There Goes Our Hero: After the Ball Game

Our Tabuchi-kun continues to underperform, both during the New Year's games and the exhibition games. With the 1979 pennant race decided, the Seibu Nine are playing out the season. There were rumors of Tabuchi being traded during the offseason, but he left for overseas training camp in good spirits. However, Yasuda followed him all the way to Arizona, and it seems that this year will be another bad one for him. Once the season started, he was easily outplayed by Nippon Ham's rookie Kida, and things did not look good for him. As expected, the Seibu Lions missed out on the championship, and the 1980 pennant race came to an end.

• Toshiyuki TokudaScreenplay
• Tsutomu ShibayamaDirector
• Masaaki SakuraiScreenplay
• Hisaichi IshiiCreator
• Tomoko KonparuScreenplay
• Noboru ShiroyamaScreenplay
• Hideo TakayashikiScreenplay
• Shoichiro OkuboScreenplay

• Toshiyuki NishidaKōichi Tabuchi
• Kaneta KimotsukiYoshiaki Tsutsumi
• Kei TomiyamaKenji Furusawa
• Kenji UtsumiRikuo Nemoto
• Masatô IbuShigeo Nagashima
• Michio HazamaTatsurō Hirooka
• Takeshi AonoTakeshi Yasuda
• Terumi NikiMiyoko Tabuchi
• Akira MurayamaLive broadcast announcer
• Shinya SasakiHimself