Doubleday, Abner

アブナー・ダブルデイ

The admiral's tall, lanky translator. He is named after the man once believed to have invented baseball, a claim now widely regarded as false. He is always on hand to translate Cartwright's statements; when the villagers explain, with perfect gentleness and reason, why they cannot comply, he informs them stiffly that these are not requests but orders. He serves as the pitcher for the Americans. After they vow no mercy, he begins deliberately pitching to injure the players. He reaches base because Mugen's pitching is too unorthodox, but he must then face Mugen one-on-one after all the other Americans have been eliminated. He throws his bat at Mugen, takes the pitch in the face... and loses because Mugen still manages to get back on his feet.