Plot Summary:Omiya Yoko, whose nickname is Akko, is the manager of Yoshikan High School's baseball club. All she thinks of is the baseball club when she is asleep and awake. In her second year of high school, she is diagnosed with asopharyngeal cancer. This life-threatening illness comes as a shock to her, but the sight of her fellow members practicing for the Koshien makes her vow to persevere in her medical treatment and come back healthy. The baseball team also promises Akko that they will bring her to the Koshien. The treatment ends and Akko returns to the baseball club to the delight of her friends. She joins a school trip and embraces student life. However, it is short-lived. Discovering that the cancer has spread in a short time, Akko finds herself staring death in the face. She continues treatment, but when she learns that she will also spend the next summer at the hospital, she makes a decision.
ドラマは、07年夏の大会で、初出場ながらベスト8入りした大分県代表の楊志館高野球部の女子マネジャー大崎耀子さんと部員らの絆をつづった元・読売新聞記者の有村千裕さんのノンフィクションが原作。あっここと大宮耀子(川島さん)は高校2年の6月、上咽頭(いんとう)がんと宣告される。ショックを受けるあっこだが、甲子園を目指して練習に励む野球部員の姿に励まされ、治療を決意。野球部のキャプテンたちはあっこを甲子園に連れて行くことを約束し、あっこは野球部が試合に勝つ度に届けてくれるウイニングボールを心の支えに、つらい治療に耐えていた。そして野球部は甲子園へのきっぷをつかむが、すでにあっこの体は甲子園に行くことのできる状態ではなくなっていた……という展開。