Joe Gibson was a top Major League Baseball player from the US who felt driven by the incident with his father, Honda Shigeharu, to become one of the best pitchers in the league. Despite being over 40 years old, he continued to pitch and earned more than 300 wins. During the Baseball World Cup, Gibson was Team USA's ace pitcher, but he was diagnosed with angina pectoris and warned that continuing to play could lead to his death. However, Gibson may have felt that dying on the mound while pitching his best would be the only way to make amends to Gorou, Momoko, and even Honda.