Chapter 120: Dodge Ball!
“Sawamura! Sawamura!!!”
At first, the members of the Brotherhood of Red Heart and the Demon-King’s Guard did not understand what was going on with Sawamura’s mysterious containment.
It looks like it’s completely unnecessary. That distance, let alone Mima, is not a problem for an average runner to get back to the base safely.
You must know that any runner who attempts to steal bases is all focused on the pitcher. If the runner does not have enough distance from the base, the pitcher can't touch them. Of course, this is without considering stealing.
In this case, Sawamura’s throwing the ball is a bit out of standard.
Unexpectedly, in the end, when Sawamura pitched, Mima couldn’t even start.
Needless to say, this must be Sawamura’s credit. Although they don’t understand how it works. All in all, Sawamura did well.
“Sawamura, Sawamura!!!”
A neat slogan sounded.
At this moment, Seidou’s momentum climbed to its peak.
On the pitcher’s mound, Sawamura’s eyes swept over Mima, intentionally or unintentionally.
Ordinary people may not be able to see it, but Mima is different. He has excellent dynamic vision and eyesight, and he can easily catch Sawamura’s provocative eyes.
‘I’m watching you!’
It seemed that Sawamura didn’t specifically look at the runner, but the corner of his eyes never left him.
Mima was convinced that as long as he dared to step into the rhythm of stealing bases, Sawamura’s restraining ball would definitely come over.
‘Can’t move! I can’t move a single step.’
For the players of the Hakuryu High School, once they got on the base, they were like a duck to water, and they entered their own rhythm. It’s even more so when they take the initiative to trouble the pitcher.
But right now, Sawamura wouldn’t let them move a single step, which was really embarrassing.
The dugout of the Hakuryu High School.
Superintendent Sasaki finally recovered from his previous failure.
In terms of strategy, losing to Kataoka made him very embarrassed. But now the most important thing is to attack.
Sawamura’s containment was indeed unexpected, but it was not without flaws.
Thinking about it, he gave a sign to the players on the field.
When Sawamura made the second pitch, Takehara used a bunt.
Ping!
The ball was knocked out and rolled to first base.
Tetsuya ran to catch the ball, and Sawamura went to first base to cover.
At the same time, Mima ran to second base.
Tetsuya catches the ball and passes it to Sawamura.
“OUT!”
The first out was successfully won. Mima went from first base to second base.
One Out, runner at second base.
Sawamura smiled wryly.
‘It’s amazing!’
Seidou’s dugout.
Chris’s face also became solemn.
“They still found it!”
On the side, Manager Ota took the initiative to ask.
“Found what?”
Chris said: “Sawamura’s containment flaw.”
“Sawamura’s containment flaw?”
“That containment has flaws. Rather than flaws, it should be more accurate to say limitations. Because Sawamura is a southpaw, his body is facing the first base, and even with the corner of his eyes, he can see the first base and the movements of the base runners. So he can monitor the movements of the runners all the way. But it is only limited to first base. Facing the second and third bases, Sawamura cannot do this. This also gives the opponent a chance to steal base.”
Superintendent Sasaki is a little young, and he doesn’t seem to be as cunning as Kataoka. But his ability to read the game and his insight is not bad.
He has begun to gradually understand Sawamura’s strengths and has formulated countermeasures.
‘I believe that the next time we meet, Hakuryu High School will not be so passive.’
Of course, the most important thing is the current game.
In the position of the catcher, Miyuki gave Sawamura a sign.
‘Never mind, I can monitor the runner, you just need to focus on the batter.’
‘I believe in you!’
On the pitcher's mound, Sawamura didn’t say anything, he just glanced at Miyuki, and Miyuki understood what he meant.
“Okay, let’s do this!”
The two of them stopped holding and focused on dealing with Kitaooji.
While watching Kitaooji, Miyuki paid attention to the movements of Mima on Second Base.
He found that Mima, like before, began to wriggle in the direction of third base at a slowly accelerating rhythm.
Although Mima was still very close to the base bag, Miyuki felt inexplicably that Mima was going to steal the base.
‘Could we restrain him?’
This thought appeared in Miyuki’s mind, but he left it behind. He had no experience with Sawamura in that and he wasn’t sure when the best time to contain Mima was.
But it doesn’t matter, if he can’t be restrained, you can also touch him Out and solve him.
Thinking about it, he gave Sawamura a sign.
On the pitcher's mound, Sawamura nodded slightly.
