Too bad you can't gamble on it

>>153924349
kek

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koshien!

Are you the Brazilian who also watches the Brazilian baseball league and was following the WBC?

>>153924361

>>153924363
im not, but i poped up in the last game, i was going to pop in during wbc but got too much busy with irl

i follow the brazilian league and brazilian players as well though

>>153924361
i sti8ll think how a 90s baseball game have custom pitching mechanics but modern baseball games cant have it

>>153924387
That's pretty cool, I'm glad Brazil has a more developed baseball scene than Peru. Have you played? Do you have a favorite MLB team? How did you end up following the Japanese league?

>>153924493
Peru has silver medal in the bolivarian games few motnhs ago and usually is the bestg sotuh american team outside of brazil and venezuelan

i never participated of a game, but i had a baseball glove and used to play a lot of catch ball

>>153924292
Day 1 Games:
沖縄尚学(沖縄)ー帝京(東京)
Okinawa Shogaku (Okinawa) vs. Teikyo (Tokyo)

after

Game 2
阿南光(徳島)ー 中京大中京(愛知)
Anan Hikaru (Tokushima) - Chukyo (Dai/U) Chukyo (Aichi)

After

Game 3

八戸学院光星(青森)ー 崇徳(広島)
Hachinohe Gakuin Kosei (Aomori) - Sotoku (Hiroshima)

>>153924515
I just got into baseball some time ago and I didn't know that now I hope I can get the national team soon and meanwhile I'm waiting for the MLB to start and watch some games.

Also do you know Japanese? I've heard baseball in Brazil is promoted by the Japanese diaspora. Is that true?

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for the first time, teams can use a DH at koshien

>>153924636
ohtani rule is also in effect so old styled players can still pitch and bat

its funny that koshien adopted it before the central league tho lol

>>153924596

I recommend check a local team on peruan baseball federation if you want to play

There has a lot of baseball, free also, not just MLB

MLB is good, but doesn't has the best atmosphere imo, asian and latino baseball are the best on it

I'm not japanese dependent, but I studied Japanese beacuse lot of stuffs I like comes threre

Yea baseball is largely organized by Japanese decendents but nowadays is more open to everyone, you probally noticed this time our national team has more people than before

>>153924387
>im not, but i poped up in the last game, i was going to pop in during wbc but got too much busy with irl
Ah, I was wondering what happened to you considering how excited you were when Brazil qualified.

I'll give a summery of the teams for the first match. (dont expect this level of detail for all teams i cba)

Okinawa Shogaku (沖縄尚学) is a private school from Okinawa Prefecture. They are the premier team from Okinawa, having made 20 appearances at Koshien, the most of any school from the prefecture. They are one of only two Okinawan schools to have ever won the tournament, doing so three times (Spring 1999, Spring 2008, and Summer 2025). Their most recent Koshien appearance came this past summer, where they won the tournament. As the defending champions, they are considered strong favourites.
Fall stats: 6 W, 1 L; AVG .303; 1 HR; 1.22 ERA

Standout player: Ryosuke Sueyoshi (末吉 良丞) #1, Pitcher, 3rd year.
61.2 IP / 2.04 ERA / 47 H / 60 K / 24 BB / 14 ER (previous Koshien + U-18 national team stats).
An ace pitcher who won last year’s Summer Koshien as a second year student, he also represented Japan in the 2025 U-18 Baseball World Cup. He is one of the most highly rated players in this tournament and a projected top draft pick.

Media ranking: A

Teikyo (帝京) is a private school from Tokyo Prefecture. This will be Teikyo’s 27th appearance at Koshien, but their first since Summer 2011. They are a former powerhouse, having won Koshien three times (Summer 1989, Summer 1995, and Spring 1992). Teikyo won last fall’s Tokyo tournament and qualified for the Meiji Jingu Tournament, earning a spot in Spring Koshien. The school is also highly successful in soccer, having won the Soccer Koshien six times and has produced a large number of J.League players.
Fall stats: 8 W, 1 L; AVG .354; 7 HR; 1.61 ERA

Standout player: Ryunosuke Medai (目代 龍之介) #8, Outfielder/Pitcher, 2nd year.
27 AB / .370 AVG / 10 H / 2 HR / 11 RBI / 4 SB.
A power hitter who has stated he aims to hit seven or more home runs at Koshien (which would break the tournament record). He also hopes to play in the Majors.
Sidenote: Teikyo has a Hafu pitcher named Pascal Junior (Nigerian-Japanese).

Media ranking: A

>>153924739
Ah shit! Thanks man!

