Daigo Shigeno grew up as the son of Goro Shigeno, whose name arrives at every ballpark ahead of him, and he plays catcher instead of taking his father's position on the mound. At Furin Middle School he ends up captaining a club built around Hikaru Sato, the pitcher he measures himself against, with Mutsuko Sakura as vice-captain. What Daigo does with a surname that guarantees expectations is the question the series keeps asking.