Satou Hikaru, the transfer student from the United States, is actually the son of Satou Takuya, the eternal friend and Major League teammate of Daigo's father, Goro!
Right away, Hikaru asks Daigo about advice for joining a local baseball team, but being Daigo, being completely off-put by baseball, gives Hikaru a rude answer.
That evening, Daigo's mother, Kaoru, receives a request for help from the Dolphins' manager, Fujii: "We don't have enough players for the practice match this weekend, can we borrow Daigo?"
Weren't you playing in the 
American little leagues?!
!ألم تكن تلعب في دوري الصغار الأمريكي؟
Warst du nicht in der
amerikanischen Little League?
¿No jugabas en la Liga Pequeña
estadounidense?
¿No jugabas en la Liga Pequeña
estadounidense?
Tu jouais pas aux États-Unis
ou quoi ?
Non giocavi nella lega giovanile americana?!
Você não estava jogando
nos Estados Unidos?
Ты что, в Америке не играл?!