>>153924636
>for the first time, teams can use a DH at koshien
Koshien has fallen

>>153924721
Work basically

But , I maneged to watch all games, kinda sad we struggled on the bat...

>>153924739
I'm surprised Tokyo doesn't have more powerful schools

>>153924596
Peruano, I hope you stick around and watch. Koshien is straight kino and filled with soul.

>>153924748
no problem, i enjoy researching the schools
>>153924766
they do... but any team can go on a good run and be selected for senbatsu. they're also limited to one spot for all of tokyo

>>153924749
Teams can use pitchers to bat (aka ohtani rule) lol

Some actually are planning to do due various reasons

>>153924766
Tokyo is very spread, they have so many schools that is divided in two

>>153924792
Which is why they should be stronger. They had to go through hell to represent Tokyo, whereas bumfuck schools have almost no competition

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Lineups
Teikyo
1. DH Ando Joji
2. CF Medai Ryunosuke
3. LF Tateishi Hidaka
4. SS Kimura Sera
5. 1B Tsutahara Yuta
6. RF Karatsu Yamato
7. 2B Shimasue Meiya
8. C Suzuki Yugo
9. 3B Ikeda Yamato
P. LHP Nirei Pascal Jr. (Yea it's name)

Okinawa Shogaku
1. CF Nakama Ibuki
2. SS Inaoka Aoto
3. 2B Keruma Dan
4. 3B Tamanaha Hou
5. 1B Akie Hayato
6. DH Uema Yuto
7. C Yamakawa Taiga
8. LF Higa Daichi
9. RF Kuda Ayuto
P. LHP Sueyoshi Ryosuke

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>>153924805
>whereas bumfuck schools have almost no competition
it's true koshien favours smaller prefectures with less schools (though this is less of a factor in spring)

btw teikyos home diamond is crazy, it's almost like the school was built around it

>>153924875
>it's almost like the school was built around it
the training ground was clearly built around it lol

Are they playing the Lupin the Third theme?

>>153924970
very common song for the bands to play
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPUn35BR678

>>153924970
Yup
They tend to use various famous songs to cheer, one of the schools even uses the undertale sans theme unironically lol

koshien time

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okinawa shogaku score the first run at koshien

>>153925006
Suomi kun hello

Long time
How you doing?

>>153925016
bro had luck that he had hit good
imagine he had to run to get first with that slip lmao

>>153925063
yeah i noticed the slip too lmao

>>153924636
>For the first time, teams can use a DH at Koshien.
What does this mean? I still don't get what a designated hitter is. So far I'm just watching but I don't get really what does everyone do in the field.

>>153924695
>I recommend checking a local team in the Peruvian Baseball Federation if you want to play.
I've checked but there are no news since last year, I guess nothing has happened since then, I expect more things to show up in April and beyond.

>There is a lot of baseball available, and much of it is free, not just MLB.
You mean in Brazil or online?

>MLB is good, but it does not have the best atmosphere in my opinion. Asian and Latin American baseball have the best atmosphere.
What do you mean? The fans? The stadiums?

>I'm not of Japanese descent, but I studied Japanese because many of the things I like come from there.
That's cool, what do you like?

>Baseball in Brazil has historically been organized by people of Japanese descent, but nowadays it is more open to everyone. You probably noticed that our national team has more players than before.
I've noticed. I think it's good since it means the sport is growing and becoming more popular.

>>153924770
Thank you.

>>153925093
a designated hitter is a player who only bats and doesn't play a defensive position
every other batter has a defensive position except for him

>>153925114
So they didn't use a DH before? Well, I hope the game gets more interesting, since from what I'm reading, having a DH makes hits and runs more likely.

>>153925093
>I've checked but there are no news since last year
their insta has been active desu
https://www.instagram.com/fedebeisbolperu/

>brazil or online
online, i meant to watch

>What do you mean? The fans? The stadiums?
atimosphere wise
its more close to futbol than MLB

Stadiums dont have much different desu, althogout japanese ones tend to follow a semi-oval pattern vs american ballbarks

>>153925093
>That's cool, what do you like?
sadies baseball, cars and /m/ stuff like mecha and tokusatsu

>>153925210
in the old days the pitcher used to also bat, but since pitchers usually tend to suck batting due focusing on pitching, they eded up creating the DH

this why ohtani is special, rarely someone is good on both, specially noways

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doesn't seem to be helping much this game tho

>>153925253
the first spring the new bat was adopted the games were low scoring

the taems are adjusting for it lol

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failed squeeze by teikyo

i dont know what happened, it seems a problem of comunication on that bunt

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i had forgot about the fact okinawa maneger look like jose mourinho lol

>>153925227
Thanks for all your answers.