He pitched in his usual rhythm and looked as if he was in a hurry to score Strikes.
At the same time as he moved, Mima also moved. He was like a galloping horse, and his speed instantly soared to the extreme.
Fast!
Even with mental preparation, Miyuki couldn’t help breaking out in a cold sweat.
He staggered, moved out of his catcher position, caught the ball off the outside corner, and passed to third base.
The rest area of the Hakuryu High School.
Sasaki’s face paled.
A trap!
Before, Sawamura and Miyuki had played such a hand, but they did not expect to repeat the same trick now with the first ball.
SNAP!
After Miyuki caught the ball, it passed it directly to Masuko.
Masuko looked at Mima who was rushing up and directly wanted to touch him with the Mitt.
“Ugaaah!”
Facing Masuko’s touch, Mima’s eyes flashed a gleam of brilliance, and he moved away from Masuko’s Mitt.
Masuko looked at a loss, he really didn’t think that there was such a possibility.
Fortunately, he was also considered a battle-hardened man, so he reacted on time and hurriedly turned around and pushed his Mitt at Mima.
Mima took another step, dodged Masuko’s Mitt again, and stepped on the base bag with one foot.
“Safe!”
When the referee announced the result, the audience was boiling.
“Wow, what was that!”
“Amazing!”
Facing the trap that Sawamura and Miyuki had set up together, Mima escaped unexpectedly.
Here is a baseball rule. Sometimes, a fielder just needs to catch the ball with the Mitt and put his foot on the base to block a runner. And sometimes, the runner has to be Touched-Out before he is Out of the play.
Why is this?
It depends on whether the runner is forced to move forward or not.
For example, when a batter hits the ball, the runner on first base must go to second base. At this time, the fielder catches the ball and occupies the base in advance, then the runner is out of the game and then passes the first base to count as a double kill.
For the first base, there is no need to touch out, as long as the fielder catches the ball and any part of his body touches the base bag, the batter is out.
There is also a situation, which is the current situation, where the runner steals bases alone. You have to Touch-Out the runner to get him out. In the major league’s Touch-Out records, there is a runner who still successfully stole the base in the face of three fielders.
Of course, in general, it is hard to do!
Today, Mima has performed such a wonderful dodge and stole a base.
…
T/N: The First Chapter!
Chapter 120: Dodge Ball!
“Sawamura! Sawamura!!!”
At first, the members of the Brotherhood of Red Heart and the Demon-King’s Guard did not understand what was going on with Sawamura’s mysterious containment.
It looks like it’s completely unnecessary. That distance, let alone Mima, is not a problem for an average runner to get back to the base safely.
You must know that any runner who attempts to steal bases is all focused on the pitcher. If the runner does not have enough distance from the base, the pitcher can't touch them. Of course, this is without considering stealing.
In this case, Sawamura’s throwing the ball is a bit out of standard.
Unexpectedly, in the end, when Sawamura pitched, Mima couldn’t even start.
Needless to say, this must be Sawamura’s credit. Although they don’t understand how it works. All in all, Sawamura did well.
“Sawamura, Sawamura!!!”
A neat slogan sounded.
At this moment, Seidou’s momentum climbed to its peak.
On the pitcher’s mound, Sawamura’s eyes swept over Mima, intentionally or unintentionally.
Ordinary people may not be able to see it, but Mima is different. He has excellent dynamic vision and eyesight, and he can easily catch Sawamura’s provocative eyes.
‘I’m watching you!’
It seemed that Sawamura didn’t specifically look at the runner, but the corner of his eyes never left him.
Mima was convinced that as long as he dared to step into the rhythm of stealing bases, Sawamura’s restraining ball would definitely come over.
‘Can’t move! I can’t move a single step.’
For the players of the Hakuryu High School, once they got on the base, they were like a duck to water, and they entered their own rhythm. It’s even more so when they take the initiative to trouble the pitcher.
But right now, Sawamura wouldn’t let them move a single step, which was really embarrassing.
The dugout of the Hakuryu High School.
Superintendent Sasaki finally recovered from his previous failure.
In terms of strategy, losing to Kataoka made him very embarrassed. But now the most important thing is to attack.
Sawamura’s containment was indeed unexpected, but it was not without flaws.
Thinking about it, he gave a sign to the players on the field.
When Sawamura made the second pitch, Takehara used a bunt.
Ping!
The ball was knocked out and rolled to first base.
Tetsuya ran to catch the ball, and Sawamura went to first base to cover.
At the same time, Mima ran to second base.
