Reincarnation In Diamond No Ace

Training Field,

Chairman: Well, congratulations on your advancement to the finals.

Secretary: So ,far so good the problem is what comes next.

Assistant coach: {It's not as simple as that make it out to be.

Coach: Frankly, speaking out opponent is strong.

Chairman: Eh, In other words there are no openings.

Batters were practicing fro the finals in batting cages.

Chairman: Their game just ended yet, These kids are really passionate.

Secretary: Shouldn't you stop them?

Coach: They can't wait for it, the match.

In meeting room,

Chris: In short, he only pitched 4 change up in this game 3 Forkball, 7 Sliders and Lastly, his pitches are mainly built around Fastballs.

Ryousuke: Then, What does only man to get a double off Narumiya last year think?

Yuuki: We have our 1st and 2nd batters, who are able to distract our opponents and whole batting line up to hit the ball out of the fence. Right now we can definitely defeat Narumiya. To the last moment fight without own style of baseball.

"YOSHAAA!" Players shouted upon hearing Yuuki thoughts.

Inashiro technical school Baseball Club dorm

Narumiya: I'm tired can I sleep now.

Harada: If you are able to remember Seidou's Batting lineup properly. They are different from the opponents we've fought against their batting is at a national level.

Narumiya: Hmph, If we think of them as a preliminary to Koshien, they are they are the best opponents.

Harada:{with slight anger} This carefree attitude....

Narumiya:

"Watch out for 1st Batter Kuramochi's running speed. But if i don't let him get on base, then he's not that frightening. The scary one is 2nd batter, he is able to handle any kind of pitch. 3rd batter is Isashiki He will start swinging from the first pitch even if it ends up foul.. 5th batter Masuko san is very good at hitting fastball. When Kazuya has a chance to bat, Watch out for him too."

" The one we are most wary of are 4th and 5th batter Captain Tetsu san and first year Kojima kun, If we suppress these two guys completely then the odds are in our favour. Is there anything I need to know."

Harada: That's enough, get a proper Massage before sleep.

Narumiya: OK.

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Next day,

Training field,

Crowd:

"Oh, Isn't that machine shooting close to 150 kmph?"

"That's a beautiful hit."

"A southpaw pitcher with a max speed of 148 kmph, If they cannot hit Narumiya's fastballs, they won't win"

Sakai: Guh [could only graze the ball]

Coach: Sakai you are still only grazing the ball complete your swing. Listen up Incomplete swings will let your opponent build momentum even if you end up striking out, swing your bat with all our your might.

"Yes sir"

Sawamura: Uh Yosh~{completely missed} 1 Millimeter just 1 mm closer!!

Assistant coach: H...He did swing his bat completely...

Sawamura: Furuya!

Sawamura: Harucchi, Damn lucky guy [he took his stance to hit]

Miyuki: Sawamura Bunt!

Players:

"Amazing bunt it killed off the momentum"

"isn't the machine shooting at 150 kmph?"

"There is no bunt he can't hit"

Tanba: Bunt master! [not good at bunts]

After batting practice they did fielding practice, then all the pitchers were lead to bullpen to pitching practice. Furuya pitched few pitches as he lacked stamina. Tanba regained his confidence by pitching in his last match. Kawakami was working hard as he is almost closer of the Seidou. Sawamura starts to learning cutter.

Kojima: Miyuki senpai, are you free after this practice?

Miyuki: Yes, do you want to throw more?

Kojima: No, actually there is a pitch I want to try.

Miyuki: Are you trying to learning all the types of pitches in the world? So which is it>

Kojima: Knuckle ball.

Miyuki: !NANI!

Kojima: Hahaha, Sorry I am just kidding. All the pitches I have breaks outwards to Right handed batter and I want to have a pitch that breaks to inside.

Miyuki: OK, and?

Kojima: So I am thinking to learn 2 seamer that breaks inwards to right handed batter.

Miyuki: OK let's do this.

Kojima went to indoor practice area and started to practice He tried 2 grips in one he held the ball with two fingers on the seam with quite distance between them and thumb underneath. It broke less but traveled at a very fast speed around 90 mph.

In second try, He held the ball with two fingers between seam with little to no distance and thumb underneath, It broke way more than 1st try but traveled at almost 85-87 mph. He practiced both both the grips to use this pitch in his next match.

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After dinner,

Coach: The starting pitcher for tomorrow's game is Kojima, Tanba and Kawakami be ready from the beginning.

"Yes sir"