Author's Note: This story is basically about the first female high school tournament, so if I continue this story, I'm going to have lots of female OCs. Don't say I didn't warn you. However, the canon characters are still going to appear, so its not just all OCs. Its takes place at the beginning of Diamond no Ace, slightly before Sawamura's middle school Akagi, had their baseball match in first episode.


"Hey Wakana, did you see yesterday's episode of Sports Daily?" asked Meiji as Wakana walked towards with Sawamura and the rest of their childhood friends.

"I did watch it. Females can play in high school tournaments now. I would say its about time." replied Wakana

"Sports Daily? What's that?" asked Sawamura.

"Ei-chan, its just like you to not watch any sports shows on television." said Kikumaru with a smile on his face before continuing on "You see what happened on that show was"


"Today's episode of Sports Daily will be an interview with the president of the Japan High School Baseball Federation, Kobayashi Asuma" the female announcer, Yukimura Emi, said as she faced the camera. She then turned her head towards her male companion that sat across from her.

"Good evening, Kobayashi-san."

"Good evening to you as well, Yukimura-san"

"I heard that the Japan High School Baseball Federation has some game-changing plans for us today. Would you like to share these plans with us?"

"Of course, the Japan High School Baseball Federation is going to cooperate with various high schools across the nations to form female baseball clubs. When the enrollment is high enough, we plan to have the first-ever female high school baseball tournament in Japan. In addition, we also have plans for a first-ever mixed baseball tournament."

"Oh my, Japan first-ever female baseball tournament and mixed baseball tournament! That is indeed exciting. I'm looking forward to it already. You said that the tournament will happen once the enrollment is high enough. Can you explain this criteria in more detail? Like what sort of numbers are required?"

"Well, in order to have a sufficient baseball team, the team needs at the very least 12 players in which 9 of them are actually playing on the field and 3 of them are reserves. We also have to consider people who might drop out of the female baseball club, so ultimately schools would need to have 20 female players enlisted in the club to actually be able to participate with female baseball tournament. Also, we need to make sure that there are at least 16 schools that are able to meet this criteria in order to have a tournament."

"So what you are basically saying is that the female high school baseball tournament will happen if there are at least 16 schools with 20 or more players will participate?"

"Yes, that is what I mean to say."

"Then what about the mixed baseball tournament? I would assume that the number requirement would be lower."

"You are correct. In the mixed tournament, the amount of females would consist about half the roster. Each roster needs to have an equal amount of members from both genders. So if there are 9 males in the roster, there needs to also be 9 females in the roster, no more or less. Ultimately, schools would need to at least have 6 males and 6 females in the roster in order to participate. So if we include the ones that might drop out of the club, we would need at least 10 female players enlisted in the club. Also, we would need 16 schools in order to for the tournament to be held."

"So that's 10 female members from at least 16 schools in order for the mixed tournament to happen?"

"Correct."

"Based on the numbers, it looks like the mixed baseball tournament would occur before the female baseball tournament. In your personal opinion, are we likely to see any of the tournaments happen this year?"

"I think there is a pretty high chance for the mixed tournament to occur this year. The female tournament may have to wait until the next year at the very least."

"There has a been a rising number of females playing at male-dominated professional leagues all over the world, most notably Japan's Tanaka Fumiyo, United States' Natasha Evelyn, and Russia's Valentina Sokolov. Some of them have been fairly successful too. Do you think theirs and other female baseball players' efforts contributed to the plans of developing an all female league?"

"Certainly, thanks to their efforts, many people are reconsidering their previous notion that girls cannot play baseball as well as guys do. To be honest, I'm one of those people whose opinion has been changed. I used to think that females would not do well in baseball because they would have a much harder time hitting the ball outfield but after seeing Tanaka-san's hitting home runs game after game, I started that to think that females deserve a chance to play baseball. And as part of the Japan High School Baseball Federation, I believe that its our duty to expand those chances."

"Definitely, I especially agree with what you said with changing the rules and providing more chances for females baseball players. And unfortunately, we're almost out of time today. Can you give any closing statements to our viewers?"

"Thank you for watching this interview. If you are female who wants to join a sports club, I encourage you to join the baseball club. To everyone else, I encourage you to spread the word about the tournaments and give support to your females around you who wants to play baseball."

"You heard that, folks! Females join the baseball club, so we could have Japan's first all-female high school baseball tournament and mixed tournament."


"I see! Wakana, now you can be a player instead of being stuck as a manager in high school!" exclaimed Sawamura with his trademark grin

"Wait a minute, Ei-chan. I did say I like the fact that females can play baseball in high school, but that doesn't mean I'll join the female baseball club. I would be quite happy being the manager especially if it means being on the same place as everyone." Wakana chimed.

"You're right. Being with friends is one the most happiest things in the world." said Sawamura.

Sometimes, things do not go according to plan. When an opportunity arises, its hard to refuse. On the day when Akagi Middle School lost their match, Seido's assistant director Takashima Rei did not only had her sights on Sawamura, but also on the only female player on the team.

"Wakana, there's a recruiter here to see you." Wakana's ears perked up when she heard her mom's voice and made her way to the guestroom. Even though Wakana felt that this might happen as soon as she heard about the female baseball clubs, actually receiving an invitation still came as a surprise.

"I am the assistant director of Seido High School Baseball Team, Takashima Rei. We would like to invite Wakana-chan to play baseball at our school." Takashima said as she slid the card across the table.

Wakana knows that Seido high school is a school frequently goes to the nationals and many professional players graduated from there. Although she is honored to be invited, it seemed more like the school only invited her because they needed more females and not because she was talented.

"If you don't mind me asking, why did Seido invited me? To be honest, I am not a particularly talented player." asked Wakana

"Well, it is true, that the main reason we invited you is because you are a female and we really do need more female players to fill in the baseball club. However, I do believe that you have potential to become a good baseball player. It takes courage for females to join a baseball team especially when most of the players are male, so the fact that you haven't switched to softball or quitted the team is quite rare. Although your batting skills need a lot of work, your eye for judging pitches is quite sharp. In the third inning of the match, you were able to get on base by swinging fouls at pitches that were strikes and letting go pitches that were balls. To be able to do that is quite a skill."

Wakana got a vibe that Takashima Rei would be a good salesman since Takashima Rei knew how to use truth to her advantage to compliment other people and get on their good side. Although Wakana is happy with the compliments, she had a feeling that Rei might be saying this to get on her good side.

"Thanks for the offer. I will need some time to think about it."

"You're welcome. Actually, I didn't only invite you, I also invited Sawamura Eijun from your team."

"Eijun too!?"

"If possible, I would like both of you to come pay our school a visit."


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