... has given strong emotions and as usual the meetings uncertain until the last. In one, in particular, the balance has faltered to the end, swinging first right and then left (every political reference is purely coincidental). Eventually he moved with a slight movement on the one hand, but unfortunately it was not what I wanted. The thing I was left a bit 'bad taste in mouth, but never mind ... Second round:
Teikyo (Tokyo East) 3x
MIEKO Ō (Mie) 2
After the thud of yesterday's Chiben Wakayama why not try to push another big down from the Olympus of youth baseball?
No, thanks! The gods in question, which now wore the striped jacket of Teikyo , this time they rebelled against the fate that saw them succumb to a point a few jumps from the end and are not fallen .
ninth inning , My high school in the lead by 2 to 1 and, despite the eight valid granted, excellent performance of the launcher Masuda . We arrive at the climax : Teikyo the attack, d ue eliminated and pushed a runner at third with very, very hard. Last batter which is also equivalent to the last chance. And here the long-awaited valid Taguchi who handed in his team on track, allowing the students to Tokyo to achieve the longed-for momentary balance.
From that moment on, the fear has taken possession of the other bench. It always happens this way: you're one step away from victory, but just at that moment something gets stuck. You lose the opportunity to close their nails and you're opponent's neck. The positive feelings that have accompanied you to change color and then a lot of negative thoughts start to creep into the mind, ceaselessly pounding.
" is up to see that ..." , " here it turns out that ... ," and even " Goes to ... . In all probability these were some of the thoughts arising from the state of mind with which he dealt with the Mie ' extra-inning . The tenth high with Mie in attack, had practically no history. Three easy disposal easy and the shadow of a hovering sayonara kachi then reached exponential levels.
The tenth film in the low speaks for itself. The protagonists: on the one hand afraid Masuda, of the other batsmen refreshed the "striped". Here are the results of the succession to the plate: hit, according to ball still hit situation and bases full with no deleted. The Teikyo does not escape the wonderful opportunity and thanks to the next valid Sonoda (for him now four out of five rounds to beat positive box) stores a few minutes before the meeting that he had seen a step back from the brink. The Teikyo (the name stands for "high school of the imperial capital") can breathe the air of the quarter-finals after three years of absence and does it again relying on his young prodigy Takuro It ō . If the physical and mental strength of the lineup is no longer a novelty, the surprise lies It's in the explosion ō, who finally manages to get excited not only by its technical qualities, the ones that no one has ever questioned, but also by demonstrating an extraordinary charisma and continuity. Its growth is crucial for the future of this team , with the addition of two more pitchers "with brain" (Suzuki and Yamazaki ), showcases a enviable roster. Today nothing turnover on mound, but most likely it will be seen later, because now on the pace is relentless and will disappear the day of rest. In the fourth
tomorrow against K ō nan Okinawa the "stripes" yet to be favorites. This is because under the pressure of the team Tokyo played the part of the real ambitious beats effective organization and the right amount of presumption to be able to be practical when it counts. In addition to this, another key issue in baseball, that is, psychologically withstand the desperate situation that often creates the last inning. To then turn it over in your favor, without allowing the opponents to recycle their hopes.
these parts hope to repeat the success of spring 1992, perhaps after a final against arch-rivals of the entire metropolitan Nichidaisan .
Second round: NICHIDAI Ogaki (Gifu) 6
OSAKA TOINE ( Ō saka) 2
The second match of the day brought the clash between two teams rank ever: on one hand the ' Osaka T orin , whose powerful clubs had to get rid of the first round without much trouble T kaidai Boy ō ō , trimmers nine points. Across the ' Ōgaki Nichidai Gifu, Champion T ō kai and later winner of the prestigious Meiji Jing ū Taikai, the tournament of champions inter November. The meeting highlight of today did not disappoint the expectations of the day before and was played in front of packed stands, in an atmosphere of great enthusiasm and excitement palpable.
