Bat of Miracles

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| ***3rd Base 4th* Chapter 1** | |
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| **Information** | |
| Title: | Bat of Miracles |
| Japanese title: | 奇跡のバット   (Kiseki no Batto) |
| Original release: | January 1991 |
| Shōnen Sunday Special issue: | #1/1991 |
| Volume: | [3rd Base 4th](/wiki/3rd_Base_4th "3rd Base 4th")   [Gosho Aoyama's Collection of Short Stories](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama%27s_Collection_of_Short_Stories "Gosho Aoyama's Collection of Short Stories") |
| Pages: | 28 |
**Bat of Miracles** (奇跡のバット ,*Kiseki no Batto*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is the very first chapter of the *[3rd Base 4th](/wiki/3rd_Base_4th "3rd Base 4th")* manga and the first chapter of its single volume. It was written and drawn by [Gosho Aoyama](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama "Gosho Aoyama") with some help by his [assistants](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama%27s_assistants "Gosho Aoyama's assistants") and originally appeared in the [Shōnen Sunday](/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dnen_Sunday "Shōnen Sunday") Special issue #1/1991, released in January of 1991. It tells the story of [Shigeo Nagashima](/wiki/index.php?title=Shigeo_Nagashima&action=edit&redlink=1 "Shigeo Nagashima (page does not exist)"), a luckless high school student and member of the [school](/wiki/Kohnan_High_School "Kohnan High School")'s baseball team, who gets a magical bat from a mysterious shopkeeper which helps him to hit every ball, but only for a literal price.
## Contents
* [1 Characters](#Characters)
+ [1.1 Introduced](#Introduced)
* [2 Equipment](#Equipment)
+ [2.1 Introduced](#Introduced_2)
* [3 Settings](#Settings)
+ [3.1 Introduced](#Introduced_3)
* [4 Plot](#Plot)
* [5 Real Life Models](#Real_Life_Models)
+ [5.1 Shibaura-Kohnan](#Shibaura-Kohnan)
* [6 See also](#See_also)
* [7 References](#References)
## Characters[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Bat_of_Miracles&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Characters")]
Main article: [Characters](/wiki/Characters "Characters")
### Introduced[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Bat_of_Miracles&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Introduced")]
In order of introduction:
- | [Shigeo Nagashima](/wiki/index.php?title=Shigeo_Nagashima&action=edit&redlink=1 "Shigeo Nagashima (page does not exist)") | |
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|  | * Second year student of Kohnan High School * Baseball fan |
- | [Kohnan High Baseball Coach](/wiki/index.php?title=Kohnan_High_Baseball_Coach&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kohnan High Baseball Coach (page does not exist)") | |
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|  | * Baseball coach of Kohnan High School |
- | [Ekoda High Baseball Team Captain](/wiki/index.php?title=Ekoda_High_Baseball_Team_Captain&action=edit&redlink=1 "Ekoda High Baseball Team Captain (page does not exist)") | |
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|  | * Baseball team captain of [Ekoda High School](/wiki/Ekoda_High_School "Ekoda High School") |
- | [Mysterious Sports Equipment Shopkeeper](/wiki/index.php?title=Mysterious_Sports_Equipment_Shopkeeper&action=edit&redlink=1 "Mysterious Sports Equipment Shopkeeper (page does not exist)") | |
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|  | * Enigmatic owner of the Mysterious Sports Equipment Shop |
- | [Eiji Sawamura](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiji_Sawamura "wikipedia:Eiji Sawamura") | |
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|  | * Died age 27 (1917 - 1944) * Legendary real life player of the [Giants](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants "wikipedia:Yomiuri Giants") * Shirt number 14 * Ghost |
- | [Babe Ruth](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_Ruth "wikipedia:Babe Ruth") | |
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|  | * Died age 53 (1895 - 1948) * Shirt number 3 * Legendary real life player of the [Yankees](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Yankees "wikipedia:New York Yankees") |
- | Arito | |
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|  | * Kohnan High School baseball team captain * Jersey #1 |
- | Tsuchida | |
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| [100px](/wiki/index.php?title=Special:Upload&wpDestFile=Tsuchida_manga.jpg "File:Tsuchida manga.jpg") | * Kohnan High School baseball player * Jersey #2 |
- | [Eiichi Yamagishi](/wiki/Eiichi_Yamagishi_(Character) "Eiichi Yamagishi (Character)") | |
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| [100px](/wiki/index.php?title=Special:Upload&wpDestFile=Eiichi_Yamagishi_3rd_Base_Fourth.jpg "File:Eiichi Yamagishi 3rd Base Fourth.jpg") | * Kohnan High School baseball player * Jersey #4 |
- | Mrs. Nagashima | |
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|  | * Shigeo's mother * Housewife |
## Equipment[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Bat_of_Miracles&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Equipment")]
### Introduced[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Bat_of_Miracles&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Introduced")]
In order of introduction:
| [Bat of Miracles](/wiki/index.php?title=Bat_of_Miracles_(Object)&action=edit&redlink=1 "Bat of Miracles (Object) (page does not exist)") | |
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| [100px](/wiki/index.php?title=Special:Upload&wpDestFile=Bat_of_Miracles.jpg "File:Bat of Miracles.jpg") | * Magical baseball bat * Once a present from Babe Ruth to Eiji Sawamura |
## Settings[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Bat_of_Miracles&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Settings")]
Main article: [Setting](/wiki/Setting "Setting")
### Introduced[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Bat_of_Miracles&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Introduced")]
In order of introduction:
* [Tokyo](/wiki/Tokyo "Tokyo")
+ [Kohnan High School](/wiki/Kohnan_High_School "Kohnan High School")
+ [Ekoda High School](/wiki/Ekoda_High_School "Ekoda High School") (Mentioned)
+ [Mysterious Sports Equipment Shop](/wiki/index.php?title=Mysterious_Sports_Equipment_Shop&action=edit&redlink=1 "Mysterious Sports Equipment Shop (page does not exist)")
+ Public batting practice area
+ [Nagashima residence](/wiki/index.php?title=Nagashima_residence&action=edit&redlink=1 "Nagashima residence (page does not exist)")
+ Baseball stadium
## Plot[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Bat_of_Miracles&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: Plot")]
## Real Life Models[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Bat_of_Miracles&action=edit&section=8 "Edit section: Real Life Models")]
Main article: [Setting models (3rd Base 4th)](/wiki/index.php?title=Setting_models_(3rd_Base_4th)&action=edit&redlink=1 "Setting models (3rd Base 4th) (page does not exist)")
### Shibaura-Kohnan[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Bat_of_Miracles&action=edit&section=9 "Edit section: Shibaura-Kohnan")]
Main article: [Shibaura-Kohnan](/wiki/Shibaura-Kohnan "Shibaura-Kohnan")
The Shibaura-Kohnan Area (芝浦港南地区 ,*Shibaura Kōnan-chiku*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is a real area composed of several districts (mainly the eponymous towns of [Shibaura](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibaura "wikipedia:Shibaura") and [Kohnan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dnan,_Tokyo "wikipedia:Kōnan, Tokyo")) in the south of the [Minato](/wiki/Minato "Minato") Ward of [Tokyo](/wiki/Tokyo "Tokyo"). The [Kohnan High School](/wiki/Kohnan_High_School "Kohnan High School") named after it is fictional, though. Part of [Shinagawa Station](/wiki/Shinagawa_Station "Shinagawa Station") is located in Shibaura-Kohnan, which later plays an important role in [Sato's Father Case](/wiki/Volume_27#Sato.27s_Father_Case "Volume 27") from *[Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")*.