Chapter 82 Eight Schools Federation 1
Zhang Wei also felt that she was too anxious. There were less than 20 people in this team, and there was not much difference in their levels. If they had to pick, they could definitely pick nine people to participate in the competition, but Beth was not satisfied.
This won't work. The women's baseball team doesn't have many members to begin with. If any player can't handle the pressure and quits the club, they won't be able to play the games they practice as usual.
Internal friction cannot solve the problem. Zhang Wei feels that the main contradiction needs to be transferred to the outside, otherwise she is really afraid that the baseball club will be disbanded soon. She has finally learned a sport that she is somewhat interested in.
"Tiffany Winston! Why are you standing there? Run! Run!"
One of the players was distracted and didn't run the bases in time, so Beth got very upset and called her out by her full name.
The more this happened, the less motivated everyone became to train, creating a vicious cycle. Zhang Wei felt that they couldn't wait any longer.
After a round of competition, Zhang Wei found Beth and did not directly tell her about the problem she found. Instead, she asked Beth:
"Beth, I think the girls have been practicing well, why don't we have a proper game?"
"I think you should know that I'm working hard for next year's competition." Beth wiped the sweat off her face with a towel, but her expression did not become relaxed.
"What about other competitions? Aren't there any other competitions?" Zhang Wei continued to ask.
"What?" Beth obviously didn't understand what she meant.
"What I mean is, not counting next year's game, in the six months since I joined the baseball club, I don't think I've seen our baseball club participate in any games against other baseball teams."
Zhang Wei was thinking, don’t become fat right away. She didn’t know what everyone’s current level was. What if she played against teams from other schools, or even against the men’s team from her own school?
Beth looked a little troubled. "Several public community schools nearby hold leagues regularly. I heard our school participated in them, but I haven't been to one since I came here."
Were they isolated by other schools? Zhang Wei guessed. She remembered that Namier would go to competitions every once in a while, but perhaps they were a club with more competitions.
She suggested to Beth, "Why don't we go ask around? We don't have any opponents right now, and we don't know their level. Instead of running into them in next year's competition, it's better to get in touch with them in advance."
Beth immediately agreed with her idea: "You actually thought of this! It sounds great. I'll go ask the coach. Let's go together!"
After saying that, without waiting for Zhang Wei to answer, he pulled her to find Coach Marcus.
He was sorting baseballs in a corner of the training ground. Zhang Wei felt that he had never seen a coach more relaxed than him. Most of the things in the baseball club were arranged by Beth.
"You mean, you want to play against other schools?"
Marcus slowly packed up the baseball and then stood up, standing like a small mountain in front of Zhang Wei and the others.
Then he immediately realized the problem and squatted down again.
Zhang Wei and Beth stared at him intently, waiting for his answer.
"Tifield did join the baseball league of eight nearby schools, but only the boys' team continued to participate. The girls' team withdrew a few years ago."
"Why?" "Why?"
They asked in unison.
Then Coach Marcus slowly told them about the past of the women's baseball team.
It turned out that this was caused by a racing accident.
Baseball is actually a popular sport in Country A. At that time, the women's baseball team of Tifield was so large that it could be divided into three levels.
At that time, the Baseball Club Federation of Eight Schools organized competitions every month, and the opponents were decided by drawing lots.
Tifield is the only private school there, and the others are public schools. However, public schools are also divided into grades. The full score is 10 points. 8 points and above are considered better public schools, and below 5 points are considered worse public schools.
Among these eight schools, there is a 5-point public school. In one competition, Tifield was drawn to compete against a 5-point public school, Duwick Primary School.
It is not known what exactly happened during the game, but the result was that a girl from Tifield had her protective gear removed and her face disfigured.
The teammates were very angry and said some things they shouldn't have said, which offended several other public school students. Although Tifield's students were disfigured, in the end, Duvek's students were not punished.
This incident had a great impact on Tifield. As soon as it happened, parents expressed concern about the quality of students in public schools and applied to the school to withdraw from the Eight Schools Federation, but the school did not agree.
So the number of girls joining the baseball club suddenly decreased. It was not as Zhang Wei had previously thought, that girls did not like intense sports.
Although it did not withdraw from the Eight Schools Federation, the women's baseball team of Tifield never participated in the Eight Schools Federation competition again.
Zhang Wei thought that this was probably the result of intensified class contradictions.
The girl's face was disfigured and the treatment hadn't been done yet. She probably said something that violated political correctness. The students at Tifield are either rich or noble, and there's probably a bit of racial discrimination, because Zhang Wei has never seen a black student in the school.
The only black person he had seen in the school was Coach Marcus, so Zhang Wei boldly guessed that there were probably more black people in that Duvec School. And judging from Coach Marcus's teaching attitude, he might have some thoughts in his mind, which was why he let the baseball club go so freely.
It seems to be quite difficult to deal with, but it depends on Beth's determination.
She should also be able to feel that her condition has affected other team members. I wonder if she wants to find other breakthroughs.
Beth glanced at the players resting on the training ground. They all looked listless. Suddenly, as if making up her mind, she asked Coach Marcus:
"Can we rejoin?"
"What?" Coach Marcus seemed very surprised.
Beth repeated herself, "I mean, if we want to rejoin the Eight Schools Federation, is that possible?"
"Why do you want to do this?"
"I want to achieve something in baseball and lead everyone to become excellent baseball players." Beth expressed her thoughts sincerely.
"Thank you for your true love for baseball!" Coach Marcus seemed moved when he heard this.
"Although baseball should be played for the sake of love, your ideas may not be accepted. However, if you can get all the players to agree with your ideas, I can try to solve this problem."
Hearing Marcus' words, Beth finally smiled, a smile she hadn't seen in a long time. She immediately looked at Zhang Wei:
"Hey! Vera, you'd agree, right?!"
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