Urged on by a great mountain Kassai (left), who came in second success staff in the tournament, the champions of T ō kai had the great merit to bite in attack continuously, scoring five points in six occasions, practically one for inning, and mortgaging of the victory well done effective before the conclusion of the match . L 'Ōgaki took full advantage all the opportunities opened up during the hour and a half hours of play without mistakes almost nothing on offense. The icing on the cake, the two run homer in the fourth and sixth of Tokimoto And or that led to three points in the bag. The third home run of the meeting, only a homerun, he realized Yamanaka 's Osaka T orin, eighth, the score of 5 to 0 for their opponents. Too little pay and above all a bit 'late to hope in an eventual recovery.
L ' Ōgaki Nichidai seen today is a completely different team than the uncertainty that had threatened on Saturday to the big debut against the Cinderella Kawashima (a 3-2 victory sweaty all' extra-inning ) . Apparently the air of the great challenges is good for these guys and now it's official now: After three years of purgatory (those passed by the dramatic end of 2007, lost 6 to 5 against Tokoha Kikugawa), the boys break through the Gifu port of the second round and went back to playing something important K ō shien.
Finally a curious statistic: the Kansai, the region that hosts the Senbatsu and seven teams lined up at the start (nearly one quarter of the total), including at least three squadrons, lost all its representatives first quarter.
Second round: HOKUSH Ō (Hokkaido o) 5
JIYUGAOKA (Fukuoka) 4
The meeting was waiting with more impatience was a mix of emotions and good game, a real arm wrestle between two teams eager to emerge, a constant repartee that has just spent the last launch.
Slightly different motivations on the eve of the parties involved: the one, the Jiy ū gaoka , it was a pleasant debut in the second round after years of anonymity, then missed an opportunity to be exploited to build a "story". For another, the ' Hokush ō , represents an ideal opportunity for revenge on a mocking fate, materialized in 1998 and continued in 2000, who had always doomed to be defeated in the second round of this tournament. An additional note of color was represented by two schools that were facing locate the ends of the archipelago, one from Hokkaido ō cold, the other came from the hot Ky ū sh ū and the challenge took place in Nishinomiya , that is ideally halfway.
Meeting in balance until the seventh, then Hokush ō in large vein accelerates and stun the opponent with a 3-0 final. It looks like a comfortable margin. The Jiy ū gaoka feeling the pinch, falters, however, do not lose heart and try to reason. And here, immediate, response. Part bottom of the seventh is a mix of emotions and sees the Hokush ō gradually give way to restock the opponents even the score. The interior gather in a circle around the pitcher and take a deep breath to try to remove the tension (top photo).
other hand, however, the adrenaline rises, but the reaction is limited to those three points. Granted the draw but escaped the danger of a dangerous overtaking on the home straight, the Hokush ō controls the eighth and last shooting attack resumed hammering the pitcher no Ō (photo left). The final assault on two other concrete points. On the other hand rather wasteful attack Jiy ū gaoka which, in addition to making the protagonist of a couple of jokes punished with as many bases loaded double with two games, has not exploited to the full the defining moment in the seventh recovery that could change the inertia of the race. In addition he also had the demerit of waking up too late in the ninth, with an attempt to climb only sketched the two deleted then. To break my hopes and their rekindled after the effective illusion of Captain Nakamura was the strike out on the designated hitter Arita, just come for the fishing groped wildcard winner. The
Hokush ō threw in the heart field and is finally able to dispel the curse of the second round. The only discordant note was the slight injury of his gem Matano, which occurred during an attempted stolen, he did stop the match for about ten minutes. The crash has earned him some of the soreness in his right hand fingers, the one with which grabs the ball, and good for him now that the relief Chiba, although far too neglected, has relied on the mound .
Here is the complete picture of the second round to be played all tomorrow
March 31, 2010 - quarter-finals
(08:30) Tsuruga Kehi - Nichidaisan ★ ★ ★
(11:00) Koryo - Ch ū ky ō from Ch ū ky ō ★ ★ ★ ★
( 13:30) Konan - Teikyo ★ ★ ★ ★
(16:30) Ōgaki Nichidai - Hokush ō ★ ★ ★
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