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?"
The pitcher has been 
throwing ball after ball.
.كان الرامي يرمي كرة تلو أخرى
Der Pitcher hat Probleme
mit der Ballkontrolle.
El pitcher
lanza una bola mala tras otra.
El pitcher
lanza una bola mala tras otra.
Le lanceur contrôle mal
et enchaîne les fausses balles.
Il lanciatore ha problemi di controllo,
 non fa che lanciare ball.
O arremessador está
jogando bola atrás de bola.
Питчер долго тренировал контроль.