Full bases, one out, Lin Guanglai steps up to bat.
On the first base stands, supporters from Koushing Academy watch the towering figure walking toward the home plate, and nearly everyone's face is covered with a bitter expression — the saying goes, "The hemp rope always breaks at its weakest point; misfortune always finds the unfortunate," and this seems to be the case here.
Among the spectators on site, quite a few sharply feel that perhaps this upcoming at-bat will become the decisive moment in this game.
The air is ablaze — not just from the weather growing hotter toward noon, but also from the hearts of all the nearly fifty thousand people present in Koshien Stadium, including players from both sides.
