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[AmethystEnd]

Holy shit

 

[Monumma]

Oh boy. 9-10, game over.

 

[Monumma]

Game 2: Houtoku Gakuen - Tajimi

edit: 10-0 in the middle of the 3rd.

 

[AmethystEnd]

Game 2: Houtoku Gakuen - Tajimi

edit: 10-0 in the middle of the 3rd.

Wow. I tuned out after the first game today. This sounds like a bloodbath.

EDIT: The mercy rule would apply if Tajimi doesn't score by the 7th inning, correct? I'm not 100% on all the rules.

EDIT 2: Guess not.

 

[YesNOnoNOYes]

aaaaaaah sounds so tense~

i wanna go home already so i can watch some baseball

; __ ;

 

[AmethystEnd]

Game 2: Houtoku Gakuen - Tajimi

Now 16-0, top of the 8th.

No mercy rule in Koushien?

 

[SDBurton]

Now 16-0, top of the 8th.

No mercy rule in Koushien?

Just tuned in and saw the score, hoooly shit.

Edit: And a homerun to boot just now, wow!

 

[AmethystEnd]

2 more for Houtoku. That wild pitch just now. Geez.

19-0.

Edit: And another 2.

21-0.

Edit 3: Game over. Final score 21-0, Houtoku victory.

 

[Beckx]

I think I made the right decision to go to bed. Catching up now.

 

[akileese]

2 more for Houtoku. That wild pitch just now. Geez.

19-0.

Edit: And another 2.

21-0.

Edit 3: Game over. Final score 21-0, Houtoku victory.

Holy shit. Is Houtoku that good or was this a bit unexpected?

 

[Beckx]

Holy shit. Is Houtoku that good or was this a bit unexpected?

it's a freakish result, but indicates more that the region Taijimi came from is really weak. Houtoku is not a top tier school but as eigokokoyakyu notes they do have players that made the Japan U-15 team.

they get the winner of last night's third game, so it will be interesting to see if they come down to earth.

Tonight's first game will have Fukuokadai Oohori, eigokokoyakyu's pick to make best 4 out of the block. The last game has Sapporo Dai-itchi, continuing a string of multiple years with me not able to watch the Hokkaido team because they get the late game.

 

[Beckx]

All games canceled today because of weather. :/

 

[AmethystEnd]

...damn it.

 

[Lucumo]

Oh well...

 

[Monumma]

Hey, just woke up, why isn't the stream working?

All games canceled today because of weather. :/

...Damn, back to bed.

 

[Beckx]

it looks like the weather's good today, so games should resume at the top of the hour (8pm ET (9am Japan time))

Group B finishes in games 1 & 2:

Soushi Gakuen (Okayama) v Fukuokadai Oohori (Fukuoka)
Toukaidai Ichihara Bouyou (Chiba) v Shiga Gakuen (Shiga)

and we get the start of group C in the third game:

Kendai Takasaki (Gunma) v Sapporo Dai-ichi (Hokkaido)

Fukuokadai Oohori is eigokokoyakyu's pick to win group B. Kendai Takasaki is favored over Sapporo Dai-ichi but (in my sleep) I'll be rooting for Sapporo Dai-ichi to score the upset.

 

[AmethystEnd]

Soushi Gakuen (Okayama) v Fukuokadai Oohori (Fukuoka)

I can't wait for this.

 

[Beckx]

first game team grades from the app; fairly comparable except edge in pitching to Fukuokadai Oohori; defense to Soushi Gakuen.

 

[Beckx]

Miura can touch 140 and has a good slow curve, but he's in a jam with two outs.

 

[Monumma]

Has anyone tried the vods this year? Do they work? I just came back home and I really need to sleep. I cant afford to go sleepless tomorrow.

 

[AmethystEnd]

Has anyone tried the vods this year? Do they work? I just came back home and I really need to sleep. I cant afford to go sleepless tomorrow.

Yeah, they've been working for me on both firefox and chrome, but the quality is worse than the live broadcasts are (for me).

