Weak Ace

Author’s Note: This is the author Ask speaking. While watching a baseball variety show, I suddenly got the idea for this novel and decided to write it. This is the survival story of a fragile pitcher. A pitcher with a weak body who cannot pitch many innings. Yet his ball carries a spin that batters simply cannot handle. Can such a physically fragile pitcher truly succeed on the professional stage? He is not alone—there is a mentor who teaches and takes care of him, and teammates who stand by his side. A boy who never knew love begins to understand it. How far can he really go? *This work minimizes crowd commentary and broadcast narration, focusing instead on the feeling of watching...