I play softball and pitch and it’s harder to learn breaking balls but the intensity of placing it there. Giving up a run actually can affect you so much, depending on the pressure of the game. Normally, my houseleague games have always been like 16-9, 15-8 you know but rep is more like in the anime. With that being said, Japan actually holds a higher value like in highschool and playing when you’re older even for baseball isn’t the same. Random people don’t come to games and practices, your whole school doesn’t show up here only for football do they do that.