Volume 3: Hot Summer Chapter 016 Interview Invitation
The Seidou High School baseball team broke through in just five innings in their first game.
It caused a huge response in the Tokyo area, especially in West Tokyo.
Those who originally thought that the Seidou High School baseball team was getting worse and worse suddenly made a 180-degree turn in their attitude.
Originally everyone was optimistic about Daocheng or the city’s top three high schools.
Now it seems that the result is really uncertain.
The biggest troublemaker has appeared!
This troublemaker is not a dark horse that suddenly emerged, but the powerful Qingdao team that is gradually on the road to revival.
There was a lot of commotion outside, but it was not until two days later that the Qingdao High School baseball team got the news.
The team successfully won the first match, and Director Ota and the school leaders were very happy. The chubby principal and the shrill dean of teaching came to the team to cheer for the players.
He urged them to keep up the good work under the leadership of Supervisor Kataoka.
But the contestants did not feel any joy at all.
As soon as the competition was over, Supervisor Kataoka called all the contestants together for a criticism meeting.
From the ace pitcher to the entire batting line, they were all scolded.
The original teammate of Seidou High School baseball team thought that he played well. Even if he could not get the praise of Kataoka and the coaching staff, at least he was at a qualified level.
But from what Kataoka heard, that was not the case at all.
Coach Kataoka did not deny the good points that everyone played, but he focused his criticism on several mistakes made by the team.
Especially at the beginning of the game, the pitcher was not strong and the batting line looked listless.
The team's reversal was actually due to the guidance of Zhang Han and Yuki?
"Is this the baseball you've been learning at Seidou High School for the past three years?"
Director Kataoka's words were like ice chips, chilling one's bones.
"Don't think everything will go smoothly after you beat Musashi High School. In your current state, you won't be able to withstand a real opponent..."
At the end of the meeting, Director Kataoka made the following summary.
The little friends were all silent and didn't dare to have any extra thoughts.
In fact, they themselves knew clearly that if they really met Daocheng and City University, judging from their performance today, it would be difficult for them to defeat them.
Don’t be fooled by the powerful batting line-up of the Seidou High School baseball team when they played against Musashi High School.
But it is hard to say whether we can achieve such results if we meet powerful opponents.
Add to that the instability of their ace pitcher...
What will the final result be?
It’s really hard to say.
The little pride that had just risen up in the little friends was extinguished just like that.
On the afternoon of the day the game ended, they didn't even take a break and went straight to the court to practice.
No words were spoken that night.
It was not until the next day that the friends collected some news from the outside world from newspapers and scattered websites.
In stark contrast to Coach Kataoka, there was no criticism of Qingdao from the outside world, only praise.
If it weren't for the precaution given by Director Kataoka, the kids might have gotten carried away.
They may think that they really have the strength to advance to Koshien as the outside world says.
Mr. Ota, the captain of the baseball club, was the one who felt it the most.
In fact, when the game just ended, he also thought that these little guys under him performed very well.
As for the seedlings.
The remaining players now have no advantage compared to Qingdao High School's previous lineups.
Although there are also representative figures like Tosei Koku and Yuki Tetsuya.
But the team's overall strength and stability seem to be a little lacking compared to before.
It was hard for Kataoka, not to mention Ota, to believe that a team like this could make it to Koshien.
But after the first round, Ota changed his mind.
Perhaps he underestimated the players under his command, although Ota still felt that they did not have much hope.
But there is always hope...
From this perspective, this team is not weaker than in previous years, and is even a little stronger.
The addition of Yukichi and Zhang Han undoubtedly brought good chemical reaction to the team.
According to Ota himself, after the competition, the players should be praised a little. Even if they are not praised, they should not be criticized.
But Director Kataoka did the opposite. He severely criticized all the contestants without showing any mercy.
"Is it too strict? I feel like this year's contestants still have some hope."
Afterwards, Ota also put forward his own suggestions.
"It is precisely because there is hope that we cannot let them get cocky."
Kataoka Road.
Perhaps no one is more eager to enter Koshien than Kataoka.
That's why he was more careful.
After the team's breakthrough in the first game, many media, both online and real-life, requested interviews with the Seidou High School baseball team.
Some people even gathered at the school gate.
Obviously, in this round of games, the Qingdao High School baseball team has become the biggest focus.
Now, Minister Ota had to admire Director Kataoka's foresight.
He still lacks experience .
If Director Kataoka had not taken precautions at the time, he would have allowed reporters to come in for interviews.
It is really hard to say what will happen to those players whose mentality is not fully mature in the end?
With such a buffer, even if the players of Seidou High School baseball team are interviewed now, the impact on them will be much smaller.
In the supervisor's office.
Takashima Rei was wearing gold-rimmed glasses and holding a stack of documents in her hands, asking for instructions from Supervisor Kataoka.
"A total of more than a dozen media outlets have applied for interviews. Do you think we need to make some arrangements?"
"Didn't you say to reject all interviews? We are preparing for the next round of games. Was it the principal 's idea or the director's idea? No matter whose idea it was, the baseball club..."
"This is what the school council wants, and there is no way we can refuse."
Takashima Rei pushed the glasses on her nose with her ring finger: "They are usually very supportive of you, Supervisor."
The arm cannot twist the thigh!
Even the iron-faced and impartial Kataoka sometimes has to bow to reality.
The board of directors hopes to expand the influence of the Seidou High School baseball team through interviews with reporters and boost their morale which has been low in recent years.
Kataoka, who had failed to lead the team into Koshien for four or five consecutive years, had no way to refuse this .
In the end, he had no choice but to agree.
But at the same time, he also stated that he could only accept an interview with one reporter, and this reporter could only interview three players at most.
Takashima Rei nodded.
"Just leave it to me! I will never let reporters affect the condition of our players."
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