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	 Volume 1
	  Chapter 7
	   Weren't We Playing Around?

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(Ch. 7) Weren't We Playing Around?

<<Hiro: Hup.

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Kine: Wan,
	ton,
	men.

(Note: Wanton noodles.)

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Akagi: Too bad!
	Right to third!
	Oh,
	Look, I dropped it, I dropped it!

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First Baseman: Out!
	Nice try, man.

Kine: Salt,
	Ra,
	men.

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Kine: Pathetic.
	A ball right down the middle like that shoulda been over the outfielders' heads.

Fielders: The runner from second's rounding third.
	Back home!
	Ayah!

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Runner: Uh-oh.

Ump: SAFE!

Kine: What the hell are you doing?!
	Catch the ball!

Hiro: Weren't we playing around?

Kine: Not so we could give them runs, you dumbass!

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Kine: Sheesh!

Shortstop: Runner's gooooing.

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Ump: OUT!

Hiro: Ah.
	Two down, two down...

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Noda: Not bad.
	But if you don't make the switch from catching to throwing more smoothly,
	you won't get the really fast runners.

Haruka: Who are you?

Noda: Just a passing member of the swim team.

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Batter: Crack!

Noda: Also...
	The baseball teams won't find another pitcher as good as he is around here, no matter how hard they try.  
	Man...
	who is he?

Ump: Strike three!
	Batter out!

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Hideo: Tane...
	Nah,
	was it Yone?

Hikari: Sounds like a grandma's name.

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Hideo: Yeah,
	for a pitcher in grade school, he had an amazing mind for strategy.
	And an especially wicked curveball.

Hikari: Hmmm.
	Is he still playing baseball?

Hideo: You know...
	I never heard any rumors about him after that.
	With his talent, he should be making it big somewhere by now.

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Hideo: But...

Hikari: But?

Hideo: He was a real asshole.

Kine: HEHEHEEEEH!

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Kine: So, Koga.
	No matter how much you root these losers on, they're still gonna be pathetic.
	There's nothing as useless as wasted effort from a bunch of morons who can't play.

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Haruka: Run seriously!

Kine: If I ran seriously, it'd be an easy inside-the-park homerun.
	Betcha couldn't practice relay throws in that little backyard you play in.
	You're an eyesore.  You really should break it up.

Player: Ehe.

Akagi: Batting cleanup, the third baseman, Akagi-kun!

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Akagi: Whoops.

Catcher: Ah.
	Ah.
	Ah!

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Umpire: OUT!

Akagi: Ain't that ridiculous.

Hiro: Oh,
	hi.

Sign: To be continued

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