 

[Beckx]

man i really liked how Miura was down 3-0, came back with a two seamer at 139 to get a strike, then an off speed pitch for a pop up.

a lot of good movement on his pitches.

 

[Lucumo]

Yeah, they've been working for me on both firefox and chrome, but the quality is worse than the live broadcasts are (for me).

Same on my side. At least the ads are of higher quality...

 

[Lucumo]

Nice connecting sound into HR.

 

[Beckx]

Haitaa! and now Miura has a lead to work with.

 

[Beckx]

Miura just hit 144 kmh (89.5mph). guy hit it though, it was a weird defensive swing on a well placed ball

 

[AmethystEnd]

Oh man, really thought Soushi Gakuen was going to score in that inning.

 

[Beckx]

So now Soushi puts their ace in and he can hit 141, why wasn't he in?

HAITAA!

so maybe it's because he grooves fastballs

 

[AmethystEnd]

OH BABY THE HOMERUN

 

[Beckx]

the feeling when you hit two consecutive home runs at Koshien

 

[AmethystEnd]

the feeling when you hit two consecutive home runs at Koshien

I wasn't watching yet when the first home run got hit. It was the same batter?

 

[Beckx]

I wasn't watching yet when the first home run got hit. It was the same batter?

Yeah, same guy, Kawashima

 

[Beckx]

Fukuokadai Oohori's center fielder is dreadful.

 

[AmethystEnd]

And that's it. 3-6, Fukuokadai victory.

 

[Beckx]

Between his defense, bad luck, and getting plunked in the pitching elbow, Miura had to work for that. Good game, you can see why they are favored in B block but their weaknesses were obvious.

 

[Beckx]

Sapporo Dai-ichi (._. )

 

[akileese]

I was playing Mass Effect all night. Anything from last night worth watching a replay of?

 

[Beckx]

I was playing Mass Effect all night. Anything from last night worth watching a replay of?

First game was fun to watch Miura pitch but not necessarily tense.

Second game is a big pitching duel & worth watching.

Third game was a blowout.

 

[TankRizzo]

In for the Cubs to sign a broken armed Japanese phenom

 

[Beckx]

Today's games finish out the first round in C block, the first game in particular should be exciting

Fukui Koudai Fukui (Fukui) v Sendai Ikuei (Miyagi)
Takada Shougyou (Nara) v Shuugakukan (Kumamoto)
Sakushin Gakuin (Tochigi) v Teikyou Dai-go (Ehime)

Sendai Ikuei is a perennially strong competitor, we'll have to see how good they are this year. I want to see Fukui's fall schedule to see who they beat.

Tomorrow is the marquee (Kiyomiya) day but let's not get ahead of ourselves.

Edit: one of the songs from those Snow app ads is stuck in my head now. please help

 

[Beckx]

Cloudy but it looks like the weather will hold, Fukui Koudai Fukui v Sendai Ikuei up at the top of the hour!

 

[Lucumo]

He really shouldn't have gone for that second base. Oh well, at least they still got the 2nd run.

 

[Beckx]

It's good to watch Sendai Ikuei play. It doesn't feel like I've seen rhem since that Sato/Ogasawara duel in the summer final a couple of years ago.

 

[Beckx]

Haitaa!

There was no doubt off the bat on that.

 

[AmethystEnd]

Just tuned in. We heading into extra innings?

 

[Envelope]

is the stream working yet

 

[AmethystEnd]

is the stream working yet

Been working as far as I know.

EDIT: YO, THAT STEAL. WITH THE BUNT POSE TO BAIT.

EDIT: Holy shit maybe we're NOT going into extra innings.

EDIT: HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLY SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT

 

[Beckx]

Hasegawa looks absolutely gutted

 

[AmethystEnd]

Hasegawa looks absolutely gutted

That entire series of events leading to the tie being broken was just crazy.

EDIT: And it's over. Fukui Koudai victory, 6-4.

 

[YesNOnoNOYes]

Sakushin 9-0 Teikyou 7th inning

; __ ;