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?"
To be honest, I would've liked 
to have stayed in New York.
.بصراحة، وددت لو بقيت في نيويورك
Ehrlich gesagt, wäre ich viel lieber
in New York geblieben.
La verdad, habría preferido
quedarme en Nueva York.
La verdad, habría preferido
quedarme en Nueva York.
Je préférais vivre à New York,
je ne vous le cache pas.
Ad essere sincero, 
avrei preferito restare a vivere a New York.
Para ser honesto, eu preferia
ficar em Nova Iorque.
Честно говоря, я бы предпочёл
остаться в Нью-Йорке.