I am beginning to see what did you mean with atmosphere, it's pretty lively, the cheering and music makes it nice.

>In the old days, the pitcher also used to bat, but since pitchers usually tend to be poor hitters due to focusing on pitching, the designated hitter was introduced.

>This is why Ohtani is special. It is rare for someone to be good at both, especially nowadays.
From what I'm reading not having a DH was part of the strategy, right? Since I see you have an order on when do players play.

I wish I knew Japanese. The commentary sounds pretty fun.

TEIKYO TURNS AROUND

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it's okinover...

>>153925512
Good thing Okinawa Aussie isn't here for it

>>153925512
Was cool seeing that. The commentator went pretty happy lol

>>153925531
i was thinking of him
>>153925533
a few years ago it might have been a home run but they nerfed the bats

I wasn't expecting the champs to get bounced so early, not with how dominant their ace was during the first few innings.

FUCK THAT WAS A ROUGH CATCH TO GET!

Owari da

rally starts now

>>153925512
>>153925563
maybe isnt over yet

>>153925559
some champs tend to get into rebulit after its championship year, specially since 3rd yearsgo to collega or NPB

osaka toin had struggled a lot since their last dominant championship, for exemple

>>153925433
>Thanks for all your answers.
no probs, ask away and we will try to help you

>>153925433
some traditionlaist think that there was a strategy to know where in the lineup you put the pitcher, but i disagree in parts with the idea DH removes strategy

in fact it add another one, not only you need to decide where in lineup it goes, but also the type of batter you will use

for exemple, you can pick one that bats more ground instead of homerun, or a player tha runs fast

the tatical part of DH is just overlooked beacuse most manegers are lasy and just go use the batter that does home runs

That was a good game!

damn it was close but okinawa couldn't come back

F for okianwa
hopefuly they keep the streak in summer and return

Pretty fun game. I'm sure its even better in person.

Btw, what was that air raid siren before? What is everyone singing?

>>153925687
air raid siren = start/end of the game
they sing their school song

>>153925687
air siren signs start and end of a game, while is useless nowadays its part of tradition beacuse its a tradition from 100 years ago before radio was even a thing

the song they play at end is the school anthem, they play both on 2nd inning and then the winner school anthem after the game

while this tradition started in japan, it became part of the game internationally, as you noticied yesterday when venezuela anthem was played after the final

>>153925695
>>153925711
I see now thanks. I didn't know that was a Japanese tradition, honestly that's pretty cool.

Why play the song on the second inning?

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Reminder that there's a documentary about the Summer Koshien tournament called 'Koshien: Japanese Field of Dreams' that is worth a watch. Ohtani's former H.S. coach features in it. His son turned down NPB to play for Stanford.
https://www.mlb.com/news/rintaro-sasaki-mlb-npb-prospect-playing-at-stanford

>>153925763
stadium announcer call the team lineups on the first

you can hear she doing it as well on the broadcast

>>153925798
Netflix had this documentary on their plataform to celebrate WBC, the maneger shown on the documentary will actually play on spring koshien this year

it is a bit outdated tho, it was made for 100th summer koshien back on 2017, it was our second summer here lol

https://www.netflix.com/title/82667075

team summery

Anan Hikari (阿南光) is a public school from Tokushima Prefecture. As one of only four public schools at this year's tournament, they will have their work cut out for them. The school was formed through a merger and was technically founded in 2018, meaning this is only Hikaris third Koshien appearance. They last attended in Spring 2024, where they surprisingly made it to the quarter-finals. The school made it to the finals of the Shikoku regional tournement last fall and thus was selected to go to Spring Koshien.
Stats: 7 W, 1 L; Avg .285; 0 HR; 2.12 ERA
Standout player: None?

Media ranking: B

Chukyodai Chukyo (中京大中京) is a private school from Aichi Prefecture. They are historically the strongest school in the country and have made it to Koshien 62 times, and have won 11 titles (4 Spring, 7 Summer) which is the most for any school. All this should come with the important caveat that, most of their success happened far in the past (I'm talking like 1930s). Their last Koshien appearance was Summer 2024 where they lost in the 2nd round.
Stats: 10 W, 1 L; Avg .283; 1 HR; 2.20 ERA
Standout player: Shōsei Ogita (荻田翔惺) #9, Outfielder, 3rd year. .395 Avg (17-for-43) with 6 RBIs in 11 official games. He the also the captain of the team and idolizes Seiya Suzuki.

