One Outs (2008)

Nobody wins, but I!

22m episodes · 1 seasons · 25 episodes · Ended · TMDB ★ 8.3 (42)

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..

Created by: Shinobu Kaitani

Starring: Masato Hagiwara, Wataru Takagi, Kappei Yamaguchi, Tsutomu Isobe, Hitoshi Kubota