One Outs
The story begins when Kojima Hiromichi, the star batter of the fictional Lycaons in Japan`s Pacific League, heads to the southern Japanese island of Okinawa to train and bring himself out of a slump. There, he meet Tokuchi Toua, a 134-kmph (83 miles per hour) pitcher and the undisputed king of a gambling form of baseball called One Out. At Kojima`s urging, Tokuchi signs up with the Lycaons under a...