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	 Volume 4
	  Chapter 1 (30)
	   They're Playin' the Second String

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(Ch. 1) They're Playin' the Second String

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Kine: (hey!)

Batter: Heh.
	A double!

Hiro: Aggressive batting from the first pitch.

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Ump: Safe!

Yamaguchi: Ah.

Hiro: Don't worry about it.

Meiwa Principal: If we actually lose, I'll shave my head bald.

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Meiwa Player: What a pain.
	We should be celebrating in the Koshien right now,
	so why are we here playing this team instead?
	We can't help it.
	The Senkawa principal is like the don of principals around here.
	What is he thinking, anyway?
	"Play your best against this baseball club", he says.
	Anyways, we should get this over with and start on some real practice.
	Yeah.
	They'll give up if we score 20 runs in 3 innings or so.
	Yep yep, that'll be all she wrote.
	(ha ha ha)

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Hiro: None out, runners on the corners.

Cold Guy: (cough...)

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Runner: Huh?

Ump: Out!

Hiro: Lucky me.

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Meiwa Principal: Oh my.
	No outs and runners on first and third, yet we didn't score any runs.
	Your boys aren't so bad after all.

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Principal: You musn't lose.

Meiwa Principal: HA HA HA!
	Please, stop that!  That was just a spot of luck!

Hikari: What's this?
	They're playin' the second string.
	Just when I was hoping to see Hiro's ridiculous pitching at full power.
	Kind of a bummer.

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Hideo: You will.
	Meiwa's baseball team isn't that weak.
	Even the second string.

Hikari: Anyhow, I'm going to be rooting for Hiro today.
	Got it?

Hideo: Just for today, right?

Hikari: Of course.

Hideo: Okay by me.

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Batter: Ah.

Ump: Strike three, batter out!

Noda: Those pitches are way better than any second or third rotation pitcher's should be.
	Sheesh.

Cold Guy: (cough...)

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Noda: Yes!
	Good!
	...and good fielding.

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Ump: Safe!

Noda: A miraculous safety bunt and he only just made it.

Haruka: He was really fast...
	Um...
	...who is that again?

Cold Guy: (cough)

Noda: Uh?

Hiro: D'oh.

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Ump: Out!

Hiro: Damn.

Kine: Nice, number 3.
	Way to move up the runner.

Hiro: Shut up!
	Be careful.
	That pitcher's fastball curves naturally.

Kine: Who do you think you're talking to?
	Know what my nickname was when I was little?
	Professor Baseball.
	I'm a genius when it comes to information and analysis.
	3 pitches are all I need to see through a pitcher's control, style, and faults.

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Haruka: Huh?
	I thought you were hitting 4th, Noda-kun.

Noda: But he was all complaining about how he didn't want to hit unless he was cleanup.

Ump: STRIKE!!

Kine: Hmph.
	Just watch, Kunimi.
	Let me show you the basics of a strategic offense based on theory.

Hiro: Bottom of the first, Senkawa at bat.
	Two outs, runner on second.
	Batter is No. 4, centerfielder Kine-kun.
	0-1 count.

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Kine: {Follow the ball,
	turn your hips so that your upper body doesn't point forward,
	and...}
	WHOOPS.

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Kine: Understand, Kunimi-kun?!  Spirit, it's all about spirit!
	The basic foundation of all baseball manga!
	(HA HA HA!)

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Teams: Meiwa Ichi
	Senkawa

Principal: You musn't lose.

Meiwa Principal: HA HA HA!
	Please, stop.

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