Volume 3: Hot Summer Chapter 007 Seeing the Future
At that moment, the baseball was only 7.635 centimeters away from Zhang Han's chest.
Zhang Han in the batter's box looked terrified. He stood there blankly, not moving at all.
"It's really like a flower grown in a greenhouse. It hasn't been through the ravages of wind and rain. High school baseball is not a game for you kids."
The catcher of Musashi High School thought proudly in his heart.
Never really made it to high school, never really played a high school game.
It is hard to imagine what high school baseball is like.
To give the simplest example, outstanding players who graduate from high school can even directly participate in professional baseball games.
This is something that elementary and middle school competitions cannot even begin to achieve.
It is no exaggeration to say that the top level of high school baseball is very close to professional baseball.
It may not be that professional, and the technical details may not be that sophisticated.
But in terms of level, high school baseball, middle school baseball, and elementary school baseball are completely different concepts.
This seemingly talented foreign student from the Seidou High School baseball team probably has never experienced anything like this before.
It’s normal to be shocked after seeing it!
"Let's defeat him in one fell swoop..."
Although it was a bit cruel to treat a freshman like this, who made him wear the uniform of Qingdao High School Baseball Team? Since he had the ability to represent Qingdao High School Baseball Team in the competition, he had the obligation to accept such baptism.
Kuriyama on the pitcher's mound was not as optimistic as his partner.
From his perspective, Zhang Han was not frightened by the corner kick, he didn't even move back a centimeter.
Faced with this ball that might hit his body, Zhang Han's reaction was too calm!
This gave him a very bad feeling.
But since the partner said so, the batter was frightened.
That shouldn't be a problem, right?
Kuriyama took a deep breath, cheered himself up, and threw his second pitch.
He had just thrown a bad ball. It was a bit unreasonable to throw bad balls continuously to a freshman.
This time, Kuriyama threw the ball into the strike zone.
The baseball slid in a downward arc and fell into the catcher's glove.
Zhang Han in the batter's box remained motionless as before.
It seemed that he had not yet recovered from the previous blow.
"Snapped!"
"nice shot!!"
The ball count is one good and one bad.
The supporters of the Seidou High School baseball team in the stands
They all looked at Zhang Han worriedly.
I thought, this newcomer who was just promoted by Coach Kataoka and the coaching staff, won’t run into any problems.
Not only the audience, but also the rest area of the Seidou High School baseball team was filled with such an atmosphere.
"Will this kid be frightened?"
A third-year substitute player muttered with a frown on his face.
Although after Zhang Han had problems, he had the opportunity to take the position of the main force.
But when he saw that the main shortstop of Qingdao High School baseball team was so frightened, he felt complicated.
"No matter what, you are standing in the batter's box for our Qingdao team, so don't embarrass yourself..."
in the corner.
Xiu Ze, who was warming up for pitching, couldn't help rolling his eyes when he heard people talking.
It would be fine if you said that others would be frightened, but would Zhang Han be frightened? Would he perform poorly because of nervousness?
Stop joking!
That guy just doesn't have wings, otherwise he would be able to fly.
He just joined the First Army and he dared to challenge Tanaka and the Eastern Qing Kingdom.
Do you know what tension is?
Just as Xiu Ze thought , Zhang Han was not frightened.
He saw clearly the intentions of the pitcher and catcher duo of Musashi High School.
For some reason, these two seniors never thought highly of me.
They treat themselves as if they were scaring a child.
This is so interesting!
Could it be that these two seniors really thought that they could render me helpless by beating and threatening me?
The first ball was a bad ball and Zhang Han didn't move.
When it came to the second pitch, Kuriyama threw a changeup.
To be honest, it’s not that Zhang Han is incapable of playing this kind of ball.
But the probability of error is not small.
During the few months of practicing with the Seidou High School baseball team, he has fully realized his own characteristics and advantages.
He is best at judging the ball path and his favorite ball is the straight ball.
If it is a straight ball, even if it is Xiu Ze's ball, Zhang Han has an 80 to 90 percent chance of hitting it.
If the ball is changed, the probability of success will drop significantly.
Given this, he generally does not easily hit the pitcher's changeup unless he is forced into a desperate situation.
They are all waiting for straight balls.
So for the second goal, Zhang Han did not take any action.
In Zhang Han's opinion, he chose to lie dormant and wait for the opportunity.
To put it bluntly, it's just waiting for Kuriyama to throw a straight ball.
But the pitcher and catcher duo of the Musashi High School baseball team seemed to have misunderstood something?
I don’t know what kind of mental journey they went through, but they became even more careless afterwards.
Perhaps he thought he was nothing to be feared, so he threw the straight ball with great confidence.
Zhang Han, who was in the batter's box, was stunned for a few tenths of a second when he saw the third ball coming.
It's a straight ball!
The straight ball came so quickly.
What is the direction of the pitch?
After joining the First Army, Zhang Han received a lot of guidance and training.
According to his original idea, the reason why the Seidou High School baseball team valued him was probably because of his predictive ability.
He can predict the general direction of the pitch.
Although Zhang Han himself had never had such a feeling, he thought it was correct.
Otherwise, there seems to be no other reasonable explanation.
Later, Takashima Rei and Kataoka told him that, strictly speaking, what he did was not action prediction.
It's a neural reflex.
"After a lot of practice, the body will act before the brain. There are many batters on the field who don't even see the ball clearly and just hit it out in a daze."
"My practice volume is not enough to reach that level, right?"
It’s not that Zhang Han is belittling himself.
Although his training is considered hard, there are many people around him who are just as hardworking as him.
They haven't achieved this level yet, so why should I?
"That's your talent! Some people may practice 10,000 times but still not get any results. But some people can do it very well after just one practice."
"And you, among all players of this type, are the best. Perhaps you can do what only true baseball superstars can do. See a few tenths of a second into the future..."
See the future!!
Outside corner!
Zhang Han took a step forward, swung the bat , and hit the ball out solidly.
“Ping!”
"Snapped!"
"Second point!"
Dong, who was originally on second base, laughed loudly as he crossed third base and ran back to home base.
Yuki reached third base, and Zhang Han took advantage of this long hit to run to second base in one breath.
The total score became 2:0.
Two outs, runners on second and third base!
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