Ep. 8: As Lutas Ocultas de Chris e a Realização de Eijun sobre Sua Verdadeira Dedicação

Chris continues to leave practice early and gives Eijun additional workouts. Eijun believes Chris is slacking off and has given up on making the first string, but what makes him the most mad is when Chris tells him he will never be the ace as long as Furuya is on the team. Rei Takashima reveals she was the one who assigned Eijun to work with Chris because of his knowledge of the game, and when Eijun bad mouths Chris he ticks off Miyuki. Rei ends up taking Eijun to see one of Chris rehab practices and reveals he is the only man Miyuki has never beaten. She later reveals that Chris is recovering from a shoulder injury he caused to worsen by continuing to play while he was hurt. The workouts he assigns Eijun before leaving for the day are to strengthen and protect him. Eijun realizes Chris was trying to make it where he wouldn't get hurt and begs Chris to teach him baseball. This episode covers chapters 19 to 21. (Source: Wikipedia)
Episódios
- Ep. 4 · Seido joga contra a Terceira High de Ichidai enquanto Sawamura treina com Furuya
- Ep. 5 · Calouros disputam com os veteranos em uma partida decisiva para as posições titulares.
- Ep. 6 · Eijun e Haruichi colaboram contra os seniores até que Eijun enfrente o colega de quarto Masuko no montinho.
- Ep. 7 · Furuya e Eijun recebem promoções para o time principal e reserva com parceiros de treino designados.
- Ep. 8 · As Lutas Ocultas de Chris e a Realização de Eijun sobre Sua Verdadeira Dedicação
- Ep. 9 · Sawamura busca Chris para descobrir sua especialidade de arremesso após falhar no controle da velocidade.
- Ep. 10 · Eijun aperfeiçoa suas habilidades de arremesso antes da partida final do time júnior
- Ep. 11 · Chris entra no jogo enquanto Eijun luta com problemas de controle
- Ep. 12 · Chris treina Sawamura enquanto seu pai intervém e Zaizen muda a estratégia para mirar em Chris.