A middle-aged man watches the intrasquad game. He is none other than Eijiro Sakaki, the man who made Seido's baseball team famous. He was also Kataoka's high school coach. "You used to be such a demon child." Sakaki reminisces on the past.
He was neither mentally 
nor technically fit to be the ace,
Er war weder mental noch technisch
bereit dafür, ein Ace zu sein,
No era apto ni mental ni técnicamente 
para ser la estrella,
No era apto ni mental ni técnicamente 
para ser la estrella,
Comme il était immature
techniquement et mentalement,
Non era pronto a quel ruolo, 
né fisicamente né tecnicamente,
Ele não estava pronto mentalmente,
 nem em termos de técnica para ser ás,