First At-Bat

"Hahaha!

See that? This is our Sendou-sama!

Scared now, huh?!

He's completely different from the ones before him!

Ahahahaha!!!" Sawamura shouted excitedly from the bullpen.

"Hey!! Baka Village!!

Don't go treating your teammates like fodder without permission!!!" Kanemaru, who had been excitedly running back to the dugout, shouted angrily when he heard him.

"Huh?!!

Sorry! Tojo!!!" Sawamura realized his mistake and loudly apologized.

"Hey!"

"...!"

Calling him out by name like that was even more disrespectful. Luckily, Tojo was mild-mannered; if it had been Cheetah, he would have beaten Sawamura to death.

"Don't just yell nonsense, you idiot!

Watch what you say!!"

He'd already hit him...

"What an energetic player. Baseball Kingdom's interview also mentioned that Sawamura was jokingly called the Baka Left Pitcher by his teammates!

Looks like he really is a popular player within the team!" The commentator laughed as he watched Sawamura and Kuramochi's "interaction," combining it with what had happened earlier.

Sawamura's great name as the "Baka Left Pitcher" had already become "famous throughout the nation."

"Look! They're talking about you!

What a popular player you are, Baka Left Pitcher!

Yahaha!!" Senior Kuramochi, who had been lecturing Sawamura, was amused by the commentary and let him go.

"Don't call me Baka!!

What even is Baka?!! Baka this, Baka that...

Who the hell told the reporters about it?!!!" Sawamura shouted back before demanding an answer.

Furuya's eyes immediately started darting around.

But the agitated Sawamura failed to notice...

"Hahaha! You've become famous!" Miyuki laughed loudly.

"Shut up!!!

Miyuki Kazuya!!

Sendou! Say something too!" Sawamura finally turned toward Sendou.

"Since the reputation's already out there, just accept it honestly!"

"Sendou!!!"

In truth, Sendou had left half of it unsaid: if Sawamura did not start acting more maturely, that nickname would follow him for even longer.

But that was