Media ranking: A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhCtzmDWsN0

>>153925848
i like shishamo, but this song is about soccer lol
she is a japanese gremio (Kawasaki Frontale) fan and did this song as tribute, the fans actually sung this song before the game as well

>>153925874
I was sure it was about baseball lol

I was about to ask which baseball stadium was that.

Do you follow Japanese soccer too?

Based Koshien

>>153925840
>The stadium announcer calls the team lineups at the start.
>You can hear her doing it on the broadcast as well.
I only started watching the game after that part, I didn't see it.

>>153925798
>Netflix has a documentary on its platform to celebrate the WBC. The manager featured in the documentary will actually participate in the Spring Koshien this year.

>It is a bit outdated, though. It was made for the 100th Summer Koshien back in 2017. That was only our second summer here.
Did you go to Japan? What it was like?

>>153925890
a bit, but i know more about japanese baseball

>>153925964
>Did you go to Japan? What it was like?
not yet tor expsneive lol

Deus Vult/Desu Vult/Holy Light in spring Koshien?

>>153926061
they didn't make it

>>153925999
>Did you go to Japan? What it was like?
>Not yet, it's too expsneive lol
I thought you went to Japan since you said it was our second summer here.

they are playing you wa shock lol
https://youtu.be/SbU9ZZ0WHnA

>>153926080
ah i meant the threads here lol

this actually is the 10th year of the koshien threads lol

>>153926072
>they didn't make it
that's such a disappointment.

>>153925798
>Reminder that there's a documentary about the Summer Koshien tournament called 'Koshien: Japanese Field of Dreams' that is worth a watch.
cool. I'll watch

>>153926072
What about the team with the one handed kid?

>>153926122
ken gifusho didn't make it either, i think that kid might have been a 3rd year anyway but i'm not 100% sure

>>153925964
>>153925999
I want to do a Koshien visitation. Any recommendations? Spring or summer?

>>153926122
>>153926132
the GOAT went into college
he is now into Rissho University (立正大学) will hopelly play in TOHTO League

>>153926141
depends if you want to watch just a high school game or a important game

i would recommend spring beacuse you can also check the start of NPB season (also obv is less hot vs summer), but summer has larger importance due being the most traditioal tournament

>>153926168
are the most important games in summer Koshien because the tournament is more traditional? what makes it more traditional?

>>153926099
Nice, a milestone is reached.

Though you seem to know a lot about Japan, I was sure you had already visited at least once.

HOME RUN NUMBER 1

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first home run of the tournament

>>153926179
its age lol
around 10 years older than spring koshien

>>153926183
i am just a autistic that likes to read a lot

YOU WA SHOCK

>>153926203
>i am just a autistic that likes to read a lot
i am just autistic a lot and i also like to read a lot. ;0

Thought they had something there for a moment

rip anan hikari
3 public schools left

Didn't one of the public schools make a deep run last year?

>>153926344
ken gifusho, the team with the disabled player. they reached the seni-finals last summer.

here are the team summaries for the last game of the day

Hachinohe Gakuin Kōsei (八戸学院光星) is a private school from Aomori Prefecture, this will be their 24th Koshien appearance and their first since Spring 2024. They have never won Koshien but were runners-up 3 times during the early 2010s. Traditional powerhouse school, they recruit baseball players from across the country and have them board. They also have the largest baseball club of any school at the tournament with 87 members. No MLB alumni but a bunch in the NPB, most notable would probably be Hayato Sakamoto who is a 13x NPB All-Star and won the Gold medal at the 2020 summer olympics with Samurai Japan.
Stats: 8 W, 1 L; Avg: .275; HR: 4; ERA: 1.18.
Standout Player: Akihiro Kitaguchi (北口 晃大) #1, Pitcher, 3rd year. He pitched 62 innings in Autumn with 51 K's and 0.73 ERA. Including a 140 pitch complete game shut out in the semi-finals of the Tohoku regionals.(He also occupies the DH role through the Ohtani rule)

Media ranking: B

Sutoku (崇徳) is a private school from Hiroshima Prefecture. This will be Sutoku's first Koshien appearance since 1993 and their 6th overall. Despite the low number of appearances, Sutoku have actually won Koshien once, 1976 Spring (Exactly 50 years ago btw). Actually, that tournament was the last time they ever won a game at Spring Koshien as in their only other two appearances they lost in the 1st round. The school won the fall Hiroshima and Chugoku tournaments, earning them a place in the Meiji Jingu and this years Spring Koshien.
Stats: 10 W, 2 L; Avg .322; 3 HR; 1.76 ERA
Standout player: Rinku Tokumaru (徳丸 凜空) #1, Pitcher, 3rd year. 85.1 IP, 63 H, 83 K, 15 BB/HBP, 17 R, 1.48 ERA. He pitched 3 complete game shutouts in the fall Chugoku tournament.

