"The game is about to begin and Mama comes with a bowl of peanuts. She says that baseball's an American sport, and in her country, people eat peanuts while they're watching a game. Papa's team has made it all the way to the semi-finals. If they win today, they can participate in the Japanese national tournament at Koshien Stadium. Just before summer, we wrote wishes on strips of paper and hung them on bamboo branches. I wrote that I wanted to play baseball on my papa's team. I don't want to be rich or famous. I just want to play ball with my papa"--Back cover.