... fought just proposed a challenge for both large and technical merits of winning competitions, and for the bad day of losers, which proved unexpectedly another team, in practice the shadow of that determined and aggressive team that we had admired at the start of tournament ... semif inhaled
KONANIE (Okinawa) 10
NICHIDAI Ogaki (Gifu) 0
Yesterday, the Asahi Shinbun had presented this challenge by identifying three possible interpretations. The first
key, that pitcher: Yosuke Shimabukuro (pictured left), the best handed pitcher of the tournament, against the eight left-handed hitters dell'Ōgaki Nichidai. That would have required a lot of shots to get out to the corners of the strike zone . A hypothetical advantage for the Konan, in fact. The
second key, that lineup : until last year the Konan had suffered chronic shortages of sound. In this edition, after three meetings, the boys from Okinawa have got a batting average of .343, while their captain Ganeko is only three valid record from the Koshien!
The third and final key , potential dell'Ōgaki in line: thanks to the responsiveness of his turn down (the less-skilled batsmen), also capable of easily extra base hit (or jokes Long, long or hit or chod , or call it what you like), would be the Ōgaki been able to keep pressure Shimabukuro with every guy at the box office.
say that they have taken two out of three, while they messed dramatically.
First Key, guessed: the ace of Okinawa has been almost perfect until the sixth inning , allowing opponents to a meager basis for ball and nothing else. The opposition batsmen were all easily removed (" Sansha bontai ", often repeating the NHK commentators), many with the way sankyo ū sanshin , ie strikeout in just three throws. So, between the seventh and eighth shot, Shimabukuro gave two good consolation and it was then that the coach decided that it was enough. The ace fell from mound amid the applause of the audience and was replaced by relief Sunagawa. All this, of course, for the final tomorrow.
key Second, guess what: today the lineup of Konan has really made havoc! Apart from the pitcher holder, all the boys sent to the batter's box got at least a valid, collecting 15 in total, among which a splendid homerun of Yamakawa (left) to the second round. Ace opponent Kassai has raised the white flag early on, collecting six points, and in the third inning was replaced by the number ten Ahira . The survey has resulted in a bit 'better, but even he had to bow down and eventually swallowed the same ration of valid points and the holder. Captain Ganeko has now beaten two out of five and is one step away from establishing the aforementioned record. The third key
not worth the trouble to discuss it, as the batsmen dell'Ōgaki have gleaned from the misery of four valid, all scattered in the end times when the games were already made and Konan had already pulled the oars to save energies for tomorrow. The
Ōgaki now impotent team, played the worst game of the whole tournament, but failed to regain the pride demonstrated on other occasions. Really beyond recognition, the lack of will and lack of determination seen today were the distinctive elements of this scorching halt. A coat like no one had expected.
The semi-final and it was concluded dramatically tearing all the predictions that included a race result to be uncertain and the exact response to what happened on the diamond of Nishinomiya. Konan devastating attack, a tonic in the complex, capable of packing a good recovery, together with the provision that Shimabukuro has pinned opponents leaving twenty-one properties to the plate.
So, fans and supporters of Okinawa last minute (like my Tomodachi ht_fan) must thank - though these days is not unusual to find a team to the island for the title of a National Championship youth - a team concrete and determined, ready to react to any eventuality, the undisputed technical qualities, it has made in these two weeks a masterpiece. This is the first final total for the Konan, after the attempt went badly in smoke in a distant Koshien dated 1968. That year, the islanders were defeated in the semifinals to 14-0 against Kōkoku of Osaka, a high school that, after winning that issue, has fallen into a dreadful anonymity.
I want to tip the balance: the one that won today is the strongest team in the tournament. But the show is far from over. Against a team the caliber of Nichidaisan, it deploys fine batsmen, it is never the last word. The semi-final yesterday, has amply demonstrated, and then the curtain can not be lower still. But the last word of the verdict, I think it will be for your kids to Okinawa. Confirmation? I hope to have it tomorrow.
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