Media ranking: A

Are there any le fat players this spring?

one more today?

nvm

>>153926378
one just hit a HR today see >>153926197

>>153926377
>(He also occupies the DH role through the Ohtani rule)
Wonder how many there will be now because of him

Kosei playing LOVE 2000
https://youtu.be/heK6ubmZ81k

>>153926396
its more due teams not having many players than beacuse of ohtani

it will create new ohtanis for sure

Don't think I'll make it for this one

>>153926651
its ok it will have more games tomorrow

i will keep watching this one for you : )

>>153926651
Tomorrow will also end sooner since there's no opening ceremony. The schedule looks very manageable this year if it stays dry for the week.

>>153926659
I still want to watch though especially because they closed the gap

>>153926709
i heared it has possibility of rain later on week

in fact it had rained early today

Huebros, stop jinxing rain por favor

>>153926821
Is it por favor btw? In Portuguese?

That woke me up

>>153926841
it is
and wont rain today and anytime soon lol

>>153924986
Nice
Any teams using the Devilman No Uta? O sure would

Bruh

FOR FIRST TIME IN THE YEAR

ITS TIME FOR

T I E B R E A K

>>153926996
LETS FUCKING GO!

Absolutely bleeding runs right now

>>153927086
now i get why maneger decided ace pitch until 150 limit instead of replace before

Hilarious that Kosei is actually going to win despite 6 errors and counting

these chinks are a disgrace to the sport of baseball

Beggars belief. They're so fucking cooked.

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>waited until be 10 runs behind to replace the pitcher

>>153927124
thanks to the fact apparently the other team maneger do a even more stupider tatic

That was a good catch and a good game

>>153927192
Absolute shamefur dispray

after this masterclass in bad manegement, the day 1 ends

at least we had competitive games... until the last game tiebreak...

>>153927244
True.
See ya tomorrow! Thanks again!

Are there any English commentary of Koshien or is it all in Japanese?

Considering waking up extremely early is hard for me, is there a way to watch full replays of games?

>>153928080
East Coast or West Coast, Anon?

>>153928201
East Coast, but I’m not waking up 3 or 4am to watch high school baseball lol

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>>153927870
all in japanese
>>153928226
the first game of the day starts at 8pm eastern time so you might be able to catch that one.
there are full game replays on sportsbull
https://sportsbull.jp/senbatsu/
blue is the full game replay, orange are the highlights

>>153928673
thank you leaf bro

day 2 schedule

8:00pm eastern time
滋賀学園 (滋賀) - 長崎西 (長崎)
Shiga Gakuen (Shiga) - Nagasaki Nishi (Nagasaki)

10:30pm
横浜 (神奈川) - 神村学園 (鹿児島)
Yokohama (Kanagawa) - Kamimura Gakuen (Kagoshima)

1:00am
花巻東 (岩手) - 智弁学園 (奈良)
Hanamaki Higashi (Iwate) - Chiben Gakuen (Nara)

>>153928226
>>153928673
koshien tends t6o be better to watch than npb beacuse of the time as well, beacuse many games happen early, it ends up being primier time in us

also sports bull is now putting games at your local time as well

>>153931631
What times do the NPB use?

>>153931905
usually 1-2pm on weekends and 6-6:30pm on weekdays and playoffs

in peru weekends is kinda fine since it is around 11pm/midnight but in us east coast games will be always around 1am and 5am

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team summary for the first game

Shiga Gakuen (滋賀学園) is a private school from Shiga prefecture. This will be the schools 6th appearance at Koshien, they appeared at last years Spring Koshien where they lost in the first round. Shiga Gakuens best performance was at Summer 2024 where they reached the quarter-finals. The school was originally a girl's school and only became co-ed in 1999, so they don't have much history at Koshien.
Stats: 6 W, 2 L; Avg .310; 1 HR; 2.10 ERA