Tetsuya catches the ball and passes it to Sawamura.
“OUT!”
The first out was successfully won. Mima went from first base to second base.
One Out, runner at second base.
Sawamura smiled wryly.
‘It’s amazing!’
Seidou’s dugout.
Chris’s face also became solemn.
“They still found it!”
On the side, Manager Ota took the initiative to ask.
“Found what?”
Chris said: “Sawamura’s containment flaw.”
“Sawamura’s containment flaw?”
“That containment has flaws. Rather than flaws, it should be more accurate to say limitations. Because Sawamura is a southpaw, his body is facing the first base, and even with the corner of his eyes, he can see the first base and the movements of the base runners. So he can monitor the movements of the runners all the way. But it is only limited to first base. Facing the second and third bases, Sawamura cannot do this. This also gives the opponent a chance to steal base.”
Superintendent Sasaki is a little young, and he doesn’t seem to be as cunning as Kataoka. But his ability to read the game and his insight is not bad.
He has begun to gradually understand Sawamura’s strengths and has formulated countermeasures.
‘I believe that the next time we meet, Hakuryu High School will not be so passive.’
Of course, the most important thing is the current game.
In the position of the catcher, Miyuki gave Sawamura a sign.
‘Never mind, I can monitor the runner, you just need to focus on the batter.’
‘I believe in you!’
On the pitcher's mound, Sawamura didn’t say anything, he just glanced at Miyuki, and Miyuki understood what he meant.
“Okay, let’s do this!”
The two of them stopped holding and focused on dealing with Kitaooji.
While watching Kitaooji, Miyuki paid attention to the movements of Mima on Second Base.
He found that Mima, like before, began to wriggle in the direction of third base at a slowly accelerating rhythm.
Although Mima was still very close to the base bag, Miyuki felt inexplicably that Mima was going to steal the base.
‘Could we restrain him?’
This thought appeared in Miyuki’s mind, but he left it behind. He had no experience with Sawamura in that and he wasn’t sure when the best time to contain Mima was.
But it doesn’t matter, if he can’t be restrained, you can also touch him Out and solve him.
Thinking about it, he gave Sawamura a sign.
On the pitcher's mound, Sawamura nodded slightly.
He pitched in his usual rhythm and looked as if he was in a hurry to score Strikes.
At the same time as he moved, Mima also moved. He was like a galloping horse, and his speed instantly soared to the extreme.
Fast!
Even with mental preparation, Miyuki couldn’t help breaking out in a cold sweat.
He staggered, moved out of his catcher position, caught the ball off the outside corner, and passed to third base.
The rest area of the Hakuryu High School.
Sasaki’s face paled.
A trap!
Before, Sawamura and Miyuki had played such a hand, but they did not expect to repeat the same trick now with the first ball.
SNAP!
After Miyuki caught the ball, it passed it directly to Masuko.
Masuko looked at Mima who was rushing up and directly wanted to touch him with the Mitt.
“Ugaaah!”
Facing Masuko’s touch, Mima’s eyes flashed a gleam of brilliance, and he moved away from Masuko’s Mitt.
Masuko looked at a loss, he really didn’t think that there was such a possibility.
Fortunately, he was also considered a battle-hardened man, so he reacted on time and hurriedly turned around and pushed his Mitt at Mima.
Mima took another step, dodged Masuko’s Mitt again, and stepped on the base bag with one foot.
“Safe!”
When the referee announced the result, the audience was boiling.
“Wow, what was that!”
“Amazing!”
Facing the trap that Sawamura and Miyuki had set up together, Mima escaped unexpectedly.
Here is a baseball rule. Sometimes, a fielder just needs to catch the ball with the Mitt and put his foot on the base to block a runner. And sometimes, the runner has to be Touched-Out before he is Out of the play.
Why is this?
It depends on whether the runner is forced to move forward or not.
For example, when a batter hits the ball, the runner on first base must go to second base. At this time, the fielder catches the ball and occupies the base in advance, then the runner is out of the game and then passes the first base to count as a double kill.
For the first base, there is no need to touch out, as long as the fielder catches the ball and any part of his body touches the base bag, the batter is out.
There is also a situation, which is the current situation, where the runner steals bases alone. You have to Touch-Out the runner to get him out. In the major league’s Touch-Out records, there is a runner who still successfully stole the base in the face of three fielders.
Of course, in general, it is hard to do!
Today, Mima has performed such a wonderful dodge and stole a base.
…
T/N: The First Chapter!
