Inside the Fukuoka Yahoo Do, the stands from all directions were bustling with people at the mont.
Generally speaking, due to the tight official ga schedule and nurous matches, many tis there wouldn’t be so many people choosing to co to the venue to watch the ga in person.
But today was rather special.
On one hand, today’s ga was scheduled over the weekend, allowing most fans, usually tied up by busy work, to finally have so free ti to co with their families to the site to watch the ga and enjoy a warm family ti, while also satisfying their desire to watch the ga live;
On the other hand, the visiting team today was none other than the fad Tokyo Yomiuri Giants—the top prestige of Nippon Professional Baseball, with 31 Central League victories and 22 Japan Series victories, having cultivated countless hall-of-fa caliber players.
The outstanding achievents naturally brought about a large number of supporters, even in locally in Fukuoka, there were quite a few loyal fans who grew up watching the Giants’ gas.
Of course, although the Giants were dazzling, the protagonist of today’s ga was still the ho team, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks—this was not just an ordinary ho ga against the Giants, but a ga with a major ceremonial significance involved.
"In the ga the day before yesterday, the SoftBank Hawks defeated the Yakult Swallows at ho, securing a crucial victory—this victory also earned them the exchange ga championship. Before today’s ga against the Giants, there will be an award ceremony held at the Yahoo Do..."
The announcer explained the current situation to the TV viewers in a gentle voice; anwhile, the players of the SoftBank first team were also walking out from the players’ area to the field and lined up around the ho plate.
Among the densely packed crowd, Lin Guanglai was naturally the most prominent and eye-catching person: not only because of his exceptionally tall height, but also because of his unparalleled contribution to the entire SoftBank team during the exchange gas period.
The SoftBank team’s ability to win the exchange ga championship was largely due to their leading powerful batting lineup in the entire league, therefore the best player was naturally to be chosen from the lineup—as soon as the SoftBank team secured the victory, various professional baseball-related dia began predicting the selection for the most valuable player award in the exchange gas, and related betting agencies also set up odds, eventually narrowing the candidates down to two people.
Candidate No. 1, Lin Guanglai, a dual-swordsmanship player, had a 3-1 record as a pitcher during the exchange gas period; aside from the loss against the Yakult team, he only allowed 1 run in Koshien in all combined remaining gas, which was already quite formidable. Among all 12 teams from the two leagues combined, only Tanaka Masahiro was stronger than him;
And as a batter, his performance was even more extraordinary: during the exchange gas he had a batting average of .337, 4th place at the ti; 5 ho runs, 2nd place at the ti; 19 RBIs, 3rd place at the ti—it can be said that the SoftBank team’s victory in the exchange gas was heavily attributed to Lin Guanglai’s outstanding performance on both offense and defense, directly contributing to more than 5 wins.
The other candidate was the SoftBank team’s main outfielder, Hasegawa Yu: during the exchange gas, he achieved an average batting rate of .418 and 41 hits, both ranking first among all players of the 12 teams, and actually records high in the history of the exchange gas. Besides that, he also contributed 18 RBIs, only slightly fewer than Lin Guanglai; furthermore, Hasegawa Yu’s defense was also very reliable, having perford nurous outstanding outfield plays during this ti.
"Firstly, we congratulate the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks for winning this exchange ga..."
An official from the Nippon Professional Baseball Organization held a microphone, delivering a speech to all players in the field and the audience in the stands, expressing congratulations with a rather official-sounding remark, then handed over both the trophy and the large check for the winning prize to the coach Akiyama Koji and the captain Nakagawa Seiichi.
Nakagawa Seiichi raised the trophy high, showing it off to the ho fans present, and soon the subject moved to the individual player awards.
"The best player of this exchange ga is..."
The broadcast director controlling the cara live also understood well, panning back and forth over Lin Guanglai and Hasegawa Yu, the two hot candidates, trying to capture any slight change in their expressions, maybe hoping to create so newsworthy highlights!
The host responsible for announcing the best player award didn’t keep the suspense too long and quickly read out the final na:
"——Congratulations to player Lin Guanglai!"
Almost at the sa mont as the result announcent, the music for Lin Guanglai’s exclusive appearance in the Yahoo Do started playing; and for Lin Guanglai standing in the middle of the lineup, it was the first ti he experienced the feeling of more than a man:
Various seniors approached him to congratulate him one after another; even Hasegawa Yu, who regrettably missed out at the last mont, ca over with a smile to high-five him and gave him a big hug.
"This award is deserved by you, Guanglai—go on, don’t keep the ho fans waiting too long!"
Urged forward by the pushing hands and in the thunderous applause from the ho fans, Lin Guanglai took off his baseball cap, waved to the audience on all sides of the Yahoo Do, then jogged to the forefront where the award ceremony was taking place.
Nobody would dislike winning an award, let alone a newcor like Lin Guanglai who just joined the professional team, and even more needed tangible achievents to solidify his stable position in the team—Within less than half a year of joining the SoftBank team, he garnered the trust of his coach and teammates, and the love of ho fans, while competitive awards ca into his hands one after another, first being awarded the monthly best player, and now the exchange gas MVP, even for Lin Guanglai, who was used to victories, it was hard to not feel a bit excited at this mont.
Not to ntion, besides the obvious honor, each award carried significant prize money: just by receiving today’s most outstanding player award in the exchange gas, Lin Guanglai could earn a pre-tax inco of 2 million yen— even for Lin Guanglai, whose starting salary for joining was as high as 15 million yen, this number was already quite substantial.
"Well, regarding the result of the best player award, I think anyone with discerning eyes who have watched the gas during this period would not have any objections—Lin Guanglai secured the best player of the 2013 exchange gas, an undoubtedly well-deserved honor!"
"Hopefully, the victory in this exchange ga will bring luck to the struggling SoftBank team throughout this season, allowing them to challenge higher ranking positions in the latter half of the season!"
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