Media ranking: B

Nagasaki Nishi (長崎西) is a public school from Nagasaki Prefecture. This will be the schools 5th appearance at Koshien and first since Summer 1981. Selected via the '21st Century Slot', a special category for teams that overcome adversity or embody the "spirit" of Koshien, Nishi is one of the most academically rigorous schools in the region. Students are only able to practice for 90 mins per day (compared to 3-4 hours for most private schools). The students even developed their own app which tracks their metrics and analytics (see pic), basically a nerd school.
Stats: 5 W, 2 L; .212 Avg; 1.82 ERA

Media ranking: C

Shiga got lucky that they only gave up one run, that pitcher had totally lost his stuff for first few batters

>>153933806
NHK Preview

The first game will feature Shiga Gakuen, making its fourth appearance in two consecutive years, against Nagasaki Nishi High School, which has been selected via the “21st Century Slot” for its second appearance in 75 years.

Shiga Gakuen boasts a well-rounded lineup from top to bottom, with Soma Nakano playing a key role in securing the team’s Koshien berth. Last fall, he posted a .519 batting average in official games and even hit a grand slam in the prefectural tournament.

The pitching staff is anchored by two reliable starters: left-handed ace Yoshitaka Tsuchida and right-hander Aoi Tomoda. Tsuchida will take the mound at Koshien, following in the footsteps of his older brother, Yuki, who pitched in the Summer Koshien two years ago and last year’s Spring Koshien.

Nagasaki Nishi, on the other hand, is making its first appearance since 1951, marking the longest hiatus among the teams in this tournament.

Ace pitcher Hiroki Kuma, while his fastball tops out in the 130 km/h range, excels at mixing a variety of breaking balls with excellent control to hit specific spots, relying on a pitching style that induces weak contact.

With “Time Discipline” as their theme, the team has focused on efficient practice despite limited training time. The manager has even developed a unique app that uses AI to analyze opposing teams and evaluate practice sessions. As a team that has worked together to improve, all eyes are on whether they can secure their first victory at Koshien in 75 years.

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>>153934097
they got it right back
>>153934146
nagasaki think they're playing moneyball

>stankees

Nakasahki playing brand new sky, it was one of pawapuro intros few years ago

https://youtu.be/4oAyMzCS7DY

>>153934146
I hope AI loses

>>153934386
this "AI" is basically a TEMU version of statcast as seen on >>153933806

>>153934419
Now that I read that description >>153933806
I don't mind it. Good for them for not overtraining their students. I hope they have balanced lives

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SenbaTSUUUUU

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nagasaki give up a run on an error

Looks like I've missed a good one so far

>>153934798
day 1 was full of bangers anon

>>153934798
both teams have kept it close, very evenly matched game

>>153934822
I meant today. These two seems to be going back and forth.
Yeah, yesterday was great except that awful tb.

Of course as soon I start watching the runs dry up

>>153935032
you cursed the game bro

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last chance for the public school boys

>>153935113
AGE AGE AGE AGE

summary for the 2nd game.

Yokohama (横浜) is a private school from Kanagawa Prefecture. They have appeared in 39 Koshien tournaments, winning six titles (4 in the spring and 2 in the summer). Yokohama are the defending Spring Koshien champions, having won in 2025, and will be looking to go back-to-back. They are one of the heavy favourites going into this tournament. Yokohama are also the school with the largest student body at this tournament with 2805 students. The school has produced an incredible number of professional players, including multiple NPB Hall of Famers. Notably, Daisuke Matsuzaka attended Yokohama and starred at Koshien in 1998.
Stats: 7 W, 1 L; .327 Avg; 7 HR; 1.93 ERA
Standout player: Shoki Oda (織田翔希) #1, Pitcher, 3rd year. 52.1 IP / 1.38 ERA / 45 H / 32 K / 13 BB / 8 ER. Considered one of the top prospects for the NPB draft, he is aiming to surpass Daisuke, many scouts have been watching him (including the Dodgers).

Media ranking: A

Kamimura Gakuen (神村学園) is a private school in Kagoshima Prefecture. This marks the school’s 15th appearance at Koshien, with their most recent appearance coming in last year’s Summer Koshien, where they were eliminated in the first round. Kamimura has never won a Koshien title but has reached the finals and semifinals multiple times. Over the years, the school has been involved in a bunch of violence scandals from the soccer and baseball teams. (not uncommon among highly sports focused schools)
Stats: 8 W, 1 L; .382 Avg; 4 HR; 0.99 ERA

Media ranking: B

CAM ON
SCOR SOM FACKIN RUNS

>Godzilla theme
Neat

I want Deus Vult!

this one might end like this

Last chance...

it's time that of the year!
reminder to watch moshidora

Moth-e-Ra

ohtani cformer school vs reverse carp

this will be fun

Did Ohtani win Koshien as well?

