When Yamamoto first appears the most important thing in his life is baseball. Yamamoto is a freshman at the middle school just like Gokudera and Tsuna whose life revolves around his position as a starter on the baseball team. Just by knowing that Yamamoto is a freshman and a starter we know he is skilled. It is uncommon for an inexperienced player to become a starter which means Yamamoto has exceptional abilities. Yamamoto has apparently been starting for various baseball teams his whole life. Yamamoto shows natural talent however, he also practices non-stop. In his Vongola 77 profile, it states that he is known to spend most of his free time at the local batting cages. Yamamoto's dream is to become a top baseball star for a major league team and he always works his hardest to prove himself as a skilled baseball player worthy of making it to the top.
Yamamoto's dedication to his sport makes him a stronger person because of his constant practicing and his work outs to stay in shape. Despite that, it is also his biggest weakness. When Yamamoto breaks his arm due to his excessive practicing he tries to kill himself because he believes he'll never be able to reach his goal after having broken his arm. He finds that without baseball he has become useless because baseball is the only thing he's good at.
It the future arc we learn that the 10 years later Yamamoto Takeshi has become caught between two worlds. He is stuck between the mafia world at Tsuna's rain guardian and the world of professional baseball. Yamamoto spends most of his time practicing baseball however he is held back because he refuses to abandon his friends and "family".
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