Chapter 45: Rocket Promotion!
Li Lei was extremely shocked inside.
All in all, he had known Todoroki Raizo and his son for some time.
Before entering Yakushi High School, Li Lei trained with Todoroki Raizo almost every day for a period of time.
As a former professional player, Hong Lei has many unique insights. Whether it is hitting or pitching, Li Lei has gained a lot.
In Li Lei's impression, Todoroki Raizo was a hidden master.
Although it is difficult for Li Lei to understand it himself, he has always known that such people exist, who are talented but indifferent to fame and fortune.
With Todoroki Raizo's ability and his reputation in the professional arena, if he wants to find a job that is respectable in the eyes of others.
It shouldn't be a difficult thing.
But he didn't do that. He took his son Hongleishi and lived a life like a free and easy immortal.
Although life is a bit embarrassing.
But he trained his son to become a talent, and now he brings his son back to the court to create greater glory again.
This kind of reclusive master generally does not care about other people's opinions and likes to act arbitrarily and go his own way.
Li Lei's impression of Todoroki Raizo was very deep.
Unexpectedly, just today, he saw a completely different Todoroki Raizo.
He is no longer carefree and carefree, but like some wealthy supervisors, he keeps feeding chicken soup to his disciples.
Just like the coach who coached Li Lei before.
They are always full of passion and say things that make people's blood boil when they hear them.
This simply subverted Li Lei's cognition.
However, the effect of these words is still very obvious.
The eyes of the second- and third-year seniors all glowed red since they heard what Supervisor Todoroki Raizo said.
Just by looking at the expressions on their faces, you can tell how excited they are.
This bowl of chicken soup for the soul is just right.
The second and third grade players on the Yakushima High School baseball team changed their minds very quickly after drinking chicken soup.
With the addition of several strong newcomers, these guys also have new expectations for their team's goals.
Those little monsters are really strong!
With them, maybe the Yakushima High School baseball team can really enjoy Koshien.
Although there is not much certainty, there is always a glimmer of hope, right?
Compared to the previous situation of the Yakushima High School baseball team, their current situation is obviously much better.
In this case, what else do they have to worry about?
Of course, the reason why the second and third grade seniors changed their minds so quickly has a lot to do with the actual situation of the Yakushima High School baseball team.
Including Li Lei and Honglei City.
They have only added 4 new people in total. This number is particularly amazing.
If the Yakushima High School baseball team had nine strong newcomers at once, the second and third grade seniors might not be able to accept it at all.
After all, the positions of all of them will undergo earth-shaking changes.
This took them a while, how could they adjust their mentality?
But there are only 4 powerful newcomers, which means that only a few positions really need to be changed.
Even the four newcomers have all become the core of the team.
The core players of the team before then just became the main players.
Similar to Masuda, Fukuda and others, they are still the main players of the team.
However, they have gone from being the core of a little-known team to becoming the main force of a team that has a glimmer of hope of hitting Koshien.
Between the two identities, who is better?
This is really hard to say.
In short, the original core players of the Yakushima High School baseball team thought that they could be the main force of the team in the future and follow the team to attack Koshien.
Their motivation is still very high.
As for the original main players of the team, their status was not very stable to begin with.
The current situation is similar, except that the original rotation of the main force has become a rotation of substitutes.
They still have some opportunities to play.
Generally speaking, the players who are most affected by the addition of such powerful newcomers are the players ranked lower on the team's bench.
They finally made it into the roster, but once someone new joins, they might be kicked out of the team.
Originally, I could cheer for the team in the dugout, but then I could only go to the stands and shout slogans with the first-year students.
This outcome is undoubtedly the worst.
But the problem is, including the second and third grade players on the Yakushima High School baseball team, there are only 16 players in total.
In other words, after adding 4 new people, they only have 20 people.
For regional competitions in Tokyo, a team can register up to 20 players' names.
This also means that after Li Lei and Hong Leishi join the team, they will be joined by 16 players from second and third grade.
They were neither too many nor too little, just enough for a roster of 20 people.
None of them need be eliminated.
Everyone is selfish, and the second and third grade players on the Yakushima High School baseball team are no exception.
That's why.
They soon discovered that after Honglei Shi and Li Lei joined the team, they did not have much impact on their status.
On the contrary, they will follow these newcomers to benefit.
Although it looks good, it still doesn't look good.
But the second- and third-year players on the Yakushima High School baseball team no longer reject the addition of several powerful newcomers, and can even be said to accept it happily.
After the exchange game between old and new students, at the suggestion of captain Masuda, four first-year freshmen were directly promoted to the Yakushi Ichi Army team and began to serve as the main force of the team.
Li Lei has become a strong competitor for the team's ace pitcher.
However, the Yakushi High School baseball team is a team that respects tradition very much.
Although the actual ace of their team was Sanada, the No. 1 jersey was also worn by Sano.
This point will not change even if Li Lei joins.
The number he got was No. 18, which was also Sanada Junpei's previous number.
Now Sanada Junpei has become No. 11.
As for the remaining guys, Todoroki got No. 20, Akiba got No. 19, and Mishima got No. 17.
I got No. 20 Honglei City and smiled like a fool.
His number is the largest!
But the young man didn't know that except for the initial numbers 1 to 9, the numbers were different because of the different positions of the players.
For all two-digit numbers, theoretically, the smaller the number, the more important your position is.
It’s also harder to eliminate.
A team can register 20 people for the regional competition, but the Koshien venue only allows 18 people to be registered.
This means that even though the Yakushima High School baseball team seems to be harmonious right now.
Once they really reach Koshien, the two at the bottom will most likely be eliminated.
After the new team was established, Todoroki Raizo urged everyone to train and at the same time began to look for suitable practice partners for the Shishi High School baseball team.
Chapter completed!