>>153936548
never won no

>>153936548
only once, never won

hanamaki glory is just send players to MLB lol
they never won a koshien in ages

Relatively easy win

>>153936879
Yeah, but I have a question: Is it normal to have pitchers pitch up to 126 pitches?

>>153936900
Their relief pitchers probably suck ass desu

>>153936548
he choked that as well

Yokohama lost? Damn it, I went to bed early and only saw pre-game coverage where the media was sucking off their pitcher.

>>153936900
That’s about par for the course at Koshien. There used to be no pitch limits, but now players are restricted to a maximum of 500 pitches per week.

day 3 schedule

8:00pm eastern time
東洋大姫路 (兵庫) - 花咲徳栄 (埼玉)
Toyodai Himeji (Hyogo) - Hanasaki Tokuharu (Saitama)

10:30pm
高知農 (高知) - 日本文理 (新潟)
Kochi Nogyo (Kochi) - Nihon Bunri (Niigata)

1:00am
北照 (北海道) - 専大松戸 (千葉)
Hokusho (Hokkaido) - Sendai Matsudo (Chiba)

>>153938921
Why is there a pitch limit nowadays?

>>153941823
too much pitching destroys your arm (especially for kids) it can lead to players needing surgery later on
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulnar_collateral_ligament_reconstruction

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>>153941823
beacuse of rthis

>>153944009
I don't get it.

Also is that Shohei Ohtani?

>>153944036
this dude threw 1400 pitches in 3 days
almost 10 times the limit now

>>153944065
Why it's all 0/0 and in the end 3/0?

first game of the day

Toyodai Himeji (東洋大姫路) is a private school from Hyogo Prefecture. This will be the schools 23rd appearance at Koshien, they won Koshien once back in Summer 1977 and their latest appearance was last Summer where they reached the quarter-finals. Their most notable alumni is Shigetoshi Hasegawa, a pitcher who played for the Angles and Mariners in the late 90s/early 2000s and won an All-Star in 2003. The school didn't have the best performance in fall but they did well enough to be selected. They are the Hyogo representative so they'll be boosted by a lot of local support.
Stats: 5 W, 2 L; .239 Avg; 1 HR; 2.73 ERA

Media ranking: C

Hanasaki Tokuharu (花咲徳栄) is a private school from Saitama Prefecture. This is Hanasaki Tokuharu’s 13th appearance at Koshien. Their most recent appearance came in Summer 2024, where they lost in the first round. The school won Koshien once, in Summer 2017, but has not been able to replicate that success, winning only a single game at Koshien since then. Hanasaki Tokuharu has served as the inspiration for two baseball manga, Draft King and Tamayomi, both of which feature fictional versions of the school. The team was Runners-up in last years Kanto Fall tournament, only losing to Yamanashi Gakuin in the finals whtch earned them qualification to Koshien.
Stats: 10 W, 1L; Avg: .325; HR: 5; ERA: 3.13
Standout player: Ryota Kurokawa (黒川凌大) #1 Ace pitcher, 3rd year. 58.2 IP, 54 H, 62 K, 20 BB/HBP, 23 R, 3.07 ERA in the 2025 Saitama and Kanto tournaments. His mother was apparently an Asian judo champion in the 80s.

Media ranking: A

>>153944084
No one was able to score until the 50th inning. Baseball doesn't have a clock and generally don't end in a tie so games can just keep going. I didn't see that game but they just kept playing until finally one of the teams scored.

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fine play

No Korean school this time around?

>>153944907
nah they didn't make it so the we're safe from the netto uyoku seethe

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finally the first run of the game
toyo take the lead

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>>153944997
a bases loaded hbp ties the game

They're still in it!

it went all wrong for them after the hbp

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second game has some farm boys

Kochi Nogyo (高知農) is a public school in Kochi Prefecture. This will be Nogyo’s first ever appearance at Koshien. They are the second “21st Century School” in this tournament and were selected not solely on their results. In 2021, the team had just three members and no new recruits, forcing them to merge with other schools to field a team, though they have since rebuilt. Kochi Nogyo is also an agricultural school, meaning its players balance their practice schedules with the farming curriculum.
Stats: 2 W, 1 L; .212 Avg; 0 HR; 1.82 ERA

Media ranking: C

Nihon Bunri (日本文理) is a private school from Niigata Prefecture. Bunri are the top Koshien school from Niigata and qualify quite regularly, this will be their 18th appearance. The school have lost in the first round of their last 3 Koshien appearances and they'll be looking to turn that around. Bunri made it to the finals of the Hokushinetsu regional tournament where they lost to Teikyo Nagoya (who also got selected) but this was still considered good enough to make it.
Stats: 9 W, 1 L; .343 Avg; 1 Hr; 2.78 ERA

Media ranking: B

>>153945422
it was a tight game nonetherless

>>153945545
Nogyo is how agricultural schools are called

also that is quite fat pig

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>>153945557

I wonder if the Koshien format can be replicated in other countries. I've heard that other countries have also participated there. Have they won Koshien as well or not yet?

