The morning of the first tournament match for the Fuurin Middle School Baseball team,
Daigo's father Goro talks to his eternal friend, former teammate, and Daigo's coach in his grade school days, Satou Toshiya.
While updating each other, Toshiya brings the conversation to the upcoming Fuurin match.
Goro confidently tells Toshiya that "Daigo can do it", based on Daigo's amazing commitment the past half year,
after unexpectedly becoming captain of the team as a first-year.
So I accepted the captaincy out of spite, 
dead set on losing in the first round.
.لذا قبلت القيادة وأنا عازم على خسارة الجولة الأولى
Hab letztendlich angenommen und gemeint,
wir verlieren dann eben in der ersten Runde.
Acepté la posición por rencor decidido
a perder a la primera oportunidad.
Acepté el puesto por rencor decidido
a perder a la primera oportunidad.
alors j’ai voulu aller perdre ce match,
comme il disait.
Perciò accettai il ruolo per ripicca,
determinato a perdere al primo turno.
Então aceitei a função por raiva,
determinado a perder a primeira rodada.
Я согласился стать капитаном назло,
планировал сходу проиграть.