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.
I shoulda disciplined them more
when they were first-years!
!كان عليّ جعلهم يعانون أكثر في سنتهم الأولى
Ich hätte die in ihrem ersten Jahr
härter rannehmen sollen!
¡Debí haberlos hecho sufrir
cuando estaban en primero!
¡Debí haberlos hecho sufrir
cuando estaban en primero!
J’aurais dû les mater
quand c’était mes bizuts !
Avrei dovuto farli soffrire di più 
quando erano matricole!
Eu devia ter feito aqueles caras
sofrerem mais, quando eram calouros!
Надо было побольше их помучить
в младших классах!