Baseball is not really a team sport. It plays in turn, which rendered half the team out of the game. Unlike American football in each turn, only a few members of the batting team is involved in the play and the batting can render the entire defense useless by hitting a homerun or allowing a strike. It is truly the definition of the individualistic team game. I love how the author uses baseball as Yugami character development as his facade of self-awareness is still deeply rooted in recognition by others.