When he died 10 years ago, Ryo Hayakawa's father left more than the restaurant Ryo's mother runs, his daughter inherited his talent for baseball, including a jet-propelled fastball. Determined to overcome sexist opposition and make a girls' team the national champion, Ms. Himuro, the head of prestigious Kisaragi High, gives Ryo a scholarship. Ryo's a very likable character, she's not a klutz or a whiner, she's proud of her abilities but surprised at where they take her. Led by this hot-shot young natural, nine young women defy the male dominated tradition of Japanese sports not to create a league of their own, but to take on the boys on their own artificial turf and prove there's nothing a man can do that a woman can't do just as well! The hallowed stadiums of Japanese baseball become a battlefield as the bats crack, sweat flies and every hard-earned run becomes another step in the long road-trip to victory!