MAJOR 49 (Shonen Sunday Comics)

[Machine Translation] Goro, an energetic baseball boy with a father who is a professional baseball player, pursues his big dream of becoming a professional baseball player in this authentic baseball development drama! In the game against Sanchez and the open game he pitched afterward, Goro was clearly shown the difference between the majors and the minors. He vows to try his hand in the minors, but just then he meets Joe Gibson Jr., the son of Gibson, who has a history with him, in a 3A game! What will happen when the two from the same generation go head-to-head? Goro, who signed a minor league contract after passing a test to join the Salmons of the big league baseball team, suddenly finds himself in camp as a member of the "Major League Team", which is an unprecedented move. However, on the first day of camp, he gets into an altercation with the ace pitcher, Sanchez, over the location of pitching practice. Goro refuses to budge, and Sanchez proposes a pitching match. The idea is to set up a steel frame in the batter's box and see how many out of 10 pitches can be hit to the frame... ( Episode 1 ). Goro Shigeno ( A genuine pitcher with a powerful fastball as his weapon. After graduating from high school, he moved to the U.S. to play in the majors) Joe Gibson ( An active major league pitcher who won 300 games at the age of 41. While in Japan, Goro's father, Shigeharu Honda, was killed by a pitching accident.)

プロ野球選手の父を持つ元気一杯の野球少年・吾郎が、プロ野球選手という大きな夢に向かって突き進む本格派ベースボール成長ドラマ!! サンチェスとの勝負、そしてその後に登板したオープン戦で、メジャーとの差をまざまざと見せ付けられた吾郎。改めてマイナーからの挑戦を誓うが、その矢先3Aの試合で出会ったのは、なんと因縁のギブソン投手の息子、ジョー・ギブソン・ジュニア! 同世代の2人による真っ向勝負の行方は…!? あらすじ 大リーグ・サーモンズの入団テストに受かりマイナー契約を結んだ吾郎は、いきなり破格の「メジャー組」としてキャンプインを迎えることに。だが、キャンプ初日から投球練習場所をめぐり、エースのサンチェスといざこざを起こしてしまう。あくまでも譲ろうとしない吾郎に対し、サンチェスは投球勝負を提案。それはバッターボックスに鉄枠を立て、10球中何球をその枠に当てられるかというもので…(第1話)。 登場人物 茂野吾郎(豪速球を武器とする生粋のピッチャー。高校卒業後、アメリカに渡りメジャーを目指す) ジョー・ギブソン(41歳で300勝を達成した現役メジャー投手。かつて日本球界に在籍中、吾郎の父・本田茂治を投球事故死させる)