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	 Volume 4
	  Chapter 9 (38)
	   The Liquor Store Family's Son

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(Ch. 9) The Liquor Store Family's Son

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Meiwa Coach: There will be no extra innings in this practice game.

Teams: Meiwa Ichi
	Senkawa

Meiwa Coach: So if we don't score any runs this inning,
	we can't possibly win the game.
	Us, the famous Meiwa baseball team, against some nameless bunch of kids.

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Meiwa Coach: With your raw talent and amount of practice experience, I know you boys won't let me down.
	Lay the pressure on them hard and heavy, and show 'em what you're made of.

Players: YEAH!

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Noda: No. 2.
	No. 3.
	And...
	No... 4.

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Ump: Play ball!

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Hiro: Yaa!

Batter: Nng!

Hiro: Three pitches, three strikes!

Batter: I don't think so!

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Ump: Ball!

Hiro: Nice, Meiwa.
	Even after two swings, you can still watch for balls.

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Arikawa: Huh?

Players: Yes!
	Jackpot!

Meiwa Coach: Tachibana.
	How's their catcher's arm?

Hideo: Good enough not to let them down.

Meiwa Coach: I see...

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Someone: No outs, runners on first and second!

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Meiwa Coach: Looks like all that worrying was for nothing.

Noda: I don't like this.

Hiro: Don't worry.
	They'll only get lucky twice.

Noda: I'd believe that, if the next batter had anything to do with luck.

Hiro: I'll strike him out.

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Noda: Do you know who the next batter is?

Hiro: The liquor store family's son.

Noda: Okay.

Bugs: (zz)(zz)

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Meiwa Coach: I've never seen Tachibana swing and miss twice in a row before.

Noda: Those were his two best pitches today.

Hideo: Nice and fast.

Noda: Next comes the 140 km/h forkball.

Hideo: Yeah,
	I know.

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Hideo: {The 0-2 theory is important.
	Hiro pays more attention to his control when he throws outside.
	Even if the location is good, his speed goes down...}

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Hiro: Don't swing at pitches like that!

Meiwa Coach: On this field, when the ball goes past the outfielders,
	in most cases it turns into...

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Kine: Nyehehehe.

Hideo: Nice catch,
	Kine.

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