"These guys are too much!"
The next morning, the Seido High School Baseball Team gathered together, looking at the online comments, their faces unable to suppress their anger.
Online, the Seido High School Baseball Team had originally received a lot of praise, with some even predicting they were very likely to win the championship.
If the top contender for the championship was Inashiro Industrial, who had just won the Spring Koshien, then the Seido High School Baseball Team could at least rank in the top three.
If these two teams truly ended up competing for the championship, the number of people supporting the Seido High School Baseball Team might not even be inferior to Inashiro Industrial's supporters.
After all, in the previous Tokyo Spring Tournament, the Seido High School Baseball Team had made it to the end, powerfully defeating their arch-rival Ichidaisan Third High School and successfully winning the championship.
Tokyo Television broadcasted the entire game, and the attention on that game was not much less than the Kanto Tournament.
They had previously won the championship in Tokyo, which was known as the 'hellish' district.
The Seido High School Baseball Team had a resounding reputation, and thus many supporters.
To put it bluntly, the Seido High School Baseball Team's support rate before was either first or second among the seventeen participating teams.
If they were first, some people online would inevitably be unhappy, and various criticisms would certainly follow.
Just like Inashiro, they had been criticized more than once.
The point they brought up was the previous game where Inashiro Industrial lost to Yakushi, even though Inashiro Industrial's condition in that game was abnormal.
Firstly, Narumiya Mei, their Ace, did not pitch the entire game.
Secondly, they had just finished the Spring Koshien at that time, and all of Inashiro's players were in a period of fatigue.
There were many similar reasons.
If they were to go all out and compete again, the Yakushi High School Baseball Team would probably find it very difficult to create such a miracle again.
But even so, Inashiro, who was eliminated early, still gave the media a lot to criticize.
They claimed Inashiro was incapable in this and that.
In contrast, the media's attitude towards other teams with championship hopes was quite lenient.
They fell into the category: they had the strength to contend for the championship and no obvious scandals before.
Just like not long ago, posts evaluating the Seido High School Baseball Team online, if not 100%, then over 98% of them were optimistic.
They were all very willing to believe in the strength of the Seido High School Baseball Team's National Best Batting Line, believing that the Seido High School Baseball Team would definitely be able to create a miracle.
Even if they ultimately didn't win the championship, they would definitely once again capture people's attention.
But all of this changed after the Seido High School Baseball Team played against Shonan Gakuen.
Although most posts still favored Seido High School, the wording within them had become vague.
The same words, previously their logical emphasis was entirely on 'strength', meaning the Seido High School Baseball Team truly had the ability to win the Kanto Tournament championship.
But now, their logical emphasis was on the word 'miracle'.
As if the Seido High School Baseball Team winning the Kanto Tournament championship was some incredible feat.
Although it was indeed true, the Seido High School Baseball Team's teammates still felt very uncomfortable after hearing it.
As if the Seido High School Baseball Team shouldn't win the championship.
Shouldn't their winning the championship be taken for granted?
Even more infuriating was that some people even questioned the strength of the Seido High School Baseball Team.
They played so poorly against the unknown Shonan Gakuen, almost being overtaken; what ability do they have to challenge stronger teams?
The most infuriating among them was a netizen named Mt. Fuji Foothills.
In his words, luck would not always be on the Seido High School Baseball Team's side.
What does that mean?
It means that their victory against Shonan Gakuen in the last game was entirely due to luck, not strength, right?
This was simply nonsense!
The Seido High School Baseball Team was incredibly unlucky in their last game.
In the last two rounds of hitting, Zhang Han and Yuuki were unable to perform to their full potential.
Even if they hit the ball, luck was not on their side.
Instead, it was firmly on Shonan Gakuen's side.
After winning the game, the Seido High School Baseball Team's teammates were so excited.
On one hand, it was because they had defeated a strong opponent, and they had a very satisfying game; on the other hand, it was also because they felt they had overcome not only their opponent but also themselves and inexplicable bad luck.
It was precisely because of such a victory that the Seido High School Baseball Team's teammates celebrated so much after the game!
This also gave those media outlets that questioned them some grounds for nitpicking.
Why were the Seido High School Baseball Team's players so excited?
Playing against an opponent whose strength and reputation were far inferior to their own, dragging the game out until the very end to win, shouldn't the Seido High School Baseball Team's teammates feel ashamed?
The reason they felt excited was because they themselves believed their strength was only at that level.
That's why they celebrated so much.
Of course, not all netizens online were talking nonsense.
There were still some media outlets and netizens who gave relatively objective evaluations of the Seido High School Baseball Team.
They believed that the reason for the Seido High School Baseball Team's current situation was not due to insufficient offensive strength; in fact, the hitting strength displayed by the Seido High School Baseball Team in this game was still formidable.
Firstly, they showed strong offensive power at the beginning, scoring a large number of runs before Shonan Gakuen could react.
After the score was tied, the Seido High School Baseball Team's two most reliable hitters were intentionally walked one after another.
Their opponent, the player named Aoki, also proved himself through his own efforts, making all the spectators recognize him as a top pitcher.
In this situation, things were not very favorable for Seido High School.
The game was very likely to go into extra innings.
Once the game entered extra innings, it wouldn't just be a test of strength, but also a desire for victory.
In this regard, Shonan Gakuen's players performed no worse than the Seido High School Baseball Team's players, even exceeding them.
But it was precisely in this crisis situation that the Seido High School Baseball Team's players displayed extremely high composure.
Their remaining hitters continuously got hits and Homeruns.
Even if someone made an error in between, even if they walked along the edge of a cliff, they still won the game in the end by a three-run difference.
Everything displayed by the Seido High School Baseball Team's hitters in the game fully proved their strength.
It proved that their title of National Best Batting Line was absolutely not just for show.
What was truly worrying was the Seido High School Baseball Team's pitcher's mound, even though a remarkably strong first-year pitcher had emerged on their pitcher's mound, making people subconsciously overlook this point.
After all, currently, Seido High School, including Zhang Han, has four exceptionally strong pitchers.
Such a strong pitching staff ranks among the best nationwide.
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