3rd Base 4th

Infobox animanga/Header
name = 3rd Base 4th


caption =
ja_name = 4番サード
ja_name_trans = Yonban Sādo
genre = SportInfobox animanga/Manga
author = Gosho Aoyama
publisher = Shogakukan
demographic = Shōnen
magazine = Shōnen Sunday
first = 1993
last = 1993
volumes = 1

Nihongo|"3rd Base 4th"|4番サード|Yonban Sādo is a shōnen sports manga by Gosho Aoyama. "3rd Base 4th" was serialized in Shogakukan's "Weekly Shōnen Sunday" in 1993, and it is one volume long.

Story

Nihongo|Shigeo Nagashima|長嶋茂雄|Nagashima Shigeo plays for his school, Kohnan's, baseball team. However he isn't a very good player. One day, he walks into a mysterious store where he buys a baseball bat. Little does he know that the bat is in fact magical. It enables him to hit every pitch, but on one condition: everytime he uses it, he has to pay money to the mysterious store.

Kohnan's team reaches the championship game, where they face another school, Ougane. On the opposing team is Nihongo|Kazuhisa Inao|稲尾 和久|Inao Kazuhisa, who has a baseball glove that is also magical, and can throw the fastest pitches. Like Shigeo, he must also pay for this. But, unlike Shigeo (who has to work very hard for every yen), Kazuhisa can afford this cost.

Influences

Both Shigeo Nagashima and Kazuhisa Inao are well-known Japanese baseball players in real life.