Chapter 13: Victory Without Fighting

Sawamura didn't have high expectations for Akagi Middle School's first competition trip.

In this country, the prevalence of baseball is unimaginable for ordinary people. Just like in a rural place like Akagi, there are so many people who don't know anything about baseball. But in a slightly developed place, most people in the school have an understanding of baseball, and even many people have been exposed to baseball since childhood.

This ratio is so high that ordinary people can hardly imagine it.

Why do places like Tokyo, Osaka, and Kanagawa become fierce battle zones?

Of course the crowd is one aspect, and another very important aspect is that most of the students here have played baseball, but only a handful of them have never touched it at all. Among those who have played baseball, about one-third have been in junior or junior baseball, and have systematically learned baseball.

This is the real reason for the formation of the fierce war zone. Compared with people in Nagano and Chiba, they are professional.

Even in Nagano, there are several junior baseball and junior baseball clubs. Although the players they train can't compare with the junior baseball in Tokyo, they still have an overwhelming advantage over those around Sawamura who have no baseball knowledge at all. . There are hundreds of these players every year, and most of these people are concentrated in a few baseball schools. One can imagine the strength of such a school.

Even if it was Shilun Middle School who had played against Akagi before, there were several in the team who were transferred from the junior club.

It is precisely because such a new force joins every year that Shi Lun can stabilize his position in the top eight and sixteen in Nagano.

Compared with these schools, Akagi Middle School is completely incomparable. Even if Sawamura has the advantage of being reborn, he has confidence in his pitching. But he also doesn't think he can beat these guys by pitching 122 to 133.

Therefore, Sawamura's requirements for Akagi's first-year competition were very simple.

The key is to participate, feel the atmosphere of the competition, and learn how some strong teams play...

Of course, if you can win one or two games in a big competition, it will be more perfect.

Although Sawamura knew that new teams like them who had just signed up should be the weakest link in the seed selection system, they would usually be directly assigned to seed teams as victims. But he still hopes to win one or two games. After all, people always have to pursue something.

The competition is approaching, and the training of Akagi Middle School is still on schedule.

Such a relaxed state quickly aroused the doubts of Feng Xiang Ouichi and Oda Bensheng.

"Didn't you say you want to dominate the country? For example, one hour of exercise in the morning, one and a half hours of training in the evening, and only a few practice games, how can this be enough?"

Feng Xiang Aoyi has worked in the young club, and he is very aware of the training system of the young club. Although Sawamura's arrangement is not negative, it is definitely not positive. A team that really aims at the whole country has to work harder, right?

"That's it, good!"

Sawamura was calm.

Akagi, except for Feng Xiang Ouichi and Oda Bensheng, who suddenly appeared, are all his friends in his previous life. Brother Yamazaki and Nobu Nakagawa will not talk about it, they are all his childhood. When the baseball club was established, they chose to be with Sawamura without hesitation.

The same is true for Yamaguchi and Feng Ryo, both of whom were former teammates of Sesawa Village. Otherwise, with the physical qualities of the two, if it weren't for Sawamura, other sports clubs might not want them. One is one hundred and fifty in height and one hundred and fifty in weight, and the other is a sissy who has no flesh all over her body.

These are Sawamura's old team, members of the Seven-member Akagi Baseball Club.

Why seven?

It's very simple, the former Shize Village didn't have enough people in the end, otherwise the club manager Cang Yue would not be allowed to participate in the competition. At the time of the competition, two members were actually multi-parties, and they came to help the competition because they couldn't refuse Sawamura's enthusiasm.

Sawamura, his little friends, knows their physical fitness too well.

Not to mention Qing Dao, who practiced five or six hours a day. Even with more than two hours of practice now, they have already approached their physical limit.

Some things have to be gradual, and it is impossible for a person to eat into a fat man in one go. Although Sawamura himself is a training maniac, he doesn't want his little friends to feel that playing baseball is a very painful thing because they can't stand the training plan he gave them.

He still hopes to lead everyone to enter the national competition, and even dominate the country.

But the premise is that everyone must be happy.

If everyone was miserable because of his own dream, Sawamura would rather give up his first wish.

After his rebirth, in addition to his baseball dreams, Sawamura's greatest desire is to play baseball happily with his friends.

Of course, victory still has to be pursued.

If the game keeps losing, what's there to be happy about?

Sawamura's explanation made Feng Xiang Aoyi unable to refute.

"Then you don't plan to use the change ball?"

Fengxiang Aoyi said.

He had a heads-up with Sawamura, and he knew very well the true strength of Sawamura's pitching. Otherwise, he would not follow Sawamura's words as a senior.

Sawamura's straight ball is sharp, but with that kind of ball alone, they probably won't be able to win even a round.

Although Sawamura's pitching was fast, it was only slightly higher than the average of middle school pitchers. Strictly speaking, this is not a fastball.

"Of course, the emphasis is on participation."

Sawamura nodded.

Fengxiang Aoichi knew very well that Sawamura had already planned to give up this tournament to allow the team to accumulate experience.

He knew very well that there was nothing wrong with Sawamura's approach. But still can't help but feel a pity, it's really a pity, if Sawamura is willing to show all his strength, they may not have few chances.

"No chance!"

Sawamura's ruthlessness is even more powerful than Feng Xiang, who came out of a young club.

Sawamura knows too well the difference between professional and amateur.

For two teams with similar levels, a player's mistake may very likely make their own side doomed.

Akagi's little friend, how many mistakes will there be?

No matter how strong Sawamura and Feng Xiangao are, it is difficult for Akagi to go far in the first competition.

Even, Sawamura thought that Akagi might not be able to win a game.

Their practice matches looked dazzling before, with eight wins, seven wins and one draw.

But in fact, the winners are the first-round teams in the competition, and they have never encountered any opponents with enough weight. If you meet a seeded team in the first game, then...

Just when Sawamura was worried, the grouping of the game came down.

The moment he saw the grouping, Sawamura was stunned.

In the first round of Nagano Prefecture, Akagi's opponent was Akagi West next door.

On the table of this group, Akagi West has been crossed, which means that they have withdrawn from the competition for unknown reasons.

In the first round of the Nagano County Competition, Akagi Middle School VS Akagi West, Akagi Middle School won without a fight and entered the top 32 of Akagi County.