Volume 3: Hot Summer Chapter 024 Situation
Seidou High School won a big victory over Metropolitan Third High School, and it was another five-inning effective game.
This incident once again caused a huge response throughout Tokyo.
At the beginning of the competition, although no one dared to underestimate the Qingdao High School baseball team, not many people really believed in them.
It is generally believed that they will become a spoiler for West Tokyo , but it seems a bit unrealistic to say that they can win in the end.
Yes, they have a strong line.
It seems to be even stronger than the three major high schools in the city and Daocheng Industry.
But they can’t stop their pitching lineup from being unstable!
As long as this weakness exists, the Seidou High School baseball team will definitely be in big trouble if they encounter a truly strong team.
But after two rounds of matches, Qingdao successfully advanced to the top 16. Although in this process, they lost one or two points in every game.
But they scored more points, 16 points in the first game and 21 points in the second game.
The point is, this is just the score they scored in five innings of offense.
In comparison, the points they lost were just a drizzle.
Under such circumstances, who dares to assert that the Qingdao High School baseball team has no chance?
Not to mention outsiders, the attitude within the Seidou High School baseball team has also changed dramatically.
Originally, the school leaders and coaching staff did not think they had much chance in this competition. They had watched the team get organized with their own eyes and were well aware of all the hidden dangers in their team.
But these players who made them feel uneasy brought them great surprises when they arrived at the competition venue.
I have to say that Director Kataoka is really an amazing person.
When he first took over the team, it seemed that the team was not very good. There were no good seedlings, and there were always various problems when adjusting the team.
But the amazing thing is that once the competition begins, these players who are obviously full of problems often perform very well.
Don’t you think it’s strange?
Qingdao High School has indeed not made it to Koshien in recent years, but it has made it to the top four quite a few times, and the worst was the top 16 in Tokyo.
Although for a top team like Seidou High School baseball team, as long as they fail to make it to Koshien, they will be considered a failure.
But the team is not so corrupt that a change of coach is necessary.
At the very least, the board saw the potential in Supervisor Kataoka.
Or it should be said that they do not think that in this environment, changing a supervisor can turn the tide.
In fact, anyone with a discerning eye knows that the most important reason why Qingdao High School has been unable to make a breakthrough is not because of any major problems they have, but because of the strong rise of Daocheng.
The competition for a spot in Koshien is so fierce!
In the past five years, the Daocheng Industrial High School baseball team has represented Tokyo and West Tokyo in Koshien six times.
There were only two times for the city's senior high school, one for Seidou High School in the summer league (the first year Kataoka was the head coach, five years ago), and one for the spring league, and the opportunity was monopolized by the East Tokyo team.
Moreover, Daocheng’s strength did not start in the last five years.
Ever since Guoyou started coaching the Daocheng Industrial High School baseball team, they have made it to Koshien more than a dozen times in the past decade.
He has long been the de facto overlord of West Tokyo.
As a result, the city's third high school and Qingdao High School in the same district will certainly not have an easy time.
In fact, it's not just Qingdao, the city's third high school also encountered a lot of problems. But compared with Qingdao, their life is slightly better.
At least in the past five years, they have made it to Koshien twice, so it's not too embarrassing.
Originally, everyone thought that Daocheng Industrial had the best chance of entering Koshien in this New Tokyo Tournament.
Unexpectedly, the Qingdao High School baseball team came out halfway.
Judging from the first three rounds of games, the strongest team in West Tokyo is probably Seidou High School.
After all, they have the largest lead in two games.
So much so that the principal and the dean of Qingdao High School felt like they had been blessed. They had quietly visited the team three or four times in the past two days, showing their presence from time to time and encouraging the players.
Then, under the cold gaze of Supervisor Kataoka, he quietly retreated.
After advancing to the top 16 with a big score, the outside world's evaluation of the Seidou High School baseball team has risen.
The players of Seidou High School baseball team just couldn't be happy.
They had advanced to the round of 16 in the morning, and then they heard that the city's third high school had just defeated them in the spring tournament at Hachioji Stadium.
With a huge score of 25:0, they defeated their opponent in the quarter-finals.
The game also ended early in 5 innings.
Originally, Daocheng Industry had already firmly established itself as the dominant force in West Tokyo.
Now it seems that their position of dominance is not so stable.
Both challengers displayed terrifying offensive capabilities.
No matter which one it encounters, it will inevitably have a huge impact on Daocheng Industry.
Nowadays, the only thing Daocheng Industrial High School can be thankful for is the grouping of this competition.
Before encountering Daocheng, Qingdao High School and City University High School had to fight a fierce battle first.
And from the perspective of the competition system, they also have the advantage of physical strength.
This is a later story, so let’s not talk about it for now.
The friends on the Seidou High School baseball team all felt a lot of pressure.
They are pretty unlucky actually.
In the spring competition, the city’s top three high school team that had just defeated them actually advanced first.
In this way, the city's third high school team will be well rested in the next quarter-final match against them.
Those guys can even go watch their game with the Qingshan High School baseball team in a leisurely mood tomorrow.
It makes me angry just thinking about it.
For an entire afternoon, the third-year seniors were sweating profusely on the court as if they had taken gunpowder.
Minister Ota was so anxious that he kept rubbing his hands on the sidelines of the court.
Because of the stimulation from the city's top three high schools, the contestants just couldn't calm down.
Their eyes were completely occupied by the word revenge.
But don’t forget, they still have a game tomorrow?
If I use up all my energy today, what will I do tomorrow?
Whenever he thought of this, Minister Ota felt like an ant on a hot pan, running around in a panic.
In the end, he had no choice but to tell Director Kataoka, hoping that the director would come forward.
I didn't expect Kataoka to have a completely laissez-faire attitude.
"Let them be! If they are used up completely, won't there still be first and second year players?"
After hearing this, Ota thought about it and it seemed to be true.
In the past, eighty to ninety percent of the team's players were third-year players, and players from lower grades would never be able to make it.
But now it’s really different!
The first-year students are Zhang Han and Kazuya Miyuki. The second-year students are Tetsuya Yuuki, Jun Isashiki, Ryosuke Kominato, and Koichiro Tamba.
Players in the first and second grades can form most of the team, and it is a very strong team.
Totally capable of playing in the game.
But tomorrow is the 1/8 finals, the 4th round of the West Tokyo Tournament.
Is it really okay to do this?
