"Guanglai, aren't you going back to Fukuoka with us today?"
Looking at Lin Guanglai, who was passionately packing his luggage in the room, Shetsu Shou, the star and ace pitcher of the SoftBank team, asked this question with a hint of confusion.
The 2013 Classics had ended and Japan only secured third place, failing to achieve the three-peat— in the semifinals of the championship round, they battled for three and a half hours in San Francisco and eventually lost 1-3 to the Puerto Rico team led by Molina, which prevented them from making the final.
After ending the journey of the Classics, Shetsu Shou quickly returned to the team to join the seasonal training camp— being a senior sharing experiences with junior members, he and Lin Guanglai were assigned as roommates during the expedition.
