Chapter 18: Kohler High School
The first inning of the game. Craft High School fielded its best hitting line.
A great center fielder. Aaron Schiller. left hit
Two bats and third baseman. justin. Loew. hit right
Three-stick left fielder. Kyle. Kingsley hit left
Four-stick second baseman Malvin. Gonzalez hits right
Five bats first baseman. Wang Peng hits right
Six catchers. Manny. Fosser hits right
Seven-bat third baseman. steve. jack right hit
Eight-stick right fielder. Kevin. keller right hit
Nine-stick pitcher. Fanny. left hit
Wang Peng, achieved through his own efforts. A main position. And the original first baseman Kyrie. Eugene. Because I have to do my best to prepare for the next spring exam, I don't want to delay my studies because of baseball. This Jewish boy is a person who knows what he wants.
Through these years of training, I know myself, and playing baseball is just like that! Impossible to fight through baseball, college scholarships!
The main position was given to Wang Peng. I started my self-abuse trip in the school library every day. Although he has not retired from the team, he is already considered a marginal member of the team.
Sometimes absent from training, coach Mark will not say too much; after all, everyone has their own choice; with the blessings of other old teammates in the team, he took the initiative to announce. own decision. And the friends also gave Carey. Eugene, with the best wishes. Hope Carey. Eugene. Get a good future!
Van Nistelrooy, who started today, is a lefty, though not a fastball shooter. His straight ball is only 140 km, and his fastball is, four-seam, aided by a 135 km carter and a handful of 120 km curveballs.
Kind of like a ground ball pitcher. Has some strikeout ability, but more by making a lot of infield grounders. Come get the innings. The opponent also sent his best line of play.
second baseman casey hit right
Second baseman Miller. hit right
triple bat first baseman mark left hitter
Four-bat catcher Muller hits right
five-bat center fielder kahn hit left
Six-bat right fielder Gardner hit left
seven bat left fielder sheehan hit right
Eight-stick shortstop Kim Zuo hit
Nine-bat pitcher, Keller hit left
The home team kicks off first, and today's pitcher is Ruud Ruud, who is a typical grounder. Therefore, the defense requirements for the infield are particularly high. It also puts forward higher requirements for Wang Peng's defensive level!
Today's catcher, Manny, crouches behind home plate. He stretched out his right hand, gesturing between his crotch for today's game. The first password! Just look, Manny's hands are painted with bright yellow nail polish. At first, Wang Peng thought the 180cm man was a "give".
Still thinking in my heart, Lao Mei really knows how to play! Still avoiding Manny as usual. Manny thought that Wang Peng didn't like to play with the catcher, and even made an own mistake.
Once I took a bath, everyone finished washing. Only Wang Peng and Man Ni were left, and Man Ni ran out of shampoo. At first glance, Wang Peng was left in the bathroom, naked, and walked up to Wang Peng who was facing the disheveled head. From behind, Wang Peng was patted, and Wang Peng turned around!
Manny was naked, standing behind her. I thought.....
Scared Wang Peng. Whoa. There was a streaking...out, bathroom. It's not that Wang Peng can't beat Manny.
Just thought.... a bit overreacted. Leaving Manny standing in the bathroom with a "question mark" on her face for a long time without responding! ! !
Later, I learned that the catcher is to make the pitcher see clearly. A signal for pitchers to pitch. Most American catchers wear bright nail polish, and the brighter the better. .
Especially Latinos. The catcher, that's right, that's the nail polish of major brands. As rare as Jiazhen, she is not weaker than girls at all! After Wang Peng learned about the situation, he took the initiative to find Manny to apologize.
It's like making another friend. Manny readily accepted Wang Peng's apology. From time to time, I sent invitations to Wang Peng and took Wang Peng to attend the gathering of Hispanics in the team.
And Wang Peng learned simple "Spanish" language. This pair of Wang Peng will enter in the future. MLS, that helped quite a bit!