>>153945733
during the empire of japan, some taiwanese and korean schools played in koshien. they actually made a movie about it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kano_(film)

what do you mean by the Koshien format? do you mean the fact that there are thousands of competing schools?

Based ABG for starting Koshien threads.

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these public schools man

>>153945770
>What do you mean by the Koshien format? Do you mean the fact that there are thousands of competing schools?
Sure, if that can happen in Japan, could that be replicated elsewhere? I think the United States would be a good candidate. Or is there an event or league that takes up the place of a Koshien style event in the US?

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>>153946153
US high school sports only go to the state level, not national like Koshien iirc. Isn't the copa peru basically like this? teams go all the way down to the local level.

>>153945733
>>153945770
>>153946153


some japanese are trying to erxxport the format to southeast asia
https://www.instagram.com/asiakoshien/

>>153946106
Lmao

For national level we have university. I occasionally watch the College World Series.

>>153946204
I've never watched Copa Peru, but I think it goes best from district, then best of province/state, best of region and so on until someone wins.

So there isn't a national US high school league? Are there plans to be one? I think it would help to make baseball more popular.

>>153946253
>For national level we have university.
Alright. Why not expand it to the high school level as well?

>I occasionally watch the College World Series.
What it is like?

>>153946272
>So there isn't a national US high school league? Are there plans to be one?
no and no. like i said, high school sports in the us only go up to the state level. i imagine it's due to logistics and the size of the country.

>>153946272
>Alright. Why not expand it to the high school level as well?
Champ, you could fit like 25 Japans inside the US. That's a whole different ball game in terms of logistics and finances due to our size.
>What it is like?
It's fun. Diff format that Koshien or WBC though. It's double elimination, so you can lose one game and still be in it during the knockout phase. The finals is Bo3, which I think is a good format for baseball. Single elim is nice and has plenty of drama but baseball is such a high variety game that one single game isn't a good indication of who is the best.

this one hasn't been close at all

>>153946638
as to be expected with 21st century schools

>>153946650
Sasuga

im going to sleep but heres the final match of the day

Hokushō (北照) is a private school from Hokkaido Prefecture, this is their 11th appearance at Koshien and first since Summer 2019. Their best ever results was reaching the quarter finals in Spring 2010 and 2013 respectively. They haven't won a game at Koshien since 2013. They are the smallest school at this tournament with only 177 students, of which, 47 are in the baseball club. They are more famous for their Skiing program which has produced a number of olympians. Last year, Hokushō won the Autumn Hokkaido tournament and got knocked out of the Meiji Jingu tournament in the quarter finals.
Stats: 7 W, 1 L; Avg: .306; HR: 1; ERA: 1.32.

Sendai Matsudo (専大松戸) is a private school from Chiba Prefecture. This is the schools 6th appearance at Koshien, and their first since Summer 2023. It's a school that's had most of it's success recently, with their first Koshien appearance being only in 2015. The school has technically produced 1 MLB player, Naoyuki Uwasawa, who was briefly on the Red Sox in 2024 before going back to Japan. He is a 3x NPB All-Star and 2x Japan series champion. Sendai Matsudo won the fall Chiba tournament and made it to the semi-finals of the Kanto tournament to qualify for Spring Koshien.
Stats: 10 W, 1 L; Avg: 390; HR: 2; ERA: 1.22

>>153946386
>>153946560
As far as logistics go, doesn't the LLWS include teams from all over the country and even foreign teams? From an outside perspective HS baseball in the US just seems culturally irrelevant if you compare it to little league and collegiate sports.

>>153946253
>For national level we have university. I occasionally watch the College World Series.

double elimination sucks desu

>>153946775
Yeah LLWS has tradition and history backing it and has grown into a world tournament. Even college baseball is dwarfed by football and March Madness.

don't expect a comeback here

oooooooooooo they playing shin takarajima
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIlZCmETvsY