Yahoo Dome, third base side, in the Seibu Lions player area.
Watanabe Hisashi sat there in his designated supervisor's seat, his face pale as he looked across the field to the SoftBank players' area—there, his old teammate from his player days, Kodama Komei, was joyfully patting the back of their young pitcher, with his mouth moving as if he was undoubtedly praising the excellent performance shown today.
Turning back to his own side: the Seibu players wearing the away blue jerseys looked around puzzled at their teammates beside them—when their plane landed in Fukuoka yesterday, they were full of hope to start the new season strong, aiming to win the series against SoftBank; yet just a few hours into the game, that hope seemed to have completely vanished into thin air.