The opponent's first shot, Casey in, with a weighter. After warming up, body. Standing in the right strike zone, under the guidance of Manny, Fanny threw the first ball of the day! A two-seam straight ball with a low outside corner, the ball is a little low. The hitter chose to let the ball go and didn't make a shot!
But the catcher Manny, at the moment of catching the ball, raised the distance of one ball; strike; the referee, judged the first ball as a strike, and saw it; the opponent's first bat, Casey, grinned;
Here is the catcher's farming technique. It's the catcher's ability to steal a strike. To understand it in simple words; through small movements at the moment of catching the ball, it interferes with the referee. Penalty, a good catcher can catch a bad ball thrown outside the strike zone into a strike through the hand shape of the catch. After all, the striker cannot challenge the penalty of a strike. The referee shall prevail!
As for the catcher's distribution requirements, the catcher must first understand his pitcher.
How your pitcher handles the ball, how is the speed of the ball, the range of the ball, etc. This is just the first step, but I think it should not be a big problem. You must practice together between shooting and catching.
Second, know some methods. For example, as soon as the batter enters the strike zone, he stands close to the home plate. There are many similar skills, it depends on your accumulation.
Finally, catchers need to know your pitchers. This overlaps with the first point a bit. But I think knowing your pitcher's personality makes for a better communication!
Matching the ball can best reflect the battle of wits and courage between the shooting combination and the hitter.
Different hitters have different likes and dislikes and hitting hotspots, for example, some hitters are good at inside corners, some like to hit high pitches, some are good at curveballs, and so on! Before the game, coaches, catchers, and pitchers should try their best to understand the habits and statistics of all the hitters of the opponent team, and use different ball types, ball paths, and good and bad ball combinations for each hitter to avoid hits as much as possible.
At the same time, the type of ball, pitch, physical fitness, and competitive state that the pitcher is good at are also the basis for distributing the ball. In addition, the situation of the runner on the base bag, the position of one's own defensive teammate, and so on must be considered.
Just thinking about how to match the ball is a very brain-intensive job, so baseball is definitely one of the most complicated sports.
The catcher's secret signal is an instruction to the pitcher. The pitcher is the command tower on the field in a baseball game. He will make pitching suggestions to the pitcher based on the opponent's information he has and the batter's habits. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com Some hitters may like the straight ball in the center but are not interested in the inside corner slider, so the catcher may suggest that the pitcher use a slider or a curve ball.
Therefore, the pitcher's ball selection when facing the batter is very important. If the hitter knows the course of the ball to be thrown, even the course that the batter does not like may be hit or even a long hit.
In order to avoid this situation, secret signals will be used to communicate in the pitching and catching room. After the pitcher gives suggestions, the pitcher can make a choice, so that the concealment is high, and the opponent's hitter will not discover his intentions.
Each team's code is different, and only their teammates or even the pitcher and catcher know it. The password is not static and may change from time to time.
The catcher's signal is just a suggestion, and the pitcher does not have to obey it, so we often see the pitcher nodding or shaking his head during the game, which means agreeing or disagreeing. Of course, it is also possible to nod for no and shake your head for yes, because there are no fixed rules for passwords.
Manny quickly issued a second signal to the pitcher. The pitcher nodded and threw the second ball quickly. The ball came straight to the batter's inside corner, a high inside corner fastball. The batter swings because the batter is right. The incoming ball was misjudged, squeezed by the pitcher's pitch, and did not make a good swing. The ball was not played well. Instead, a small bounce in front of pitcher Chiu.
The pitcher made quick work of the mound and got the ball close to the glove. After stabilizing the rhythm, he took out the ball and passed it to the first base where Wang Peng was. The batter quickly dropped the bat and sprinted quickly. He was running quickly along the first base line!
Wang Peng stepped on the first base with his right foot, on the bag. Catch the ball directly into the glove, "snap".
One out. Craft High School takes first out!
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