"Shetsu Shou, a swing and a miss for a strikeout!" Sakurai Koji's iconic shout echoed through the TV screen of a family of four in Fukuoka, "The top of the seventh inning comes to an end, and this is already his 7th strikeout of the game—today, the former Eiji Sawamura Award winner is in exceptional form!"
In the center of the screen, Shetsu Shou, having just executed a brilliant strikeout, was raising his arms in triumph, the sweat on his forehead glistening under the stadium lights; in front of the screen, a middle-aged father was high-fiving his son in celebration.
At this very moment, similar scenes were playing out simultaneously in thousands of homes across Fukuoka and the entire Kyushu Region, as everyone's hearts were captivated by the game unfolding at the Yahoo Dome.
With Shetsu Shou's swing-and-a-miss strikeout as the mark, the final phase of Game Four of the 2014 Japan Series arrived.
