One Outs (2008)
Nobody wins, but I!
Hiromichi Kojima, the star batter of the Lycaons, heads to the southern Japanese island of Okinawa to train and find a new pitcher for the team. There, he meets Toa Tokuchi, a 134-kmph pitcher and the undisputed king of a gambling form of baseball called "One Outs". At Kojima's urging, Tokuchi signs up with the Lycaons under an unusual contract: he gets 5,000,000 yen for every out he pitches, but loses 50,000,000 yen for every point he gives up. A high-level psychological game of baseball, gambling and logic is about to begin..
- First Air Date: 2008-10-07
- Last Air Date: 2009-04-01
- Total Seasons: 1
- Total Episodes: 25
- Episode Runtime: 22 min.
- Network: Nippon TV
- Creator: Shinobu Kaitani
