forever.
But for the seafood creatures kept in the ship's tanks, isn't this a miracle of life?
Likewise, Chris' injury isn't a bad thing for everyone.
The first-year rookie catcher Yukichi got the opportunity and directly became the No. 2 player of the Seidou High School baseball team.
Although he himself was extremely dissatisfied with such an opportunity.
He was not willing to take advantage of such a ready-made bargain. He hoped to compete with Chris fairly, even if he failed.
A big part of the reason why he chose to join Qingdao was because of Chris. He hoped to be in the same team with Chris and compete fairly.
It doesn't matter if he loses the competition, he hopes to learn from Chris in the dugout.
Unexpectedly, Chris got injured and all his plans fell through.
At this time, we can only pray that Senior Chris recovers soon.
Apart from that, he can only shoulder the responsibility of being the main catcher of the Seidou High School baseball team.
Grow with the team and push the team to greater heights.
It’s just that this newcomer has not yet been recognized by the first-team players.
Can this freshman who just joined the Seidou High School baseball team really replace Chris?
They were skeptical.
Amidst the storm, the summer competition officially began.
As a seeded team, Seidou High School baseball team did not play in the first round of the tournament and was directly given a bye.
It wasn't until the second round that they made their debut.
Their opponent is a very famous team in the entire East Tokyo.
Musashi High School!
