As the baseball took off from home plate, soaring through the center of the entire Koshien Stadium and landing on the stands, Tanaka Shuji at the commentary booth could no longer control the passion bursting from his heart. With the loudest voice his throat could muster, he shouted:
"Lin Guanglai!"
"First-year! Koshien debut!"
"First at-bat! First swing!"
"Grand slam!!!"
On the first base side, in Waseda Jitsugyo's Alps Stand.
The baseball team members sitting at the front of the cheer squad were all left agape: their faces were filled with disbelief, and even the megaphones they had prepared to cheer for Lin Guanglai fell to the ground.
Yagaki Kentaro couldn't believe his eyes, muttering dazedly, "Kazuyoshi, can you hit me... Am I really not dreaming?"
Beside him, Ogata Kazuyoshi, wearing a similar astonished expression, exclaimed, "Guanglai, Guanglai is just amazing... This is, this is a home run at Koshien... and a grand slam..."
