H2
	 Volume 3
	  Chapter 8 (27)
	   A Big Payoff

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Sign: Meiwa Daiichi Senior High School

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Players: Right!
	C'mon!
	Let's go, let's go!
	Hey hey!
	Bring it!

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Coach: Hey!
	You over there!

Hiro: Suzukiii!
	Gimme a hand!

Noda: R,
	right.

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Hiro: Don't wander around.  You'll only attract more attention.

Noda: (ow)

Hiro: Look how many people are here.  All you need to do is keep your hat down and nobody will find out.
	If that idiot had held them down in the 9th,
	we wouldn't be here doing all this.

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Hiro: How's that pitch?

Noda: I can't really tell unless I catch it myself.

Hiro: Hmm.
	Excuse me, Saito-san!

Tamura: I'm Tamura.

Hiro: Oh,
	excuse me!

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Hiro: Tamura-san,
	Tamura-san.

PA: *ding dong ding dong*
	Tamura-kun from the baseball team, Tamura-kun.
	You have a phone call from your home.  Please report to the office immediately.

Tamura: Call from home?

Noda: Here,
	I'll fill in your spot.

Tamura: Great, thanks.

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Cat: (meow)

Hiro: Talk to Tamura-kun when he picks up.

Hikari: Oh,
	excuse me.
	Did Tachibana-kun go to the dentist today, like he was supposed to?

Hiro: Today, the dentist.  Tomorrow, the world!
	Thank you!
	Badum-tish.

(Note: Japanese joke lost in translation.)

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Noda: {Why did this pitcher lose that game?}

Pitcher: Hey!

Noda: (yikes)

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Pitcher: You a first year?

Noda: Um,
	uh, yes.

Pitcher: What's your name?

Noda: Ummm,
	oh, Suzuki.

Pitcher: You've got good build and stance.  Easy to pitch to.
	You're a good prospect.  Stick with it.

Noda: Thank you very much.

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Hiro: {Straight back to center...  hmm.}

Player: Hey, you!
	Quit slackin' off and go pick up some balls!

Hiro: Yessir!

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Players: Whoa!
	The lineup players' hits really go far.

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Hiro: {These hitters, plus Hideo...
	It's going to get into the outfield no matter what.}

<<Kine: I'm still on sale, at just 2 dates with Koga, kisses included!

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<<Haruka: You're so cool
	when you're pitching from the mound, Kunimi-kun.

Hiro: Idiot!

Player: Back home!

Hiro: {...oops.}

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Player: Huh?

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Hiro: So,
	your thoughts? (H)

Noda: If they bring out that lefty, the guys from the baseball club won't stand a chance.
	We'd have to launch a bunt assault and hope for errors...  (N)
	They'll be waiting for us to try to get big hits. (N)

Hiro: Hmmm, yeah. (H)

Noda: How about the hitters? (N)

Hiro: Even better than I thought.
	They'd get an A rating in the papers if they made it to the Koshien. (H)

Noda: Your plan? (N)

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Hiro: Trust in my fielders and give it all I've got.

Noda: We really do need Kine.

Hiro: I ain't accepting his silly terms.
	Besides, first comes Yanagi.
	Without him at second, it's all over.

Noda: I see.
	That really paid off.
	It was worth the trouble for spying.

Hiro: And we still have a week.

Noda: Haha.
	Yep.
	Yep yep,
	a big payoff.

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Kids: Go, go!

Hideo: Makes you think back to the years on the Hakusan Angels,
	doesn't it,
	Fune?

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