Major

And yes, there are switch pitchers, the only problem is that they have to switch gloves.  You see it more often (although still rare) on the woman softball side though (the one where they have to pitch underhanded), they'd switch gloves between the innings depending on the upcoming batting order.  The balls are not as fast as the men's leagues, but their control is scary as hell, especially when it breaks just before it gets to the batter, imagine a pitcher that can almost always get inside strikes.  This is also great since their pitch count can pile up with a lower risk of injury of the upper body since the burden is spread to two elbows (I guess more on the shoulders for the men side) instead of just one.  

This has been itching at me for a while.  Now, his dad was a southpaw, but Goro is clearly right-handed.  So why is he pitching left-handed in Mangaholic's credits page?  I've heard of switch-hitting, but switch-pitching?!

 

This has been itching at me for a while.  Now, his dad was a southpaw, but Goro is clearly right-handed.  So why is he pitching left-handed in Mangaholic's credits page?  I've heard of switch-hitting, but switch-pitching?!

Had a double shot of Mix this weekend as well!  Nice start for baseball manga this week!  Thanks again, Mangaholic!

Thanks so much, Mangaholic, for the recent Major flood!  I was thinking this would be an abandoned project, but now you've given me renewed hope!

 

Thanks was before reading.  After reading...  Jinkies, Goro is such an adorable 4th grader!  I want to hug him and noogie him and spoil him rotten!  I would have to think I'm developing a shoutacon if I thought he were any cuter!  I need to go look at all the 8-packs in Kubera and re-center my preferences.  Mmmn, Agni...

Thanks Mangaholic

Thanks for picking it up Mangaholic! Some of the best parts of the manga is early on...

Aw hell naw

anyone know if the other volumes are going to get translated? really waiting for this it was super enjoyable would love to see more.

woo, an update from left field, thought this was gonna be ignored T.T

Actually, the anime has 6 seasons, 2 OAV, and an anime film. In case anyone is curious of the sequence, it's:
S1 -> S2 -> S3 -> S4 -> S5 -> S6 -> OAV 2 (The World Series) -> OAV 1

I've read the manga, all 78 volumes (final chapter is 746 or 747, I'm not sure). There are a lot of material got left out, however the anime covered pretty much all the important ones. I still think the manga is better though.

The anime has 5 (At least.) seasons released, and (As far as I know.) they have been subbed. So it is effectively further than the subbed releases of the manga, and even if the anime is not as good as the manga (I haven't read it.), it is still a great story.

75 volumes!?!

only 75 volumes left to scanlate, wish viz would license it

I hope for more of this- an excellent baseball manga so far.

This was really good. It's comprehensive, too, as it covers him in childhood to adulthood -- it doesn't have crazy, magical moves to cover the increasing difficulties, and stays exciting to read throughout development of the story. I watched the animation to this -- it was entertaining. Great sports story.