I fell behind and watched a bunch of eps. I like how Sawamura became at last a reliable pitcher even though the gap with Furuya seems to keep growing after those fast - breaking balls and the whole bunch the coach has in mind for him.

Dunno what to think about this match. I think that it should be a close match until mid game, due to the thrive for recognition of the 2nd team but as teh game goes on their weakness must start to show and the maturity/experienice of the 1st string should be enough to wipe them out in the last innings.

I have 2 different feelings about this. Is the coach trying to show the 1st string (and those listening to the new coach) that his methods of rushing things are dangerous or is this to settle the thing about leaving/resigning the team showing that Ochiai is a good coach that can help them grow faster and get victories so giving them the feeling that even if his methods are different he is still a great (selfiss) coach.

I wonder how Sawamura will do against the 1st string. I can see him getting Home Runned a couple of times by Miyuki.